Because the doctor just didn't believe a 28-year-old could have it.
And my doctor didn't belive a 20-year-old didn't have it, when I came down with the flu in college.
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Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
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Connie Neil - Feb 04, 2005 9:15:24 am PST #9177 of 10002
brillig
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 9:15:30 am PST #9178 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Bwah! Can I tag that? (I know it's from Mission Hill, but since you brought it to my attention, I'd love your blessing.)
But of course!
Sparky1 - Feb 04, 2005 9:17:50 am PST #9179 of 10002
Librarian Warlord
I know a few people who had mono in their twenties.
My 41 year old sister is just getting over mono. The doc thinks she didn't get enough of a dose to have an immunity when she was younger. And then one of her kids became a carrier, so she was exposed to it in a big way, swapping slobbery kisses with her 4 year old.
§ ita § - Feb 04, 2005 9:19:26 am PST #9180 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
swapping slobbery kisses with her 4 year old.
Aha!
Um, not sure of my point. But ...
Aha!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 04, 2005 9:20:27 am PST #9181 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's not a competition, Lilty.
This is only an exhibition. Please, no wagering.
Lilty Cash - Feb 04, 2005 9:20:43 am PST #9182 of 10002
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
I know, -t, and I really am happy for him...but...my baby brother! I lived at home for two years after school! And I only moved into a crappy apartment five miles away from my parents house. He's home for 6 months and now he's a Portfolio Accountant!
He's going to work in a building that he needs to scan an ID to even go in the door! I'm wearing sweatpants and there is no edible food in my fridge! None of my clothes are clean! I'm going to die alone!
Hyperventilates in corner.
But no, not a competition.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 9:21:01 am PST #9183 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Aha!
This is the kind of schadenfraude that will bite your ass in a few years.
Steph L. - Feb 04, 2005 9:21:18 am PST #9184 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Did you tell the derm's receptionist that you were under orders not to treat it until you were see, so the dr. could see it active, and that it is terribly itchy?
Yes. But since I called at noon on Thursday, and the doctor doesn't work on Friday, there wasn't a lot she could do for me.
Susan, try the tea tree oil. Based on your description of what it looks like, and the fact that it recurred after the steroid/antifungal cream pretty much got rid of it, if it's *not* a fungal infection, it's doing a damned good imitation of one.
I've got tea tree oil in the medicine cabinet--I've used it on zits in the past.
Can you get that at a normal grocery store?
Probably, if they have a health-food or "natural" food section. I got mine at Trader Joe's, since I seem to live there now.
DavidS - Feb 04, 2005 9:22:00 am PST #9185 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But no, not a competition.
Uh, did you check to see if -t is in your generational cohort? 'Cuz, she might be tricking you into thinking everybody's slacking off while she scoops up all the cool jobs.
Daisy Jane - Feb 04, 2005 9:24:06 am PST #9186 of 10002
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I have never gotten mono. I should've kissed more people.
I have a migraine and I want to stab the right side of my head with the big shears on my desk. It will please stop now. (I'm hoping I caught it early enough that between the coffee and the Advil migraine it will be gone before it turns into full on nausea brain scraping pain).