Confession Time! ((ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT))
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Confession on my days off from work I usually have the Investigation Discovery channel on.0
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Italian_Buju wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »pofoster21 wrote: »Briefly back to the doctor discussion (although not the gynecologist as I avoid them like the plague). I have something called dextrocardia. What it is is that my heart is actually on the wrong side of my body. I have known this for years. 2 years ago I had it confirmed that I actually have my whole upper body switched (mirror image). It's pretty rare (usually happens in twins though I am not a twin and there is no history of twins in the family).
Most doctors have never seen it. I think it's really funny to go to the doctor and not tell them. Then they break out the stethoscope and start trying to listen to my heartbeat. They NEVER admit they can't find it. I'll wait a few minutes as they get increasingly frantic then will tell them to try the right side. Often they won't believe me. Until I say I have dextrocardia. Then they all all fascinated and start dragging in everyone in the office to check it out. At that point it gets a bit embarrassing but for a few moments I get a laugh out of it.
I have systemic mastocystosis with urticaria pigmentosa (a surplus of mast cells in my body and itchy spots head to toe). It requires, amongst other specialist visits, bi-annual trips to the dermatologist. Masto is classified as a rare disease (worldwide it affects about 1/20,000 to 1/40,000 people) and the type of adult form I have isn't usually diagnosed until people hit their 60s, but I got pegged with it in my early 20s. Hence the giant teaching exam room they stick me with on every visit. I'm pretty sure they actually schedule med students to come in on days when I have my appointments. During my last visit, there were literally 11 people in the room with me. I feel your embarrassment on a spiritual level!
That sounds very difficult to live with and I admire your attitude. With your sense of humor, I'm betting that your twice-yearly appointment is a draw as well, and the reason why you have a returning audience.
I have had a similar experience but only one time. Confession mode: In college I managed to get a case of epic athlete's foot. Not the usual itchy stuff killed off by a spray and improved hygiene -- it was a severe fungal infection that made it painful to walk, with socks soaked with oozing plasma. Went in to the student health center and the doc made sure that every nursing student and medical employee in the place paraded by to see this rare condition. It was a bit embarrassing for a 20 year old. Upshot was I was told to get rid of the cheap canvas sneakers (those rubber-covered toe boxes don't breathe) and I ended up buying Birkenstock sandals that I couldn't afford for health reasons, not because of any affinity for patchouli.
Yeah, socks with sandals guy, that was me. Because fungal feet.
You may now return to your non-disgusting discussion.
I'm thinking you did everyone a favor by wearing the socks in this case! Sorry you went through that. Sounds terribly painful. As much as I dislike the socks and sandals look there are plenty of feet out there in sandals that should NOT be seen. Ewwww.
Truer words have never been spoken!
Feet completely gross me out.0 -
Confession: I hate 'car' kid names. Bentley, Lexus, Mercedes, etc.
and because I have seen this name used .. to .. death, I hate the name Nevaeh. Pfft, cheesy.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
I knew a couple that named their first daughter Lexys, and told everyone "no jokes, please!"
... their last name was Carr.
My partners cousin always wanted a daughter called Grace. Then she married her husband and his surname is Squirrel. So she decided that would never happen.
I remember hearing about a lady would called her two daughters Strawberry and Champagne. I almost died...
My Name is Lois (obviously) a lot of people don't know how to pronounce it and go for Louise instead. I used to get angry about it but it doesn't bother me anymore, I actually get embarrassed about correcting them. The worst one was in Starbucks, (now they ask for your name) and someone put Lawrence. So in the space of 2 minutes I'm supposed to change gender?
My nick names growing up are Lo, Lo Lo, Lu, Lu Lu, Lois Lane (ha ha
) and the most ridiculous one? 'Little Hi, Little Lo, Little Jiggelo Jo' *kitten* knows why...
My sister named her daughters Snowy and Sunny - last name is Winters!
One of my cousins' ex had a daughter from a previous relationship.
First name: Sunshine
Middle name: Vodka
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rungirl1973 wrote: »Confession: I hate 'car' kid names. Bentley, Lexus, Mercedes, etc.
and because I have seen this name used .. to .. death, I hate the name Nevaeh. Pfft, cheesy.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
I knew a couple that named their first daughter Lexys, and told everyone "no jokes, please!"
... their last name was Carr.
My partners cousin always wanted a daughter called Grace. Then she married her husband and his surname is Squirrel. So she decided that would never happen.
I remember hearing about a lady would called her two daughters Strawberry and Champagne. I almost died...
My Name is Lois (obviously) a lot of people don't know how to pronounce it and go for Louise instead. I used to get angry about it but it doesn't bother me anymore, I actually get embarrassed about correcting them. The worst one was in Starbucks, (now they ask for your name) and someone put Lawrence. So in the space of 2 minutes I'm supposed to change gender?
My nick names growing up are Lo, Lo Lo, Lu, Lu Lu, Lois Lane (ha ha ) and the most ridiculous one? 'Little Hi, Little Lo, Little Jiggelo Jo' *kitten* knows why...
My sister named her daughters Snowy and Sunny - last name is Winters!
One of my cousins' ex had a daughter from a previous relationship.
