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i thought we should all get to know each other a little more here, so i am posting these fun questions. please answer all or some of the following. i can't wait to see everyone's answers lol!
1. what's the meanest thing you ever said to a doctor?
2. what's the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you?
3. Have you ever felt like punching any of your docs? which ones and why?
4. on a day you are in moderate pain, what do you do to feel better or keep your mind off it?
5. does your sig other massage you? how often?
6. which would you prefer more:
to be cool on a hot day or warm on a cold day?
7. what meds are you on that help?
8. what's your fav comfort food?
9. have you ever crapped / peed on your self as an adult?
10. if you use or have used a cane, have you ever felt like beating someone with it? why?
11. although most physical activities hurt, which do you enjoy doing most?
12. what have you refrained your self from doing when a person has said to you "you look healthy to ME!" ?
13. what sound soothes you?
14. have you ever played a prank on someone? what did you do?
15. what do you enjoy eating most for breakfast?
16. what has fibro fog recently caused you to do?
17. pants or skirt?
18. Do you have pets? what kind and what's their name(s)?
19. skull or flower?
20. of all the suffering FMS has caused, what blessings has it brought to your life?
1. what's the meanest thing you ever said to a doctor?
2. what's the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you?
3. Have you ever felt like punching any of your docs? which ones and why?
4. on a day you are in moderate pain, what do you do to feel better or keep your mind off it?
5. does your sig other massage you? how often?
6. which would you prefer more:
to be cool on a hot day or warm on a cold day?
7. what meds are you on that help?
8. what's your fav comfort food?
9. have you ever crapped / peed on your self as an adult?
10. if you use or have used a cane, have you ever felt like beating someone with it? why?
11. although most physical activities hurt, which do you enjoy doing most?
12. what have you refrained your self from doing when a person has said to you "you look healthy to ME!" ?
13. what sound soothes you?
14. have you ever played a prank on someone? what did you do?
15. what do you enjoy eating most for breakfast?
16. what has fibro fog recently caused you to do?
17. pants or skirt?
18. Do you have pets? what kind and what's their name(s)?
19. skull or flower?
20. of all the suffering FMS has caused, what blessings has it brought to your life?
1. that i know more than he does and i have no degree!
2. a was a Marine at the time, and you know how our saying is "no pain, no gain". well i was getting a lumbar spinal injection by an army doc and he told me his policy is "no pain, no pain" i laughed so hard they had to stop the procedure so they wouldn't accidentally paralyze me!!
3. my 1st 3 neurologists for telling me that they didn't belive in fibromyalgia
4. swimming or play a ps2 game
5. yes, about once a month
6. cool on a hot day
7. effexor, neurontin, mobic, T3, oxycodone
8. mac n cheese
9. yes, crapped on my self
10. yes, for cutting in line in front of me
11. swimming
12. beating them with a large blunt object, pouring tar on em, setting em on fire, and tying them down to rail road tracks
13. the ocean or my cat purring
14. told a guy i was dating i was pregnant
15. left overs
16. yesterday i was frustrated and told Matt i wanted to shower, and he told me that i already did shower
17. pants
18. a cat: Silver
19. skull
20. has taught me patience, to be good to myself, and brought me awesome friends here on DS!
1. what's the meanest thing you ever said to a doctor?
Answer: You're Fired (plus with a note as to why along with it) LOL...2 years ago I did this...felt very liberating. I went in to his office, asked to see him...said this, handed him the letter and off I went.
He was the beginning of a very quick learned lesson on how the medical system works (or doesnt work, rather) and I gave him feedback on my displeasure.
Am I this spunky 2 years later....heck no...I cant fathom going thru the extra effort to do this to a doc...I would just switch providers at this point.
@ the ER...I do now know 2 docs to avoid. 2nd visit, I said upfront I refuse to see such and such doc...
I have yet to go for a 4th visit,but may need to soon,if Icant holdout til mon/tues...
If I have to go back,Inow know to upfront refuse 2ER dcos...sigh
2.That I needed to put on weight!!
3.Oh yeah the one that is torchering me now for my shoulder.
4.I like to draw my landscapes.
5.No, because it hurts me to bad.
6.To be warm on a cold day
7.?? You got me??
8.Chocolate
9.No
10.No
11.Dancing
12.Punching them in the mouth!!
13.The purring of my kitties
14.I tied the firewores called pull aprats on the steering wheel in my mother car and then to the inner door handle. So when she opened the doot they went off.
15.French Toast
16.I put the TV remote in the fridge.
