Candyfloss Report post Posted August 17, 2011 .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted August 17, 2011 Nope. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkshine Report post Posted August 17, 2011 I don't understand what you mean Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RainbowsButterflies Report post Posted August 17, 2011 I don't understand what you mean Glad it's not just me... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScienceGeek Report post Posted August 17, 2011 I'm normally quite glad if I'm not diagnosed with something serious, as if I really need something else to add to my ever expanding list of health complaints Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkshine Report post Posted August 17, 2011 Glad it's not just me... So am I!!! I've been thinking about this for the best part of an hour now as well and I don't get whether it means - are people sad if they don't get diagnosed when they have something wrong with them or are people sad if they don't diagnosed with something when there isn't anything wrong with them or are people sad if they don't get diagnosed with something really bad my guesses get stupider after that would appreciate being put out of my misery Best Darkshine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cmuir Report post Posted August 18, 2011 Hi Not sure how to interpret your post, but I have had some problems with my vision which have been going on for around a year. I've attended several appointments, tests, etc, but no one actually gave any reasons/answers despite tests highlighting issues with my vision. Finally, I decided to see a specialist and was told that I have a degenerative eye disease. Whilst, I knew there was an issue, I have to say the news came as a shock as it will be life-changing (will affect my ability to drive, work, pay mortgage, etc etc). However, in a strange sort of way, I now know what I'm dealing with (it's the not knowing that can drive you nuts, especially when you know something isn't quite right!). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tally Report post Posted August 18, 2011 If you actually have something wrong with you, then it's important to know the facts about your condition and what the future may hold. But if you wish you had a serious illness, then there is something a bit wrong there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted August 18, 2011 my guesses get stupider after that Surely not. Well, interpreting it as 'do you feel sad if it's confirmed you don't have something there was speculation you might have' (was that one of the options?? ) then absolutely not, I bounce around and have a few drinkies :bounce: If docs etc. think you have something you don't, you may be given treatment you don't need, and all medicines come with side-effects, some of them quite nasty. I have a life-threatening condition that is incredibally rare which took a while for the docs to correctly diagnose simply because most of them hadn't seen it before and just read cases in some dusty textbook. Whilst they were trying to work out what was going on, I had to have lots of tests for other things it could be and whilst they tried not to use diagnostic labels it's very easy to work out what they're thinking with some of the tests you're sent for and freaked me out quite a lot - hence when they said it's not x, y, z, the and I guess the only reason/time I may have felt 'sad' (not sure that's quite the right word - possibly more anxious) was when they'd say 'well, good news, it isn't X, but we don't know what it is yet' because it leaves you thinking well yes, ok, great is isn't x, but what the hell is going on. I have met a few people in hospital who seem desperate to have something seriously wrong with them or who try to make out they're the 'most sick'. I know thinking you're ill when you're not can be a mental illness, but I do find it really hard to understand these people and to be pleasant to them at all, because I'd do anything not to be unwell. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkshine Report post Posted August 18, 2011 Ok, so if this is something like what mumble just said, then no, I don't want to be diagnosed with anything ever again - since this is unlikely (as I have a lot of (comparatively to mumble) mild health problems) and in order to deal with something you'd have to be diagnosed with it in the first place - or would you? Could you just know yourself? And the whole example mumble just gave about processes of elimination - well that makes sense - of course you don't want to have x or y, but what if the remaining options get worse? Again, you'd kinda have to know to deal with it effectively, and if you didn't know what was wrong you might be sad, ill or dead. As for being diagnosed with really really bad things - I am always relieved to not be cuz I don't want those things cuz its hard enough dealing with things that aren't medically serious without having extra things to deal with... Is this the right answer? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted August 18, 2011 or dead. at least then you couldn't be sad... Is this the right answer? Given that we don't know what the right question is, I think it's impossible to know if it's the right answer - it could be the right answer to the wrong question or the wrong answer to the right question, or a semi-right answer to a semi-wrong question, or, or... *explodes* (ooh, admin, can we have a little exploding emoticon please *begs* and a begging one please. ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkshine Report post Posted August 18, 2011 Given that we don't know what the right question is, I think it's impossible to know if it's the right answer - it could be the right answer to the wrong question or the wrong answer to the right question, or a semi-right answer to a semi-wrong question, or, or... *explodes* (ooh, admin, can we have a little exploding emoticon please *begs* and a begging one please. ) as for emotions - would love one for ashamed (going red and looking ashamed) and for sorry (puppy dog looking sad and sorry) - and angelic to counter all the devils Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted August 18, 2011 would love one for ashamed (going red and looking ashamed) for sorry (puppy dog looking sad and sorry) angelic to counter all the devils (well this has been proposed for when it was asked why we had devils and not angels, though the devil seems to win? ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darkshine Report post Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) You got me there but the angel is definitely getting blasted by the devil in this one - not really saying someone's being good or something and it looks more like god or a shepherd than just an angel (cuz of the staff/shepherd's crook thing) Edited August 18, 2011 by darkshine Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites