You see, this is the type of crap that drives me crazy as a hypochondriac...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Having just "recovered" from diabetes, heart disease, ALS, a couple of strokes and several forms of cancer, and then I have to read this:
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080915/ap_on_he_me/med_blood_clots

Doctors say leg pain can signal deadly blood clot


WASHINGTON - Far too many Americans are dying of dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as simple leg pain, says a major new government effort to get both patients and their doctors to recognize the emergency in time.
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Lovely. Just lovely. So any leg cramp I have is going to be driving me batty.

[TZ]

1. AHAHA!

I can have you beat in this department...I have a chronic condition where both bleeding and clotting is possible..So leg cramps scare me AND anytime I have a small cut its ONOZ, OMG, I'm bleeding out..
So yes, it is possible to really be sick and STILL be a hypochondriac..:P


*disclaimer--on meds to control these symptoms, but I AM a worry wart..

[supernova]

2. That's how Khephra died

He sat at his computer for too long oftentimes.

Not to make you feel worse. :P

Mostly you have to get up and move around regularly to keep up circulation and bloodflow. Keep hydrated. That's the best way to ward of DVT.

[Critters2]

3. As a society, we are simply not as considerate of hypochondriacs as we should be.

I think you need to start a movement. Ya know, when you're feeling better.


Critters
who, as a student chaplain on an oncology unit, had every form of cancer known to humankind, and an allergy to pineapple