17.pants
18.5 kitties,Oreo,Kanyon,Echo.Turbo,Sylis
19.flower
20.The love of my family and my dear feinds here on DS!!!!!!!!!!
1. Let's see......"ALL THIS CRAP IS NOT F***ING ANXIETY!!! GOOD BYE!"
"You Graduated Lowest In your Class Didn't ya"...I said to him right before I walked out of the room...before Him.
2. what's the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you?
"you don't Like me do you"...said while he had his Hand on my Artery, I said to Him "Feel The VIBE"
3. Have you ever felt like punching any of your docs? which ones and why?
Yes, the One that Told me to lose weight, I was by that time 30 pounds over weight, I had been 10 Pounds UNDER weight when I First went to him complaining of the Exact SAME Issue !!
4. on a day you are in moderate pain, what do you do to feel better or keep your mind off it?
I Take an Epsom Salt bath, and get moving...get the Blood Pumpin.
5. does your sig other massage you? how often? Rarely.
6. which would you prefer more:
to be cool on a hot day or warm on a cold day?
Be warm on a Cold day
7. what meds are you on that help? No Meds...well, just started Xanax, but have only taken one pill so far...other then that...No meds...Ibuprophen/tylenol, for bad pain days.
8. what's your fav comfort food? Pot Roast with all the Fixins
9. have you ever crapped / peed on your self as an adult?
Nope...came awful close tho !! ROFLMAO !!
10. if you use or have used a cane, have you ever felt like beating someone with it? why?
I Would, but I don't have one, Prolly a good thing !!
11. although most physical activities hurt, which do you enjoy doing most? Dancing...
12. what have you refrained your self from doing when a person has said to you "you look healthy to ME!" ? Speaking...acknowledging their Comment...
13. what sound soothes you? Celtic Music/bagpipes
14. have you ever played a prank on someone? what did you do? hmmm...not really a Prankster, have had some done to ME tho !!
15. what do you enjoy eating most for breakfast? Hot cereal on a cold day
16. what has fibro fog recently caused you to do? Ummm I Forget !!
17. pants or skirt? JAMMIES !!!!!!!!
18. Do you have pets? what kind and what's their name(s)?
I have 2 Dogs, abigail and snoman, they are American eskimos, and One cat...his name is Sylvestor
19. skull or flower?
Huh ??
2. what's the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you? I dont know about funny, but there have been many stupid things like, poking my tenderpoints and asking if that hurts.
3. Have you ever felt like punching any of your docs? which ones and why? My old Rheumatologist who told me fibro was all in my head.
4. on a day you are in moderate pain, what do you do to feel better or keep your mind off it? Take a hot bath with music playing
5. does your sig other massage you? how often? No, nope, nada, never, and when pigs fly.
6. which would you prefer more:
to be cool on a hot day or warm on a cold day? Wow tough choice, but I guess warm on a cold day.
7. what meds are you on that help? Neurontin occasionally
8. what's your fav comfort food? Chocolate anything
9. have you ever crapped / peed on your self as an adult? Unfortunately, yes to both
10. if you use or have used a cane, have you ever felt like beating someone with it? why? Yes, after someone stepped on my foot that the horse stepped on and broke.
11. although most physical activities hurt, which do you enjoy doing most? Horse back riding.
12. what have you refrained your self from doing when a person has said to you "you look healthy to ME!" ? slapping them
13. what sound soothes you? The sound of a stream
14. have you ever played a prank on someone? what did you do? We had a friend visiting us who was sort of concerned about his weight, but not overly obsessed mind you. But I would hear him step on the scales everymorning. After he would step on them, I would go in and turn the dial on them so they would be 5 pounds heavier each day. By the time he left, he was convinced he had put on 20 pounds in just a few days. Most people would have checked the scale before getting on.
15. what do you enjoy eating most for breakfast? yogurt
16. what has fibro fog recently caused you to do? Misspell my own name.
17. pants or skirt? Sweat pants
18. Do you have pets? what kind and what's their name(s)? Cats: Rocky, Smudge and Patches; Dogs: Sandy, Beau and Cochise; Horses: Ruckus, Miss Black and Cimarron
19. skull or flower? flower
20. of all the suffering FMS has caused, what blessings has it brought to your life? I tend to notice beauty more now.
2; You should try aerobics,(ha bloody ha)
3; Yes,so far all of them!!! Mainly for sarcasm or lack of knowledge.
4; Come to DS and do my crafting,maybe some tv or home shopping!!!!!!
5; NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! NEVER even offered!!!!
6; Definately warm on a cold day.
