lyme disease. less fun than a barrel of monkeys

footfootfoot · 07-24-2011, 12:40 PM

Though I have no rash, I am 99% certain that I have Lyme disease and I'm taking Doxy for it. I'm waiting for the shit to kick in. I am getting a taste of what arthritis is like and it ain't pretty. Imagine being unable to button your shirt or pull up your zipper.
Now imagine that you are sober and you can't do those things.

fuck ticks and their shitty attitudes.

Griff · 07-24-2011, 12:51 PM

My brother is fighting it as well. Beyond the physical pain the psychiatric effects can also be disabling. Stay on the drugs, my brother quit before his Dr. wanted him to and the bitch came right back. Make sure your Doc is experienced and up to date on this.

Trilby · 07-24-2011, 02:43 PM

Oh, foot, sorry about this but sooooo glad you''re on the Doxy. Saw an Intervention about a chick who got alllllll messed up on pain killers due to undiagnosed Lymes. Hang tough and fuck a tick!

glatt · 07-24-2011, 07:07 PM

Sorry Foot! I hope you get better quickly.

ZenGum · 07-24-2011, 10:39 PM

Ugh. I might possibly have been exposed to Lyme when I had that tick on my gentleman's area in Japan. I saw some pictures on the net and decided, no way was that happening to my plums! Off to the doctor, despite the language difficulties. I took the dox, no sign of the pox!

HungLikeJesus · 07-25-2011, 12:16 AM

There once was a man named ZenGum
Who had a tick on his plum
He went to the docs
Now no sign of the pox
...

Oops, ran out of time.

ZenGum · 07-25-2011, 03:43 AM

... but a plague of zits on his bum!

casimendocina · 07-25-2011, 06:12 AM

Ticks...yet another indication that God does not exist.

Stay on the meds and get better soon 3Foot.

infinite monkey · 07-25-2011, 07:53 AM

I am so very not happy that I cannot find a decent clip of Demetri Martin's Avengers skit. Remember, he became a superhero to avenge his father's death, then his mom finds out years later he actually died of lyme disease?

The Avenger was at his dad's gravestone and changed "Brutally Murdered by Thugs" to Brutally Murdered by Ticks, using a posty note with the word 'ticks' on it.

It's hilarious. I know it was posted before but all I can find now are crappy clips in 30 second intervals taped off the TV onto someone's smartphone.

But feet should remember it.

Spexxvet · 07-25-2011, 07:59 AM

Hope you feel better soon, Foots

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Imagine being unable to ... pull up your zipper.

Trolling again, are ya?

Lola Bunny · 07-25-2011, 10:03 AM

So sorry to hear Foot! I hope you'll feel better soon. How did you even know you had Lyme's disease?

footfootfoot · 07-25-2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by casimendocina

Ticks...yet another indication that God does not exist.

Stay on the meds and get better soon 3Foot.

"God in his wisdom made the fly,
and then forgot to tell us why." (Ogden Nash)

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I am so very not happy that I cannot find a decent clip of Demetri Martin's Avengers skit. Remember, he became a superhero to avenge his father's death, then his mom finds out years later he actually died of lyme disease?

The Avenger was at his dad's gravestone and changed "Brutally Murdered by Thugs" to Brutally Murdered by Ticks, using a posty note with the word 'ticks' on it.

It's hilarious. I know it was posted before but all I can find now are crappy clips in 30 second intervals taped off the TV onto someone's smartphone.

But feet should remember it.

I do, that was hilarious

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Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

So sorry to hear Foot! I hope you'll feel better soon. How did you even know you had Lyme's disease?

Fever for 5 days, no respiratory or GI symptoms, arthritis like pains that roam all over my body not staying in one place more than a day or so, skull splitting headaches, living in a big fat tick hole.

Griff · 07-25-2011, 07:40 PM

So you didn't get the bullseye? Lil' Griff should is at the walk-in right now to check out a damn bullseye thingy on her sternum...

Lola Bunny · 07-25-2011, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Fever for 5 days, no respiratory or GI symptoms, arthritis like pains that roam all over my body not staying in one place more than a day or so, skull splitting headaches, living in a big fat tick hole.

That sounds horrible. I hope you feel better soon.

Griff · 07-26-2011, 05:35 AM

Her bullseye was iffy. It could be a weird bruise but was close enough to order blood tests. No fever or other indicators as yet. The doc has identified 7 cases in the last 2 weeks.

07-24-2011, 12:40 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	lyme disease. less fun than a barrel of monkeys Though I have no rash, I am 99% certain that I have Lyme disease and I'm taking Doxy for it. I'm waiting for the shit to kick in. I am getting a taste of what arthritis is like and it ain't pretty. Imagine being unable to button your shirt or pull up your zipper. Now imagine that you are sober and you can't do those things. fuck ticks and their shitty attitudes. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

07-24-2011, 12:51 PM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	My brother is fighting it as well. Beyond the physical pain the psychiatric effects can also be disabling. Stay on the drugs, my brother quit before his Dr. wanted him to and the bitch came right back. Make sure your Doc is experienced and up to date on this. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-24-2011, 02:43 PM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Oh, foot, sorry about this but sooooo glad you''re on the Doxy. Saw an Intervention about a chick who got alllllll messed up on pain killers due to undiagnosed Lymes. Hang tough and fuck a tick! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-24-2011, 10:39 PM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Ugh. I might possibly have been exposed to Lyme when I had that tick on my gentleman's area in Japan. I saw some pictures on the net and decided, no way was that happening to my plums! Off to the doctor, despite the language difficulties. I took the dox, no sign of the pox! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-25-2011, 12:16 AM	#6
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	There once was a man named ZenGum Who had a tick on his plum He went to the docs Now no sign of the pox ... Oops, ran out of time. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

07-24-2011, 07:07 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Sorry Foot! I hope you get better quickly.

07-25-2011, 03:43 AM	#7
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	... but a plague of zits on his bum! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

07-25-2011, 06:12 AM	#8
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	Ticks...yet another indication that God does not exist. Stay on the meds and get better soon 3Foot. __________________ "No frivolous oleh oleh." (Lerquin, D, 9 May 2011).

07-25-2011, 07:53 AM	#9
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	I am so very not happy that I cannot find a decent clip of Demetri Martin's Avengers skit. Remember, he became a superhero to avenge his father's death, then his mom finds out years later he actually died of lyme disease? The Avenger was at his dad's gravestone and changed "Brutally Murdered by Thugs" to Brutally Murdered by Ticks, using a posty note with the word 'ticks' on it. It's hilarious. I know it was posted before but all I can find now are crappy clips in 30 second intervals taped off the TV onto someone's smartphone. But feet should remember it.

07-25-2011, 10:03 AM	#11
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	So sorry to hear Foot! I hope you'll feel better soon. How did you even know you had Lyme's disease?

07-25-2011, 07:40 PM	#13
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	So you didn't get the bullseye? Lil' Griff should is at the walk-in right now to check out a damn bullseye thingy on her sternum... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-26-2011, 05:35 AM	#15
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Her bullseye was iffy. It could be a weird bruise but was close enough to order blood tests. No fever or other indicators as yet. The doc has identified 7 cases in the last 2 weeks. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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