have you ever been so sick you just want to die?

[rogaine]

i have mono and i'm in my third week of feeling like absolute hell. i keep crying because i'm so frustrated and angry that i feel as bad as i do.

this morning i woke up and i had huge pustules (sp?) on my tonsils. they're so swollen they're almost touching! :(

please pity me.. or at least keep me company on blamo where i have to waste my time again.

[Hi There, Am Pam]

HAT!!!!! I got your e-mail, I've just been very, very lazy and lack motivation. 3 straight weeks of being sick? That must be awful. There is only one thing to say right now....



*GAZ*!

[Kelly Kapowski]

i'm sorry, cat! that sounds so shitty, i cry for you!!!


american john, i just sent you a PM!

[Cool As Ice Cream]

what's mono?

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Originally posted by Kelly Kapowski
american john, i just sent you a PM!


Please PM me, if I am on yahoo chat. Bye! Thanks for stopping by!

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Originally posted by Cool As Ice Cream
what's mono?

It's when you only have one channel of audio, the opposite of stereo, if you will.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

omg in that case i am so sorry for you.

mono reminds me of the simpsons where homer sings mono-d'oh!

[gangsta puffin]

bram, danny says it's "M.E." to you folk, aka "yuppie flu." i imagine "M.E." stands for mononeucleosis, which is what mono stands for.

[Divine]

:O cat! it's been like forever...

[Pele]

cat, can i ask you something? how much weight have you lost being sick? if it's a signifigant number (like 10 or more pounds) can you send me some of your breath in an airtight bag? thanks.

[Molly]

awww, hun, i feel your pain. i had mono the summer before i started grade 10. it was terrible. i was so tired, so sick. i couldnt get up for more than half an hour without needing to collapse and have a nap.
though i didnt want to die with mono. i wanted to die with pneumonia when i had it.

[Pele]

i just read your post again cat, i merely skimmed it before-- i'm sorry you feel so shitty, i guess if i really want to lose weight i should just give myself tapeworm. worked a few decades ago, why not now?

but yeah-- when i feel sick i forget what feeling healthy is like. it completely changes your brain chemistry, or it seems to, anyway... very weird. and a bit enlightening, in some ways. once, i had the flu, and one of the days i was completely uninhibited. it was like being drunk off my rocker but without the stupidity, slurring, and nausea.

[jas1n]

get well soon, buddy. i have decided to not eat any cheese quesadillas until you are better.

[bags]

Get well soon CAT!

[LostAngel31]

I can honestly say, yes I have been so sick that I could kill over. I have a sinus infection and broncitis at the same time.....UGH!It was hell

[Herr Lipp]

Originally posted by Pele
but yeah-- when i feel sick i forget what feeling healthy is like. it completely changes your brain chemistry, or it seems to, anyway... very weird. and a bit enlightening, in some ways. once, i had the flu, and one of the days i was completely uninhibited. it was like being drunk off my rocker but without the stupidity, slurring, and nausea.

wow thats exactly how I feel when I'm sick. Cannot for the life of me remember healthiness. Maybe its a brain reaction to make you rest as much as possible?

And yes Ive had many nice dizzy-spells when Ive been ill.

[Intern Kate]

i am so, so sorry. i hate any sicknesses that have to do with throat/tonsils. you can't swallow or sleep or do anything i hate it so so much.

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally posted by gangsta puffin
danny says it's "M.E." to you folk, aka "yuppie flu." i have never heard of m.e. or yuppie flu. i'm also surprised to hear that danny knows how we call it. oh wait, i'm not.

[Divine]

:O everyone hates this person :O why?

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally posted by danno
:O everyone hates this person :O why? he wets his pants and lies about it.

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

Originally posted by Cool As Ice Cream
i have never heard of m.e. or yuppie flu. i'm also surprised to hear that danny knows how we call it. oh wait, i'm not.
Well what an ignorant cunt you are, then. Time to do your homework boring, belgian boy! :-D

[Static Split Screen]

Just a week or two ago I felt like utter shit. I had a fever and a migrane and a throat infection, my back was out of alignment, and I was alternately shivering uncontrollably or sweating from the fever. I didn't want to die, but I kept whining and being pitiful the entire time. That was the sickest I'd been since I was around 6 and had a 104 degree temperature. Great timing, immune system!

[Narcissistic Nihilist]

Originally posted by Cool As Ice Cream
he wets his pants and lies about it.
Bram has a psychiatric problem where he has to transpose his kiddie problems onto others. Its really quite sad.

[Divine]

this is truly gay...

[Barbara]

Awww CAT I'm so sorry and I know how bad it feels, I had mono when I was 16 and was out of school for almost 3 months, nearly got held back even though I got good grades in all my classes and caught up with my homework in the hospital, just because I had went WAY over the "maximum" amount of sick days allowed, at that school if you missed more than their required number of days then you get held back no matter how good your grades are. But at the last minute we bitched at the school and showed them hospital records and they didn't hold me back.

Mono sucks sucks SUCKS, I never felt sicker in my life than when I had it. Plus it took the doctors nearly 2 weeks to diagnose it, I was getting blood tests every day and they all were inconclusive. Eventually they got a positive result for mono. I was puking so much that bile started coming up, and on an IV drip for a few weeks from dehydration.

I hope you get better, and I miss you a whole lot since you don't post on the General board too much anymore!! You are still one of the original blamo super cool chicks :D Hope you get better soon hon, go to the hospital right away if it gets any worse, they'll take care of you.

[Molly]

Originally posted by Barbara
Plus it took the doctors nearly 2 weeks to diagnose it, I was getting blood tests every day and they all were inconclusive. Eventually they got a positive result for mono. ugh, that happened to me too. it was so irritating, cause i just wanted to sleep. my mum kept having to take time off work to take me to the doctors cause i couldnt make it on my own. and even though the doctor is only 10 minutes from our house, i would nap in the car on the way there, and on the way back.

man, mono is the worst. it ruins your life. fuck, i'd forgotten how bad mono was.

[Static Split Screen]

My friend had mono this year. She forced herself to go back to school even though she was still pretty ill, because she was in lots of AP and honors classes. Urgh.

[Hi There, Am Pam]

I feel somewhat sick right now, I think I have sympathy pains. I just have that general malaise, not really sick.

[jas1n]

Originally posted by Hi There, Am Pam
I feel somewhat sick right now, I think I have sympathy pains. I just have that general malaise, not really sick.

i LOVE hellman's malaise. on a sandwich or with fries. or on a burger.

[Hi There, Am Pam]

The idea of dipping fries in mayo has always seemed a bit much. But then again, I've had cheese fries with bacon, and that's pretty much worse.

[Depechekin]

Poor Cat, I've had mono when i was 19, it blew sooo much. I feel your pain, hope you get well soon :D

I think the sickest I've been was when I had the flu a few years ago and it turned into pnemonia D: that was not fun at all. I was practically bedridden for almost 3 weeks D: .

[rogaine]

wow. hearing your mono stories makes me feel better. (mainly barbara's)! i'm not as sick as that.. i just feel shitty and my tonsils are gross.

in fact they're producing so much mucus that last night i threw up a couple times and all i vomited up was mucus! gross, huh? yeah. man thinking about it makes me want to puke again.

and cheryl, i've lost twelve pounds in three weeks. not cool. i mean.. it's kinda cool cause i like losing weight, but it sucks because i have not been hungry AT ALL. though today i am hungry and i really want to eat which i feel is a good sign! :)

[Divine]

we need to see a new pictures of you! i haven't see one in years.... 3-4...

[Amanda]

Originally posted by rogaine
i have mono

i saw the title of this thread and even before i opened it, I said to myself "yup i wanted to die when i had mono" i was sick for 8 weeks. I hope you feel better soon :)

[rogaine]

Originally posted by danno
we need to see a new pictures of you! i haven't see one in years.... 3-4... not to brag or anything, but i think you'd be pleasantly surprised if you did see one. i look nice now, i think. i don't have a digital camera anymore though so i'll have to figure out some way to get one on here.

[rogaine]

Originally posted by Hi There, Am Pam
The idea of dipping fries in mayo has always seemed a bit much. But then again, I've had cheese fries with bacon, and that's pretty much worse. i like dipping fries in home made tartar sauce which is basically mayonnaise... :-o

[Divine]

you were always a cutie. you were like... cat! lol, i thought you're whole style was just you. i dunno, just something i admire.

