Do you ever come up with a symptom of some sort, google it, and become convinced you are dying?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (182000)
United States
September 23, 2017 8:54am CST
So, last night for some reason, I developed a pain in my foot. It wasn't excruciating but noticeable FYI I am not diabetic!. Every 15 minutes or so I would get a slight jolt of pain. I was thinking now what the heck? So, I googled it and of course, it could be bone cancer...hope not lol...Ankylosis Spondylitus, and other dread diseases.It also apparently could be a Vitamin D deficiency. I don't think so.. I drink plenty of milk.. Umm, I hope it was just a transitional pain in the foot..It wasn't intense. They also said quinine is sometimes good to treat this. Have you ever experienced a pain, googled it, and kind of wished you hadn't?
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.@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
23 Sep 17
In my case, I don;t think it is any of those! Not sure why it was happening..but not one of the above.
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@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
23 Sep 17
@much2say Yes, I think either of those would be good.
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@much2say (55912)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Sep 17
@snowy22315 How about self feet massaging or exercise/stretches? I have one of those bumpy things you can stand on to help circulate the bottom of the feet. I sometimes get feet pain if I wear different shoes or barefoot on very hard surfaces too long.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Sep 17
I decided to do that a number of years ago and was glad I did. I put the symptoms in and it came up as carbon monoxide poisoning and said to get right to the emergency room. I actually paid attention to what it said and ended up in the ER for the entire day as they did tests on me. The nurse didn't believe me that I had that, but then the test results confirmed I was right. I don't know where I got it from though as I had to have the fire department come out and check over the house before I could go back in. They couldn't find the source for it.
I hope your pain in the foot goes away.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
23 Sep 17
@snowy22315 Yeah, the look on her face when I told her what I thought was wrong was condescending. However, the look on her face when the tests came back positive for it was just the opposite. It was almost funny to see.
I do check out certain symptoms every once in a while, or check out an ailment to see if it lines up with what I'm feeling, and I found one that makes a lot more sense than the doctor's shrugging their shoulders and not finding what the problem is. See, I get chest pains. I didn't always pay attention to them, at least not until I was forced to when I had one at work and ended up being taken to the emergency room via ambulance. The doctors couldn't find anything wrong with my heart. They did all the heart tests, even went for a possible stint. There's nothing wrong with my heart. The cardiologist jokingly said he would like to change hearts with me. So what did they diagnose - hyatle hernia - no clue how to spell that - they gave me a prescription for what they thought it was. I never filled it. I'm not getting a prescription based on what they think. I remembered one of my great aunts had pleurisy. I looked up the symptoms for that, and by golly if it wasn't just exactly what I'm experiencing every time I have one of those chest pains.
When I was in the ER a couple weeks ago, they ran every panel again, including heart. It's still a good strong heart.
@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
23 Sep 17
Oh no I have whatchamacallititius..and for sure it's fatal!
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@1creekgirl (41695)
• United States
23 Sep 17
You know what they say about a little knowledge being a dangerous thing!
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@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
23 Sep 17
Yes, for sure! Hopefully, we can restrain ourselves from running to the ER though..with the abscence of any other symptoms!
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@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
23 Sep 17
Of course LOL I'm always dying of something when I read symptoms
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@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
23 Sep 17
Yes, I think if we were really dying though we would have other symptoms besides a pain in the foot! lol
@andriaperry (117138)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Sep 17
maybe you walked more than usual, stretched it in an odd way while walking.
Have you ever had quinine? If not you are in for a treat
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@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
23 Sep 17
lol, well I haven't noticed it hurting this morning..however, my toe hurts a little because I bashed it on something!
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
23 Sep 17
Students in medicine often feel that way: Medical students' disease
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For academic procrastination, see Student syndrome. Medical students' disease (also known as second year syndrome or intern's syndrome) is a condition frequently reported in medical students
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@snowy22315 (182000)
• United States
23 Sep 17
Oh wow..that is pretty funny! I guess if you are around that type of thing all the time..you might decide you have some kind of mystery illness, and there are plenty of weird diseases..
