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Post by Amanda on May 14, 2009 21:55:46 GMT -5
I can kind of understand not being able to spell endometriosis. It's not a super common word for people who don't have to deal with it like we do. Also, working for an insurance company isn't really part of the medical field, in a sense. It's more so the insurance field.
Incorrect spelling is almost as annoying as wrong capitalization and not using punctuation marks and run-on sentences!
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Post by cass on May 14, 2009 22:41:14 GMT -5
Im over people not believing im in menopause this lady today said whatever darling you have a looooooong way to go before that hits, trust me.
Grrrrrrrr!!!! this didnt happen naturally people and its harsh having it forced upon your body so take your naturally depleted hormonal state somewhere else...
ps im in pain with a tooth ache actually im in AGONY with a tootache.
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Post by Kitty on May 16, 2009 13:49:49 GMT -5
Gawd! You would think other women could empathize but nooo.... Only us girls with endo really can know the hell we go thru daily.
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Post by ouchy on May 16, 2009 17:55:06 GMT -5
And then when I look at people like Cass, I have to re-evaulate my "pain!" The girl is seriously my idol!
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Post by cass on May 17, 2009 6:26:08 GMT -5
You just bought tears to my eyes..
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Post by ouchy on May 17, 2009 12:38:00 GMT -5
:* wub you!!!!
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Post by Karen on Jun 24, 2009 20:36:11 GMT -5
Ugh, just got off the phone with my mom. We don't get along, haven't for ages, we now live far, far away. We typically talk about 4 times a year for about 10 minutes tops, but she found out in March what was going on with my health and now feels the need to call more often. I'm all about educating people about endo, but she asks the same questions every time, and she has the shock in her voice every time I tell her the same answers that I've told her before. And she always says something really dumb... Today was no exception.
We were talking about my allergies/illnesses that I had as a kid, that there's a link to allergies/endo. She eventually suggested I get a vaporizer to see if that helps with the pain, since that always used to help when I was a kid. When I had a cold. Does that sound as stupid as it does to you as it does to me??? Ugh!
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Post by ouchy on Jun 24, 2009 20:38:27 GMT -5
LOL! Do we have the same mom?
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Post by Karen on Jun 24, 2009 20:47:27 GMT -5
Hmm, does she leave long, rambling messages on your answering machine about the weather, what she's doing that weekend, and gives you absolutely no reason to call her back because she's covered everything she was going to say on your machine? If so, I think we're related...
(Oh, and the last time we talked, she asked if me being on BC for so many years could have caused endo. She always told me growing up that she'd rather I get pregnant than put me on the pill so I knew the consequences of premarital sex, so she's been looking for a reason to say 'I told you so' about BC for years... It was nice to be able to reply that BC is often the first course of treatment!)
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Post by rach on Jun 24, 2009 23:22:07 GMT -5
hahaha that's gold!! Oh man i wish a vapouriser could help! Maybe if you pointed the steam at your belly and warmed it up a little?
(BTW i have a cold and am totally in love with my vapuriser at the moment. Its like going to bed in a steam room, yay!)
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Post by cass on Jun 25, 2009 3:56:19 GMT -5
I get phone calls whenever a family member or friend has gastro and is experiencing a bout of diarrhea , or they will say i thought of you when i had diarrhea the otehr day...... im not sure if i should feel flattered or not hahaha
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Post by Karen on Jun 25, 2009 6:29:31 GMT -5
Oh, Cass, that's hilarious!
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Post by rach on Jun 25, 2009 20:23:23 GMT -5
hehehe sorry to say it but yes cass i think of you too sometimes when i gotta rush to the toilet! Now that's somthing to be proud of indeed haha
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Post by JC on Jun 26, 2009 6:47:10 GMT -5
I hate when people get all concerned when I tell them I had surgery but then when I tell them it was because of "female problems" they all cast if off like it's nothing. Then when I try to explain what it is they act like it's not a big deal. Like, women's reproductive organs should be all screwey, it's normal!
UGH!
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Post by omaklackey on Jun 26, 2009 11:28:45 GMT -5
I had one person keep telling me... I just didn't think you would still be laid up like that, this was two weeks after my Laparotomy? I had a 25 staple incsion from belly to pelvis and she thought I should be feeling better? And yes I've gotten really hesitant about how to tell people about endo because people are very squimish when you mention the girly parts. I say we tell them its like cancer... cells that morph into other cells and lie outside the body. (one of the many theories of how endo starts) Of course then I freaked the living crap out of my dad until I told him its not life-threatining and now he might not take my pain serious. I guess stupid things people say will continue to plague us!! Or my mom who keeps telling me that If I just got a hysterectomy I would feel all better. I can't seem to explain to her that its not in my uterus?
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