# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/41 "2009-01-28T01:06:47Z")
Pulmonary Embolism? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/42 "2009-01-28T01:31:48Z")
Clearly the incident that occured in post #7 also lead to retro-grade amnesia soon after he started this thread… not only will he now denie the incident in post # 7 as having happened, its unlikely he’ll even recall starting this thread, and will likely wonder who stole his password… he may even search the board for his “I love sheep” thread. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/43 "2009-01-28T02:20:02Z")
> [@susan](#): > > When I had that, they said “idiopathic left chest pain of unknown etiology.” I went to a doctor once with pain in my ribal area. “Doctor”, I sad, “I have pain here, here and here”, pointing to spaces between my ribs. “Ah” she said “I’ve been seeing that a lot lately. You have Inter-Costal Myalgia”. “Thanks” I said. Then, belatedly summoning up my last scraps of primary school Latin, “‘Myalgia’ … doesn’t that mean ‘pain’?” “Yes” she said. “And ‘Costal’ … doesn’t that mean ‘to do with the ribs’?” “Yes” she said. “So”, I said, “I tell you I have pain between my ribs, and you tell me what I have is pain between my ribs?” “Yes” she said. I never saw her again. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/44 "2009-01-28T02:33:59Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > I never saw her again. I’m sure that’s because she had to run off to Sweden to accept her Nobel Prize. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/45 "2009-01-28T07:17:49Z")
Retro-bulbar mictalgia. Oh, wait, that’s pain behind the eye when you pee…😃 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/46 "2009-01-28T08:45:59Z")
Sorry I meant to respond to the first correct “diagnosis” and then forgot about it. **shantih** got it - pleurisy. Always seemed like a Dickensian kind of illness to me. Boy it hurts though. The doc told me it would be much better in 48 - 72 hours and suggested anti-inflammatories. They are a bit hard on the stomach so I just put up with the pain. Fortunately she was right. I woke up this morning just about pain free. ---
**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 28, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/47 "2009-01-28T14:57:48Z")
Well, phew! Glad to know you’re not dead, and feeling better besides. Fun thread, by the way. It was interesting to see how many (real) things could cause “pain in the left chest.” ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/48 "2009-01-28T15:07:25Z")
Woot! I got it right! I got it right! In your FACE, everyone who got it wrong! Ha! _doing the dance of victorious superiority_ So, pleurisy isn’t such a lot of fun, but isn’t it lucky that my second guess wasn’t the correct one? Do I win a huge prize? Do I, do I? ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/49 "2009-01-28T16:38:26Z")
I still think \*\*Friedo \*\* got it right and the Pleurisy thing is just a coverup. ---
**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 28, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060/50 "2009-01-28T17:06:55Z")
I’ll bet he farted anyway, and felt better, despite the pleurisy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diagnose-my-illness-i-have-already-seen-the-doc-and-am-being-treated/483060.md?page=2)