# Diagnose my illness - I have already seen the doc and am being treated. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2009, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060 "2009-01-26T15:56:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carol\_the\_Impaler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_the_Impaler)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/21 "2009-01-26T21:58:00Z")
Unilateral reduction mammoplasty? ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/22 "2009-01-26T22:03:00Z")
Death, which is why you haven’t come back to this thread and put us out of our misery. ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/23 "2009-01-26T22:13:39Z")
Inflammation of the chest wall. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/24 "2009-01-26T22:35:19Z")
I was going to say pleurisy. I had an attack in college - whoa! ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/25 "2009-01-26T22:37:51Z")
It’s just gas. Go ahead and fart. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/26 "2009-01-26T22:39:41Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > Beaten to the cliche. > Curse you!!! shakes fist angrily at Knowed Out There you go, wasting time on creative thinking. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/27 "2009-01-26T23:09:59Z")
Alien? ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/28 "2009-01-26T23:42:29Z")
8 hours later, no reply … er, um, death? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/29 "2009-01-26T23:55:56Z")
Stab wound? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Violaceous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Miss\_Violaceous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Violaceous)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/30 "2009-01-27T01:28:49Z")
Heartburn/ulcer/reflux/anythingelsetheygivepurplepillfor? ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/31 "2009-01-27T01:42:09Z")
Someone tried to steal your kidney but had a poor knowledge of anatomy? If your bathtub was full of ice, I’m right. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/32 "2009-01-27T01:49:54Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > I was going to say pleurisy. I had an attack in college - whoa! I had one last year. Duuuuuuuuuuude! That’s all I have to say about that! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/33 "2009-01-27T01:53:29Z")
A lung infection. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/34 "2009-01-27T02:07:16Z")
Stake through the heart just before sunset? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/35 "2009-01-27T02:11:09Z")
> [@XJETGIRLX](#): > > Is it costochondritis? OK- that’s come up in tw threads and I KEEP reading it as COSTCOhondritis- a sort of reverse inflammation that makes my bank account smaller after I shop at Costco. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IrreverentTone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@IrreverentTone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IrreverentTone)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/36 "2009-01-27T05:10:11Z")
You must be one of those freakazoid types with reversed internal organs, because of course it’s your gallbladder. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/37 "2009-01-27T05:36:52Z")
after 14 hours I’m gonna go out on a limb and say amnesia. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/38 "2009-01-27T09:37:49Z")
Adrenaline shot to the heart? ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/39 "2009-01-27T15:45:24Z")
Suspense-itis? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/40 "2009-01-27T23:32:30Z")
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