7; Well I take Lyrica,Amitriptyline;tramadol,Omeprazole,ferrous fumerate,paracetamol and I don't know if they work as I was put on them all at the same time and am still in pain ?????
8; Ben&Jerrys' cookie dough ice cream and frothy,creamy cappochino's.
9; Fortunately for me,NO.
10; At least once a day!!!!!
11; I like to swim but can only do so in a very warm pool with easy acses.
12; Stabbing them,slapping them,screaming at them,all or any of the above.
13;Total quiet(not that I get it very often round here!!)
14; No But I've many played on me!!!
15; Croissants with real butter,freshly squeezed orange juice and a pot of tea!!
16; Well I managed to put moisturiser in my hair and straightening treatment on my face!!!!
17 Pants everytime!!!
18; No I have enough to do with 5 kids.
19; Flower for me please.
20; It has brought me many new and wonderful true friends here on DS, thanks guys xxxxx
told my mom's Dr. I would sue him if anything happened to my mom
2. what's the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you?
I was going to a holistic MD for hormone issues and I told him my sex drive was so high I thought about sex, dreamt about it all the time and I felt like a dog in heat, I could not take it anymore
He said " is that really a bad thing." I laughed so hard he was a little red in the face when he said that.
3. Have you ever felt like punching any of your docs? which ones
and why?
Many times
*An endocrinologist I had every symptom in the book for hypothyroidism and he said I would eventually develop low thyroid disease
*General practitioner who absolutely refused to try Armour instead of synthroid
*Rheumy, He kept toucing my hips when he was talking to me about FM.
* I could keep going but there would be no room left for the other question
4. on a day you are in moderate pain, what do you do to feel better or keep your mind off it?
Watch tv
5. does your sig other massage you? how often?
Only when he wants sex.
6. which would you prefer more:
to be cool on a hot day or warm on a cold day?
Cool on a hot day
7. what meds are you on that help?
Naproxen, soma, oxycodone
8. what's your fav comfort food?
Donuts
9. have you ever crapped / peed on your self as an adult?
Peed, When I cough or sneeze
10. if you use or have used a cane, have you ever felt like beating someone with it? why?
My husband because he can be a jerk.
11. although most physical activities hurt, which do you enjoy doing most?
I use to like walking thru the woods
12. what have you refrained your self from doing when a person has said to you "you look healthy to ME!" ?
Telling them off.
13. what sound soothes you?
The sound of the ocean.
14. have you ever played a prank on someone? what did you do?
no
15. what do you enjoy eating most for breakfast?
Peanut butter and Jelly
16. what has fibro fog recently caused you to do?
Space out at work and not know what I was doing.
17. pants or skirt?
Pants
18. Do you have pets? what kind and what's their name(s)?
Dog. Mickey
19. skull or flower?
Flower
20. of all the suffering FMS has caused, what blessings has it brought to your life?
Nothing right now but maybe I will find some blessing in the future
Posted on 01/17/09, 03:01 pm2.
1. what's the meanest thing you ever said to a doctor? In not willing to do that or take that. I am usually polite, could be a flaw, some times I thinks so. lol
2. what's the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you? When my old Gyno called me in, after complaining of left side pain, he did some tests. He did a full hysterectomy 6 years earlier and I was not able to use hormone therapy, so I was in full blown hot flashes for the last 5 years.
His office called me back in, so he could tell me I was hormonal.
I was just shocked, brought hubby with me, thought the news were going to be really bad.
3. Have you ever felt like punching any of your docs? which ones and why? No, I don't have the energy to waste.
4. on a day you are in moderate pain, what do you do to feel better or keep your mind off it? Make a tag for some one, watch TV,
go for a nice walk if it's warm out.
5. does your sig other massage you? how often? Yes, some times weekly, some time monthly. When ever he feel like it. lol Now how often do I give him a massage, I was trained in relaxation massage, years ago. lol All most daily.
6. which would you prefer more:
to be cool on a hot day or warm on a cold day? to be cool on a hot day.
7. what meds are you on that help? Cyclobenzaprine, only when needed before bed, on really bad days I may take a half of one. But then I sleep and sleep. lol
8. what's your fav comfort food? I am not allowed to have them any more, hmmmm but when I could I love all food. lol T-Bone steak, with mash potatoes and gravy. lol yum
9. have you ever crapped / peed on your self as an adult? Sorry this one is too personal lol so yes, shhhhhh don't tell.