[gangsta puffin]

Originally posted by Cool As Ice Cream
i have never heard of m.e. or yuppie flu. i'm also surprised to hear that danny knows how we call it. oh wait, i'm not.

woah sorry kiddo i KNOW your location says belgium but i was thinking you're english for some reason, my BAD. i don't pay enough attention.

[jas1n]

Originally posted by rogaine
not to brag or anything, but i think you'd be pleasantly surprised if you did see one. i look nice now, i think. i don't have a digital camera anymore though so i'll have to figure out some way to get one on here.

i have probably a lot of pix of catherine with her hand over her face. haha.

[lexxx]

Originally posted by he believes in swordfish
i have probably a lot of pix of catherine with her hand over her face. haha. i probably have a pic of you kicking yourself in the grill piece :yes:

[jas1n]

Originally posted by the lex
i probably have a pic of you kicking yourself in the grill piece :yes:

:-*

[Molly]

Originally posted by the lex
i probably have a pic of you kicking yourself in the grill piece :yes: i'm intrigued!

[jas1n]

Originally posted by Molly
i'm intrigued!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/j451n/120998359_m.jpg

[Kelly Kapowski]

...wow.

[Hi There, Am Pam]

lol!

Hey Ms. Kapowski, where's your avatar?

[Kelly Kapowski]

i felt bad about my irish john avatar, so i wanted to change it, but i have no idea what to use! everything i resize looks like shit, and all the gifs i like are massive, and i don't know how to resize animated gifs ;(((

i'm gonna try out this will ferrell one for the moment, but it just seems so...generic...

[Kelly Kapowski]

they say when you find the right one, you just know...


http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/32133934/2563318

[Kelly Kapowski]

i want you to use this one, smelly...

[Kelly Kapowski]

oops, i meant THIS ONE:

[Hi There, Am Pam]

LOL! That one is great. I'd miss my Pam :(. I'll work some magic.

The Will Ferrel one is rather generic, but good none-the-less. When he hosted SNL, the Queens of the Stone Age were the live performers, and they played "Little Sister", which is a cowbell driven song. When I first heard it, I, like many people, thought of Will Ferrel doing his thing. During that SNL performance, he came out and jammed on the cowbell. So perfect.

Remember this?

[Hi There, Am Pam]

What do you think of this? (stare at it for about 8 seconds)

[Hi There, Am Pam]

How about a dinosaur avatar?

http://bestanimations.com/Animals/Reptiles/Dinosaurs/Dinosaur-01-june.gif

http://www.sitevip.net/gifs/dinosaur/2346_animado.gif

http://www.sitevip.net/gifs/dinosaur/2349_animado.gif

http://www.sitevip.net/gifs/dinosaur/2358_animado.gif

[Kelly Kapowski]

I saw that on SNL, actually. I love Will to pieces, Hohn ;(


:lol: And i actually forgot to save that uncanny portrait of myself! It is beyond glorious, i love it!


I like what you did with that cat, it's good. I might like the :smelly: better though, because the timing is so, so funny :(

[Kelly Kapowski]

Originally posted by Hi There, Am Pam
How about a dinosaur avatar?

http://bestanimations.com/Animals/Reptiles/Dinosaurs/Dinosaur-01-june.gif
He needs to wear a paper bag on his face!


I have so many gifs on my comp, why am i a nerd.

[Hi There, Am Pam]

I will add the Pam/cat avatar to my stash, and change it once the Pam/:smelly: gets old.

I <3 animated gifs. Especially the really cheesey ones people use on Geocities websites. I miss the really awful personal webpages where people load those things on beyond belief. I never seem to come across them anymore. :(

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Holy shit! I didn't notice that Flava Flav one! That's nuts!

[Kelly Kapowski]

i used to have one of those pages, too. Well, at least tried to, i was never HTML savvy.


the flava flav person also made this paris one ;(

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Oh god, that's hilarious.

