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PHOBOS!!! XD

If I was handing out pamphlets, I'd have dropped them all in shock!

Hmm, tea was actually very rather delicious! Mum had made home-made tomato soup, with pasta to go in it for a bit of substance! I'm fussy with soup, but it was bang on: a little bit thick and lots of flavour ^^ Nice one, Mum!
 
Phobos said:
Being used to it doesn’t mean it’s sucks any less, it’s just crappy in every sense.
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True, I guess I constantly feel the need to justify it - I know there are people out there with worse illnesses and stuff, but as you say, it doesn't mean that this is any less valid and doesn't cause problems. Even when I was diagnosed the Dr just said "B12 seriously low, you need to come and have injections every 3 months for the rest of your days" - nothing about what it's caused by, what it does, how it affects your body! I had to figure all that out the hard way! :S
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
PHOBOS!!! XD

If I was handing out pamphlets, I'd have dropped them all in shock!

Hmm, tea was actually very rather delicious! Mum had made home-made tomato soup, with pasta to go in it for a bit of substance! I'm fussy with soup, but it was bang on: a little bit thick and lots of flavour ^^ Nice one, Mum!
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Wouldn’t you like approaching random strangers and asking them if they were well endowed?
 
Neil.T said:
I had some really nice minestrone recently. Baxters, I think it was. Heinz lentil is my favourite, though. Mmm.

That's p*ss-poor. :(
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I have to be in the mood for soup, and I only really like a few kinds (tomato being one). I like lentils, though I don't have them often (I think they're considered posh for this household XD). Sounds good though, yum!

Yeah, I kind of get the feeling I waste Dr's/Nurse's time when I go with a complaint. 9 times out of 10 it'll be B12 related, but I can't help but feel like I'm just getting brushed off sometimes. I'm NEVER ill, and I only got diagnosed with this issue about 3 years ago, but all I ask is that anything I talk about is validated at least. I never make a fuss out of anything so if I'm complaining about something then I'm just curious to find out what it could be becasue it's not normal!
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
True, I guess I constantly feel the need to justify it - I know there are people out there with worse illnesses and stuff, but as you say, it doesn't mean that this is any less valid and doesn't cause problems. Even when I was diagnosed the Dr just said "B12 seriously low, you need to come and have injections every 3 months for the rest of your days" - nothing about what it's caused by, what it does, how it affects your body! I had to figure all that out the hard way! :S
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Yeah, most don’t seem to care enough to go into details. If I ever have to go to the quacks he go into detail. Mainly because they know if they don’t I’ll bug them with question.
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
I have to be in the mood for soup, and I only really like a few kinds (tomato being one). I like lentils, though I don't have them often (I think they're considered posh for this household XD). Sounds good though, yum!

Yeah, I kind of get the feeling I waste Dr's/Nurse's time when I go with a complaint. 9 times out of 10 it'll be B12 related, but I can't help but feel like I'm just getting brushed off sometimes. I'm NEVER ill, and I only got diagnosed with this issue about 3 years ago, but all I ask is that anything I talk about is validated at least. I never make a fuss out of anything so if I'm complaining about something then I'm just curious to find out what it could be becasue it's not normal!
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I’m similar there. If something’s wrong I like to know about it. I find how the body can malfunction rather interesting. It’s amazing how many different ways it can screw you over.
 
Phobos said:
Yeah, most don’t seem to care enough to go into details. If I ever have to go to the quacks he go into detail. Mainly because they know if they don’t I’ll bug them with question.
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The surgery I go to has an open surgery, so you can just turn up between 08:30 and 10:00am without making an appointment and ask to see a Dr or Nurse. You only get 10 mins, but I always feel like I'm being "rushed" through the doors. All I ask is that I'm not invalidated as some "worry wort" everytime I complain about something "out of the norm" - I've had to read up about what it does and how it affects the body; a bit of a heads up from the Drs would have been nice though. Left undiagnosed it can cause serious health problems that are irreversible!
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
Sounds good though, yum!
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The Heinz lentil is nice and thick. In fact, it's so thick it needs watered down a little. The challenge is getting it just right, and it's satisfying when you do!
~AyaMachi~ said:
Yeah, I kind of get the feeling I waste Dr's/Nurse's time when I go with a complaint.
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Yeah, I get the same feeling. It took seven years to get my asthma diagnosed.
 
Phobos said:
Yes. It is.
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No, no it's not! IT'S NOT! (can't stop laughing).

Phobos said:
I’m similar there. If something’s wrong I like to know about it. I find how the body can malfunction rather interesting. It’s amazing how many different ways it can screw you over.
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That's just it! I'm not expert, that's what the professionals are there for! It's a complex illness and can affect numerous parts of the body and it's functions :S
 
~AyaMachi~ said:
The surgery I go to has an open surgery, so you can just turn up between 08:30 and 10:00am without making an appointment and ask to see a Dr or Nurse. You only get 10 mins, but I always feel like I'm being "rushed" through the doors. All I ask is that I'm not invalidated as some "worry wort" everytime I complain about something "out of the norm" - I've had to read up about what it does and how it affects the body; a bit of a heads up from the Drs would have been nice though. Left undiagnosed it can cause serious health problems that are irreversible!
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That probably goes some way to explaining the rush in all honesty. The irreversible stuff can be nasty!
 
Neil.T said:
The Heinz lentil is nice and thick. In fact, it's so thick it needs watered down a little. The challenge is getting it just right, and it's satisfying when you do!

Yeah, I get the same feeling. It took seven years to get my asthma diagnosed.
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That’s taking the ultimate right there.
 
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