Story archives - tag: "health"

Aj

My doctor told me i was 2 lbs. overweight and suggested I join Weight Watchers.

tags: humor health doctor [add]

2008-06-03 15:36:47 / Rating: 91.75 /

Stephanie E.

I went to the emergency room and was diagnosed with a headache.

tags: humor health irony [add]

2008-04-07 14:21:43 / Rating: 98.75 /

Snarkmeister

It really screwed up my day when the dermatologist told me that the weird scar on my nose was actually skin cancer.

tags: health cancer bummer [add]

2008-03-07 16:53:20 / Rating: 174 /

Tammii

Because it's difficult for me to bend, I cleaned the base of the shower with a pot scrubber tied to the bottom of my walking stick

tags: cleaning housework health shower [add]

2008-02-05 10:38:05 / Rating: 108.5 /

Lo and behold

I am still not sure if the IBS, stunted growth, amenorrhea, depression, and anxiety I now am cursed with were worth the flawless skin I sought so passionately.

tags: medicine health skin porcelain living hell [add]

2007-11-26 12:38:11 / Rating: 97 /

I Heart Chocolate

I never liked food containing anything soy until the realization that they help me lose weight.

tags: health epiphany food body image [add]

2007-09-13 13:51:16 / Rating: 99.25 /

Mag

I was reading Calvin and Hobbes, drinking orange juice, when the sudden seizure ripped through me like a hyperactive kid with a bag of Doritos.

tags: health [add]

2007-07-13 10:24:38 / Rating: 87.75 /

Sabrina

People say that Fibromyalgia is not a "real" disease, but if they had to live with what I live with everyday, they would never say that again.

tags: health Fibromyalgia people judgments [add]

2007-06-26 16:55:57 / Rating: 126.25 /

lady macleod

When I told the emergency room physician it was the worst headache of my life he said, "You will need an MRI, now."

tags: scare health headache [add]

2007-05-24 09:34:26 / Rating: 93.5 /

Alex

On my tour of Kyoto I dislocated my thumb by falling down some slippery stone steps as I was exiting a shrine where I prayed for good health and good luck for the remainder of my trip (no pun intended).

tags: irony health travel [add]

2006-08-14 00:11:08 / Rating: 198.25 /