[sleepy sinner]

Oh Cat! I've never had glandular fever (which is what we call mono) but I know from earlier this year that blisters on the tonsils aren't fun! That throat infection I got (which I suspect was a nasty case of Nepalese strep from the lab, we were working on them) was the sickest I've been for a good many years. Do you have that constant burning stinging barbed wire being scraped down your throat, can't eat anything in case it bumps the tonsils pain?

I didn't sleep for two weeks and kept crying in the middle of the night :(

I really hope you get better soon!

Oh but to cure the pain I ended up getting this nifty but slightly scary-looking throat spray - it has a long thin nozzle and you spray down your throat and it numbs it to shit! It's also made of ETHANOL! (ALCOHOL!!) :) They're a godsend, hopefully you can find one.

[rogaine]

ooh, thanks for the advice! i'll look for it. that sounds awesome.

and yeah, i know what you mean. i have a bit of a stuffy nose so i'm sleeping with my mouth open so when i wake up it's basically like i'm taking a piece of barbed wire and shoving it down my throat. good analogy.

however i've been gargling with warm salt water and also with listerine and i gotta say - it's really painful, but helps clear out the mucus and maybe a bit of the infection! i think i'm kicking mono's ass! :cool:

[Sandinista]

Hey, Catherine.

[milpool]

hi cat! hi hi hi.

i hope you get better very soon! i know it would suck a lot but i still want mono pretty bad. well..i just want an excuse to sleep all the time and lose a bunch of weight );
byeo

[Daysleeper]

My sister had glandular fever...it sucks...saps all your energy and you get blisters...once you get it, it never really goes...just stays dormant in your body until the next time....

Hope ya feel better soon!

[Daysleeper]

Originally posted by Hi There, Am Pam
The idea of dipping fries in mayo has always seemed a bit much. But then again, I've had cheese fries with bacon, and that's pretty much worse.

Chips with mayonaise are greatness...Chips and cheese is a close second! :-D

[rogaine]

Originally posted by milpool
hi cat! hi hi hi.

i hope you get better very soon! i know it would suck a lot but i still want mono pretty bad. well..i just want an excuse to sleep all the time and lose a bunch of weight );
byeo yeah. even though it sucks a lot and i'd rather not be sick, since i HAVE to be sick apparently, at least i've lost weight. everybody keeps commenting! it rules.

that and i get vicodin for the pain. turns out i like vicodin.

and are you sure it never goes away? once you get better your body is supposed to have antibodies for it i thought!

[Hi There, Am Pam]

Originally posted by rogaine
that and i get vicodin for the pain. turns out i like vicodin.


That dress is very becoming on you HAT. Have I ever told you what pretty eyes you have?


Best Wishes,
HOHN :)

[javelin]

hey buddy! i hope you keep feeling better. i'll make you some tomato soup and grilled cheese when you are up for it!

p.s. ashley is in town the 18th through 21st. i hope you feel better by then to see her. she misses you!

[sleepy sinner]

Originally posted by rogaine
ooh, thanks for the advice! i'll look for it. that sounds awesome.

and yeah, i know what you mean. i have a bit of a stuffy nose so i'm sleeping with my mouth open so when i wake up it's basically like i'm taking a piece of barbed wire and shoving it down my throat. good analogy.

however i've been gargling with warm salt water and also with listerine and i gotta say - it's really painful, but helps clear out the mucus and maybe a bit of the infection! i think i'm kicking mono's ass! :cool:

Awesome! you kick that bitch!
Also, if you can find it it's kinda gross but they have betadine mouth wash which helps a bit too...it's basically iodine, a low grade disinfectant and anti-microbial.

And it's true you make antibodies to EBV virus but sometimes in some people they get sick again due to either the antibodies going autoimmune or perhaps they're just a bit weak. EBV hides itself very well from the immune system, it's hard to kill.

[SmileyGladhands]

Back to the origional question for a moment, if i may... i've never been sick enough to want to die, but close... I have however been injured enough to want to just die, and that would be relevent i guess. It's a weird feeling, or it was, at my age.

[kendra]

Sssoooo what happened?

[Cool As Ice Cream]

Originally posted by milpool
i know it would suck a lot but i still want mono pretty bad. well..i just want an excuse to sleep all the time :heart: