Thursday Thirteen 05/01/08 - Strange Illnesses

In honor of having yet another obscure illness recently, I thought I’d list my top 13 weird illnesses or hospital stays.

Thirteen Strange Illnesses/Conditions I’ve had so far:

1. Hand Foot & Mouth Virus
2. Viral Meningitis
3. Chickenpox TWICE as a kid
4. Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
5. Interstitial Cystitis
6. Scarlet Fever
7. Whooping Cough
8. Tadpole Pupil
9. Basilar Artery Migraines
10. Repetitive Motion Sprain of my right thumb from playing my ipod & texting too much.
11. Herpes on my left knee
12. Bursitis of my right knee
13. Hypothyroidism

My friends are taking bets on how long until I get the plague…

Thirteen surgeries/hospital stays:

1. This should actually count as three, cause I’ve had three, but… laser surgery for endometriosis.
2. Top right two ribs removed because of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.
3. Tonsillectomy (at 31 I might add)
4. Sinus surgery from sinus infection that lasted 6 months.
5. Surgery to repair tendonitis in right wrist
6. Lap-Band
7. C-section when my son was born
8. Does stitches count? I had my right foot slammed in a car door as a child, requiring stitches.
9. Hospital stay for viral meningitis 1999
10. Hospital stay for pregnancy complications 2001
11. Hospital stay for migraines 2006
12. Hospital stay for tachycardia & migraines 2007
13. Hospital stay for hand foot & mouth disease 2008



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