# Some people collect baseball cards. Me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 23, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-collect-baseball-cards-me/431011 "2007-12-23T09:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-collect-baseball-cards-me/431011/1 "2007-12-23T09:34:20Z")
I seem to be collecting non-terminal diseases. Not sure if I wanted to start this thread, because it sounds a lot like whining. Then I decided, if it’s whining, so be it. As of Monday, I can now add diabetes to my list that includes asthma, multiple sclerosis, and high cholestrol. 4 years ago, I was a “seemingly” healthy guy who never even took aspirin. Not I’m a walking pharmacy. Ah well. I still work full time, can walk & can drive a car… so I’m better off than most. (I still see no purpose for this thread other than to whine. I could say it’s to let you all know what’s going on with me, but I doubt anyone here even knows me. But I’ll post it anyway. ) So, what are you getting for Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-collect-baseball-cards-me/431011/2 "2007-12-23T10:00:34Z")
Sorry to hear about your ailments I’m hoping that Santa brings me Bubonic Plague ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-collect-baseball-cards-me/431011/3 "2007-12-23T14:14:35Z")
I can soooo sympathize with you! Three years ago I had an episode - they called it a brain bleed. An isolated rare thing. While I was in the hospital, they discovered I had diabetes, high blood pressure, and hepatitis C. Damn! I am now on 5 different medications, and just completed treatment for the Hep C - which didn’t work, btw. But like you, I am mobile, and energetic, and still kicking! We’ll be ok. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-collect-baseball-cards-me/431011/4 "2007-12-23T15:08:43Z")
Heh, I once joked that I only ever get terminal things. So far I’ve had: A broken neck Skin cancer Tuberculosis (To be honest that’s all hyperbole. I’ve actually had a dislocated neck, pre-cancerous moles, and dormant tuberculosis… But aside from that, never a thing!)