What illness do you have today?

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I know its not just me, my coworkers and I frequently talk about this..

But what illness do you have today?

I swear every day I feel like I'm dying from some other rare and strange illness. I swore I had a blood clot in my leg the other day... (ROFL can we say pulled muscle).

I'm in my early 20's I know my odds of having some rare fatal illness are incredibly low.. yet I cannot go without thinking I"m dying.

Today I have two slightly sore and slightly enlarged lymph nodes on the back of my neck. :imbar Now i'll be paranoid all night I'm dying of Lymphoma.

Ugh I LOVE being a nurse, but I hate this part of it... haha please tell me I"m not alone! (LOL there is at least 3 of us at work who talk about this lol so I know I'm not totally alone and off my rocker). ;)

Specializes in Cardiac, NICU, ED.

I am 7 months pregnant. Of course my rib pain is either preeclampsia or my gallbladder. Even though I have an extremely short torso and it mostly hurts when sitting! LOL

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Specializes in CVICU, Burns, Trauma, BMT, Infection control.

I have a headache...must be encephalitis.LOL?

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Oy - and my heart - I forgot to tell you about my heart. The CV s/s are endless and ongoing. Angina, SOB, fluttering, stabbing pain, 2+ bilateral pitting edema on LE. I think I may be having an MI as I am writing this.

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I have "New Grad" Bipolar disorder.:D:o

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Brill, now I know its not just me.

Im post recovery MI, AF and AAA!!!:D

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Specializes in Cath Lab, OR, CPHN/SN, ER.

Plain ol' cold or allergies. LOL

School nurses- we catch it all. Luckily, I've escaped most of the GI bug that's made its rounds. I did get it, but I took phenergan and immodium, then decided to try and go shopping (COFFEE)!

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Specializes in Cath Lab, OR, CPHN/SN, ER.

p.s. I'm only a nursing student and am certain that when I start practicing my diseases and syndromes will only get worse.

Ah, the ol' days. LOL I always liked diagnosing family and classmates during psych.

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Phew thank goodness I"m not alone... haha today I still have lymphoma... still got the few swollen lymph nodes. One on the back of my neck HURTS... Hmm maybe its mono?

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Specializes in Cardiac/Tele/CVICU.
During a break from school I was convinced I had pancreatitis...turned out to be shingles. I wouldn't wish either one on my worst enemy! Ok, maybe I can think of a couple of people who can have the shingles for a day or two! :innerconf

LOL I feel for you... on summer break I too got shingles. Just lovely, isn't it? :no:

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Specializes in Peds Urology,primary care, hem/onc.

I tend to not self diagnose myself like this (I am the other end of the spectrum, I just am in denial!). My roommate in college (who was a education major) used to love looking through my nursing textbooks. I eventually had to make her stop because everything she read she thought she had....then she would drive me nuts asking me if I thought she had whatever horrible illness she had just read about. Finally, I had to bar her from ever looking at my textbooks!

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