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Crusinforabrusin · 04-09-2016, 03:32 PM

Mine was when I accidentally put my lips on a water fountain trying to get a sip of water. I ended up getting strep throat and was coughing non-stop for a whole week

IllinoisTVFan · 04-09-2016, 03:44 PM

For many years I suffered from psoriasis which in itself is painful but was under control. Then I started getting the arthritis from it (psoriatic arthritis) which was painful but the topper was psoriasis erythrodermic. This is a deadly flareup of psoriasis and rare but I got it two times, summer of 2013 and summer 2015. It would consist of being cold and being hot and sweaty and burning. Last year when I had it my legs got weird and I literally couldn't walk for several days in a row. I couldn't even attend church. I survived but people have died from it because it causes heart failure. This week I am going to a doctor to get medicine to prevent it from happening again. It was no fun wearing sweaters in July.

This was blissful compared to last year. The week before Ash Wednesday I started feeling sick and found out I got a form of strep (not throat). It was so bad I couldn't go to church on Ash Wednesday on the beef dinner the day before. The week later I started feeling better or so I thought. The following week I got extremely sick and once again the psoriasis erythrodermia, only this time it was so severe I ended up in the hospital. I couldn't keep anything down and would vomit. I went back to the doctor and found out I had a serious kidney infection that wouldn't go away. I got medicine and started feeling better but once again got sick with vomiting. I went to the doctor and he started running tests, thinking I had gallstones and liver cancer. Luckily I had neither. My organs were failing and my doctor told me to make a will. He then tried to eat oatmeal and I could keep that down. Otherwise he was going to admit me to the hospital for IV. I started getting better but was still unable to walk and my skin was horrible and peeling to the point where I couldn't even go to Fourth of July's parade. I got medicine and finally was in remission around October.

What got me sick? they think a variety of things, for example I worked with kids and they were always getting sick. Plus, I was on medicine that lowered my immune system. Finally, (and not least important) but my mom unexpectedly died in January and I think that triggered me because not only did I lose my mom but a bunch of bullied started harassing me about her and attacking her.

Bonniegirl · 04-09-2016, 03:49 PM

Getting hospitalized for what was thought to be a heart attack than being diagnosed with anxiety disorder!

Also I had Shingles once!! That was really uncomfortable. Luckily mine was a mild case, I've known other people who had it a lot worse and it can be really devastating!

JamesG · 04-09-2016, 09:46 PM

I had pink eye when I was about 11. The infection itself didn't bother me as my vision wasn't affected and I felt no pain, but the worst part for me was having to take eyedrops. I've never liked taking eyedrops.

Also, while not an illness, having lice wasn't fun either. I had to wash my hair w/ a special shampoo that smelled horrid.

andress_jade · 04-12-2016, 02:20 AM

When I got chicken pox from my husband who had shingles. It was the most horrible thing I've ever had to go through and I never want to go through it again. They weren't lying when they said that chicken pox is worse as an adult. It was the worst I have ever felt in my life. I started out with a swollen lymph node in the back of my head, then lethargy, nausea, headache, fever, then the spots appeared. Once the spots appeared, I developed a sore throat and my nausea got worse. I couldn't eat anything for days. The sores were the worst I have ever seen. I had them in my scalp, on my tongue, in my ears, on my back, stomach, neck, arms and chest. The only place I didn't have them were my legs and feet. I had to take Benadryl by mouth at night when I went to bed because the bedcovers made me itch and I spent the entire night scratching. Thankfully now that I've had them, I can't ever get them again.

The other thing that I got was cat scratch fever and I was miserable then too. The lymph nodes under my arm pit became swollen and I couldn't use my arm because it hurt so much and I had a mild fever. But I was lucky because some people who get it, get much sicker. I had a very mild case of it but I still felt awful.

GARFIELDKOOL · 04-12-2016, 11:31 AM

Chicken Pox when I was about six. I remember being weak and not having an appetite for weeks.

MrCleveland · 04-12-2016, 12:58 PM

I got the mumps at the age of 8 despite getting an MMR shot!

Why did I get the mumps?

Penny Lane · 04-12-2016, 02:26 PM

At age 23 I started having pains in the pit of my stomach. The pain was constant and took hours for it to let up. I had some tests done and found out that I had a large gall stone. I then had surgery to remove the gall bladder. Back then (1974) before microscopic surgeries became the norm I had regular surgery which ended up leaving me with a 6 inch scar in my abdomen area. The gallstone was very painful. I rank it right up there with labor pains!

Regulus · 04-12-2016, 04:02 PM

A few years ago I woke up VIOLENTLY ILL. Every hour

I upchucked

uke: at least once. When I FINALLY got better I spotted two things on the kitchen table, a bottle of vodka and an empty bottle of Ambien. I "googled" Ambien and my computer has a

mg: HISSY FIT!!!

I considered it a miracle I was still alive, the next morning I had a chat with my doctor and he gave me a new prescription, which I still use today.

Family Ties Forever! · 04-12-2016, 10:52 PM

In 2010 I was very sick. I had terrible pain. I couldn't keep anything down. I got down to 109 pounds. After blood work tests and an ultrasound, it was found that I had gal stones. My gal bladder was full of them and I had a gal stone that was blocking my bile duct. Because I didn't seek immediate medical care, I had let it get so bad. I didn't know until I finally went to the doctor. I had to have two surgeries. One was ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) surgery and the second surgery I had was to remove my gal bladder. I had started to go into liver failure and had Pancreatitis. The pain was unbearable. I spent 5 days in the hospital.

OH Nuts! · 04-12-2016, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by andress_jade

When I got chicken pox from my husband who had shingles. It was the most horrible thing I've ever had to go through and I never want to go through it again. They weren't lying when they said that chicken pox is worse as an adult. It was the worst I have ever felt in my life. I started out with a swollen lymph node in the back of my head, then lethargy, nausea, headache, fever, then the spots appeared. Once the spots appeared, I developed a sore throat and my nausea got worse. I couldn't eat anything for days. The sores were the worst I have ever seen. I had them in my scalp, on my tongue, in my ears, on my back, stomach, neck, arms and chest. The only place I didn't have them were my legs and feet. I had to take Benadryl by mouth at night when I went to bed because the bedcovers made me itch and I spent the entire night scratching. Thankfully now that I've had them, I can't ever get them again.

The other thing that I got was cat scratch fever and I was miserable then too. The lymph nodes under my arm pit became swollen and I couldn't use my arm because it hurt so much and I had a mild fever. But I was lucky because some people who get it, get much sicker. I had a very mild case of it but I still felt awful.

I got chicken pox too as an adult (at age 37) and yeah, IT WAS NOT FUN. Fortunately, I had a great doc and he put me great meds and rx'd a great anti-Itching med.

Bonniegirl · 04-12-2016, 11:34 PM

Wow!! Sorry to all of you that you had to go through these illnesses and sicknesses!

Besides the Anxiety disorder and chest pains, and shingles. I guess the next worse thing was spraining my ankle. It was a bad sprain, (third degree) almost classified as a break! It hurt horribly and my foot swelled up big and square, looked like a flesh colored brick with toes! And just having to be off my feet so long, and feeling helpless ! Actually that probably was worse than the shingles!

Svenfan1234 · 04-13-2016, 09:19 AM

I think two weeks ago I thought I had something that was my appendix bothering me and I was terrified that it might have to be taken out. But thank God it wasn't, otherwise that would have been bad for everyone.

shotzette · 04-13-2016, 11:24 AM

Double pneumonia. Not fun! I've had pneumonia 3x before, but my last bout was the worst. Nothing beats having to sleep sitting upright so your lungs don't fill with fluid and you drown.

Severe pink eye came in a distant second. Not fatal, but my eye was running like an infectious sewer. I literally felt it coming on in the middle of a job interview, LOL. I sincerely hope they burned everything that I touched.

ABlairican Pie · 04-13-2016, 06:01 PM

I don't know if it was the scariest or most uncomfortable, but it was very close: Several years ago in March 2008, I began to have phlebitis where I got these red patches on my legs and my shins began to swell up. This was followed by a series of bizarre itching hives which covered me with little bumps all over. During that week I began to have this need to drink as much juice as possible, I was so thirsty it was crazy.

I went to the doctor, and aside the fact that I had flu-like symptoms, he diagnosed me as having high blood pressure and put me on medication. He also designated me as being morbidly obese and having pre-diabetic conditions. Since then I have brought those things under control to where I have neither.

04-09-2016, 03:32 PM	#1
Crusinforabrusin It's time to move on, Goodbye Senior Member Join Date: Dec 27, 2015 Posts: 2,056	What's the scariest/most uncomfortable illness you ever had? Mine was when I accidentally put my lips on a water fountain trying to get a sip of water. I ended up getting strep throat and was coughing non-stop for a whole week
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04-09-2016, 03:44 PM	#2
IllinoisTVFan Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 22, 2011 Location: South of Chicago Posts: 4,072	For many years I suffered from psoriasis which in itself is painful but was under control. Then I started getting the arthritis from it (psoriatic arthritis) which was painful but the topper was psoriasis erythrodermic. This is a deadly flareup of psoriasis and rare but I got it two times, summer of 2013 and summer 2015. It would consist of being cold and being hot and sweaty and burning. Last year when I had it my legs got weird and I literally couldn't walk for several days in a row. I couldn't even attend church. I survived but people have died from it because it causes heart failure. This week I am going to a doctor to get medicine to prevent it from happening again. It was no fun wearing sweaters in July. This was blissful compared to last year. The week before Ash Wednesday I started feeling sick and found out I got a form of strep (not throat). It was so bad I couldn't go to church on Ash Wednesday on the beef dinner the day before. The week later I started feeling better or so I thought. The following week I got extremely sick and once again the psoriasis erythrodermia, only this time it was so severe I ended up in the hospital. I couldn't keep anything down and would vomit. I went back to the doctor and found out I had a serious kidney infection that wouldn't go away. I got medicine and started feeling better but once again got sick with vomiting. I went to the doctor and he started running tests, thinking I had gallstones and liver cancer. Luckily I had neither. My organs were failing and my doctor told me to make a will. He then tried to eat oatmeal and I could keep that down. Otherwise he was going to admit me to the hospital for IV. I started getting better but was still unable to walk and my skin was horrible and peeling to the point where I couldn't even go to Fourth of July's parade. I got medicine and finally was in remission around October. What got me sick? they think a variety of things, for example I worked with kids and they were always getting sick. Plus, I was on medicine that lowered my immune system. Finally, (and not least important) but my mom unexpectedly died in January and I think that triggered me because not only did I lose my mom but a bunch of bullied started harassing me about her and attacking her.
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04-12-2016, 02:20 AM	#5
andress_jade Life Goes On... Moderator Senior Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2004 Location: Iola, KS or Glenbrook Posts: 1,220	When I got chicken pox from my husband who had shingles. It was the most horrible thing I've ever had to go through and I never want to go through it again. They weren't lying when they said that chicken pox is worse as an adult. It was the worst I have ever felt in my life. I started out with a swollen lymph node in the back of my head, then lethargy, nausea, headache, fever, then the spots appeared. Once the spots appeared, I developed a sore throat and my nausea got worse. I couldn't eat anything for days. The sores were the worst I have ever seen. I had them in my scalp, on my tongue, in my ears, on my back, stomach, neck, arms and chest. The only place I didn't have them were my legs and feet. I had to take Benadryl by mouth at night when I went to bed because the bedcovers made me itch and I spent the entire night scratching. Thankfully now that I've had them, I can't ever get them again. The other thing that I got was cat scratch fever and I was miserable then too. The lymph nodes under my arm pit became swollen and I couldn't use my arm because it hurt so much and I had a mild fever. But I was lucky because some people who get it, get much sicker. I had a very mild case of it but I still felt awful.
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04-12-2016, 12:58 PM	#7
MrCleveland Drew Carey from Hell Forum Star Join Date: Nov 10, 2007 Location: The City of Cleveland, in The State of Cleveland, in The United States of Cleveland Posts: 14,222	I got the mumps at the age of 8 despite getting an MMR shot! Why did I get the mumps?
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04-12-2016, 02:26 PM	#8
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,112	At age 23 I started having pains in the pit of my stomach. The pain was constant and took hours for it to let up. I had some tests done and found out that I had a large gall stone. I then had surgery to remove the gall bladder. Back then (1974) before microscopic surgeries became the norm I had regular surgery which ended up leaving me with a 6 inch scar in my abdomen area. The gallstone was very painful. I rank it right up there with labor pains!
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04-09-2016, 03:49 PM	#3
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,643	Getting hospitalized for what was thought to be a heart attack than being diagnosed with anxiety disorder! Also I had Shingles once!! That was really uncomfortable. Luckily mine was a mild case, I've known other people who had it a lot worse and it can be really devastating!

