So one of my loyal blog readers (future trophy wife) posted this on Myspace and I had to share. Oddly enough I can relate to some of these but I feel your pain on the others! Keep smiling Chronies!
- You have a whole shelf in your pantry dedicated to your meds
- You can tell what part of your GI tract is off kilter today by the sounds..
- when you tell the phlebotomist, "trust me, thats not a good vein. no, you don't want to poke there either..."your grandparents ask you what they can expect when they go in for their first colonoscopy
- you can clench your buttcheeks so hard you are sure if you put coal in there you could make a diamond
- Your not a med student but your bookcase is 75% medical texts.
- Every skin rash triggers an emotional crisis!
- If You have larger clothes for bloated days..
- Your family comes to you for medical advice.
- You desperately wish Ensure came in more than 3 or 4 flavors..
- you stock up on clear liquids for flares or tests
- You look like you're 6 months pregnant by bedtime.
- When your cats feel sorry for you and cuddle up close to comfort you.
- You would never say I have a "stomach ache," but are more likely to say "my right lower quadrant is hurting," or "my inflamed ileum is giving me trouble!"
- You know the ER staff and all your doc's offices people by first name without having to look
- you are the only person you know that actually wants to eat salad but can'tyou have ever heard" i had the flu last week so I know what you are going through"Scrubbing Bubbles go on strike.The Tidy Bowl man leaves a "Dear John" letter.
- you see your undigested lunch bits in the toilet less than an hour after you ate it.
- you have a heating pad next to your bed for those painful nights.your husband looks at your *** and doesn't get turned on.
- You've fantasized about having a time machine for the express purpose of hunting down whoever developed Prednisone.
- you can run, unzip, unbutton, untie, and unbuckle all at the same time
- Mike Rowe refused to clean your toilet for the "Dirty Jobs" showyou feel faint when someones says," Oh Crap"….
- you take handfuls of pills at a time,you can swallow 15 pills in one swig of wateryou pay Doctor bills on a monthly basis
- you know the location of every bathroom in you local target, walmart, supermarket, etc
- You've ever "accidentally" let out a silent-but-deadly just to hurry the meeting along or for revenge on the guy who always says "just one more thing" when everyone else is ready to go.
- Your family and friends have fitted body armor and battle plans for those times they have to go Prednisone DEFCON 1 again.