10. if you use or have used a cane, have you ever felt like beating someone with it? why?
lol this one is funny, no, not in general. Ok maybe once when I was on Testosterone hormone, and then it was everyone. lol Rough stuff.
11. although most physical activities hurt, which do you enjoy doing most? Dancing and shoveling snow.
12. what have you refrained your self from doing when a person has said to you "you look healthy to ME!" ? No one has said that to me, that I could hear any way.
13. what sound soothes you? My hubby playing one of his, computer games. lol will put me to sleep with in minutes. I live the sound of falling rain, hitting on a material covered roof, like a tent, or canopy.
14. have you ever played a prank on someone? what did you do? When I was in my early twenty, one of my husband friends, unplugged out water bed, When we went to bed the next day, it was cold, brrrrr. It was winter time in Toronto, Canada.
So I did up a fake letter of apology that he didn't get chosen playgirl. I was working in a shipping department as the only girl clerk and one of the truck driver gave it too me. It was the funniest letter I ever ready. It was so insulting. Well I did it up so it look real and added a picture of him I took a year ago at a party, and mailed it to his home address. He never figured out how did it, and was asking everyone we know. lol
15. what do you enjoy eating most for breakfast? plain, slightly burnt toast or a plain bran muffin.
Not a big breakfast eater, I know I should.
16. what has fibro fog recently caused you to do? Trying to turn on my kitchen faucet by pull up on the faucet it selfs. Hmm ever heard of a tap. And a few months ago I put folded cloths in the fridge. What is it with the fridge. I hear that a lot.
17. pants or skirt? Pj's, pants.
18. Do you have pets? what kind and what's their name(s)? One spoiled big long hair boy cat, named Squeeken.
19. skull or flower? Flowers please. lol
I, too, find the purr of my kitties the most soothing thing in the world.
I would answer more but my brain isn't working at the moment!
1. what's the meanest thing you ever said to a doctor?
Don't think I've ever said anything mean, but certainly have thought it!
2. what's the funniest thing a doctor has ever said to you?
When I was 19 and having my gyno exam, while he was down looking at my hoo hoo, he says, you know? you look alot like my girlfriend! You can imagine what I was thinking and then I see the man at church that Sunday! 2 years later after my divorce he asked me for a date.. as if!
3. Have you ever felt like punching any of your docs? which ones and why?
I had been in for my normal script refill, then 2 weeks later I fell and wrenched my shoulder and went in for something stronger and maybe a muscle relaxer, and he said, "Oh, you must have fallen because you needed something new!" This was my GP (for about another month!)
4. on a day you are in moderate pain, what do you do to feel better or keep your mind off it?
I love to read and pet my pup
5. does your sig other massage you? how often?
When I ask.. not nearly often enough or long enough when he does it
6. which would you prefer more:
to be cool on a hot day or warm on a cold day?
That is pretty equal because I don't like extremes either way but I live in Arizona and let me tell you, being cool in a must!
7. what meds are you on that help?
Vicodin ES helps but docs don't give enough and really need something stronger, soma, but sleep is the most important so ambien is a necessity.
8. what's your fav comfort food?
Ummmm. I love lots of things but chicken and dumplings or chicken and rice
9. have you ever crapped / peed on your self as an adult?
I am a middle aged woman who has had 3 children and a hysterectomy. Coughing, sneezing, laughing or shit... picking up a gallon of tea makes me pee....tee hee
10. if you use or have used a cane, have you ever felt like beating someone with it? why?
I don't use a cane, but man! I think it would be nice to be an eccentric old lady and smack the shins of everyone who irritated me! lol
11. although most physical activities hurt, which do you enjoy doing most?
Walking my dog, going to the book store with my daughter
12. what have you refrained your self from doing when a person has said to you "you look healthy to ME!" ?
lets see, spitting in their face comes to mind
13. what sound soothes you?
love the sound of a thunderstorm
14. have you ever played a prank on someone? what did you do?
fibrofog....i know i did just cant think
15. what do you enjoy eating most for breakfast?
good thick sliced bacon, fried eggs with homemade bisquits!
16. what has fibro fog recently caused you to do?
I can't remember....lmao
17. pants or skirt?
when i was thinner, definitely skirts...now... whatever doesn't feel like it is squeezing me or makes me look like an overstuffed sausage!
18. Do you have pets? what kind and what's their name(s)?
I have a chihuahua and pomeranian mix that has the coloring of a doberman and the attitude of a rotweiler!
19. skull or flower?
huh? i guess flower
20. of all the suffering FMS has caused, what blessings has it brought to your life?
To appreciate the good times and am more understanding of others when they don't feel good