04-09-2016, 09:46 PM	#4
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,078	I had pink eye when I was about 11. The infection itself didn't bother me as my vision wasn't affected and I felt no pain, but the worst part for me was having to take eyedrops. I've never liked taking eyedrops. Also, while not an illness, having lice wasn't fun either. I had to wash my hair w/ a special shampoo that smelled horrid.

04-12-2016, 11:31 AM	#6
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	Chicken Pox when I was about six. I remember being weak and not having an appetite for weeks.

04-12-2016, 04:02 PM	#9
Regulus Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 07, 2011 Location: Port Orange, Florida Avatar - Poiuyt Posts: 3,374	A few years ago I woke up VIOLENTLY ILL. Every hour I upchuckeduke: at least once. When I FINALLY got better I spotted two things on the kitchen table, a bottle of vodka and an empty bottle of Ambien. I "googled" Ambien and my computer has a mg: HISSY FIT!!! I considered it a miracle I was still alive, the next morning I had a chat with my doctor and he gave me a new prescription, which I still use today.
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04-12-2016, 10:52 PM	#10
Family Ties Forever! Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 16, 2002 Location: Keaton residence Posts: 10,214	In 2010 I was very sick. I had terrible pain. I couldn't keep anything down. I got down to 109 pounds. After blood work tests and an ultrasound, it was found that I had gal stones. My gal bladder was full of them and I had a gal stone that was blocking my bile duct. Because I didn't seek immediate medical care, I had let it get so bad. I didn't know until I finally went to the doctor. I had to have two surgeries. One was ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography) surgery and the second surgery I had was to remove my gal bladder. I had started to go into liver failure and had Pancreatitis. The pain was unbearable. I spent 5 days in the hospital.
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04-12-2016, 11:34 PM	#12
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,643	Wow!! Sorry to all of you that you had to go through these illnesses and sicknesses! Besides the Anxiety disorder and chest pains, and shingles. I guess the next worse thing was spraining my ankle. It was a bad sprain, (third degree) almost classified as a break! It hurt horribly and my foot swelled up big and square, looked like a flesh colored brick with toes! And just having to be off my feet so long, and feeling helpless ! Actually that probably was worse than the shingles!

04-13-2016, 09:19 AM	#13
Svenfan1234 Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 12, 2015 Posts: 11,200	I think two weeks ago I thought I had something that was my appendix bothering me and I was terrified that it might have to be taken out. But thank God it wasn't, otherwise that would have been bad for everyone.
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04-13-2016, 11:24 AM	#14
shotzette Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 30, 2004 Posts: 1,782	Double pneumonia. Not fun! I've had pneumonia 3x before, but my last bout was the worst. Nothing beats having to sleep sitting upright so your lungs don't fill with fluid and you drown. Severe pink eye came in a distant second. Not fatal, but my eye was running like an infectious sewer. I literally felt it coming on in the middle of a job interview, LOL. I sincerely hope they burned everything that I touched.

04-13-2016, 06:01 PM	#15
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,620	I don't know if it was the scariest or most uncomfortable, but it was very close: Several years ago in March 2008, I began to have phlebitis where I got these red patches on my legs and my shins began to swell up. This was followed by a series of bizarre itching hives which covered me with little bumps all over. During that week I began to have this need to drink as much juice as possible, I was so thirsty it was crazy. I went to the doctor, and aside the fact that I had flu-like symptoms, he diagnosed me as having high blood pressure and put me on medication. He also designated me as being morbidly obese and having pre-diabetic conditions. Since then I have brought those things under control to where I have neither.
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