First name: Sunshine
Middle name: Vodka
Drugs? Or sense of humor?0 -
Italian_Buju wrote: »tincanonastring wrote: »pofoster21 wrote: »Briefly back to the doctor discussion (although not the gynecologist as I avoid them like the plague). I have something called dextrocardia. What it is is that my heart is actually on the wrong side of my body. I have known this for years. 2 years ago I had it confirmed that I actually have my whole upper body switched (mirror image). It's pretty rare (usually happens in twins though I am not a twin and there is no history of twins in the family).
Most doctors have never seen it. I think it's really funny to go to the doctor and not tell them. Then they break out the stethoscope and start trying to listen to my heartbeat. They NEVER admit they can't find it. I'll wait a few minutes as they get increasingly frantic then will tell them to try the right side. Often they won't believe me. Until I say I have dextrocardia. Then they all all fascinated and start dragging in everyone in the office to check it out. At that point it gets a bit embarrassing but for a few moments I get a laugh out of it.
I have systemic mastocystosis with urticaria pigmentosa (a surplus of mast cells in my body and itchy spots head to toe). It requires, amongst other specialist visits, bi-annual trips to the dermatologist. Masto is classified as a rare disease (worldwide it affects about 1/20,000 to 1/40,000 people) and the type of adult form I have isn't usually diagnosed until people hit their 60s, but I got pegged with it in my early 20s. Hence the giant teaching exam room they stick me with on every visit. I'm pretty sure they actually schedule med students to come in on days when I have my appointments. During my last visit, there were literally 11 people in the room with me. I feel your embarrassment on a spiritual level!
That sounds very difficult to live with and I admire your attitude. With your sense of humor, I'm betting that your twice-yearly appointment is a draw as well, and the reason why you have a returning audience.
I have had a similar experience but only one time. Confession mode: In college I managed to get a case of epic athlete's foot. Not the usual itchy stuff killed off by a spray and improved hygiene -- it was a severe fungal infection that made it painful to walk, with socks soaked with oozing plasma. Went in to the student health center and the doc made sure that every nursing student and medical employee in the place paraded by to see this rare condition. It was a bit embarrassing for a 20 year old. Upshot was I was told to get rid of the cheap canvas sneakers (those rubber-covered toe boxes don't breathe) and I ended up buying Birkenstock sandals that I couldn't afford for health reasons, not because of any affinity for patchouli.
Yeah, socks with sandals guy, that was me. Because fungal feet.
You may now return to your non-disgusting discussion.
I'm thinking you did everyone a favor by wearing the socks in this case! Sorry you went through that. Sounds terribly painful. As much as I dislike the socks and sandals look there are plenty of feet out there in sandals that should NOT be seen. Ewwww.
Truer words have never been spoken!
Feet completely gross me out.
I will lose my mind if anyone ever puts their feet on my pillow.
ETA: Or sits on my pillow. Or folds my pillow in half. You know what, nobody should ever touch my pillow.0 -
CountessKitteh wrote: »I confess that I tried on a tank top last night, then came home and almost immediately tried out @BZAH10's shoulder work out. I used 2.5lb weights and quite literally felt the burn.
Welcome to the club! Hope you'll join us (err.. think it's just me at this point) making the non-perky shoulder workout video.
Yes please! I have broad shoulders but very doughy arms. I'll be the asthmatic girl in the way back, struggling to keep up.
Trust me, you won't be struggling to keep up if I'm the instructor. However, you may well be hypnotized by the batwings flapping away merrily on my twiggy arms.
That's it. I'm totally in on this. Shoulder workout commences tonight! (I remember the routine, but how often was this going down?)
Too bad I can't get away with doing it at work. That would be a much more productive use of my time most days.
Personally, I do it 3 - 4 times a week. However, I've gone a bit overboard, so now I've set reminders to get back to doing more planks. Those things kill me no matter how often I do them! I've gotten lax with those. I was up to 3 90 sec. planks per day. I'm going to get back to that. Bonus: holding my body in plank position (I lean on my elbows) works my shoulders, too.0 -
smashley_mashley wrote: »DressedInDreams wrote: »Confession- I try to avoid talking to my coworkers about counting calories and exercise because I'm afraid they will judge me. Like yeah right fatty you don't work out or eat healthy. I hate when people bring snacks in and I have to decline repeatedly. The judgment is probably all in my (anxious) head though.
I don't mind talking about it - they've seen my loss. What bugs me is when there are people I work with that yo-yo diet and when you try to educate them to help them or give them advice they look at you like you are from another planet and insist on doing their own plan. it never works. It is because of this I stopped talking about it.
Very early in this thread someone, and I wish I could remember who it was, said that when people ask them how they are losing weight they would say, 'I did it by eating pine cones'. I still randomly remember that and giggle!0 -
rungirl1973 wrote: »Confession: I hate 'car' kid names. Bentley, Lexus, Mercedes, etc.
and because I have seen this name used .. to .. death, I hate the name Nevaeh. Pfft, cheesy.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
I knew a couple that named their first daughter Lexys, and told everyone "no jokes, please!"
... their last name was Carr.
My partners cousin always wanted a daughter called Grace. Then she married her husband and his surname is Squirrel. So she decided that would never happen.
I remember hearing about a lady would called her two daughters Strawberry and Champagne. I almost died...
My Name is Lois (obviously) a lot of people don't know how to pronounce it and go for Louise instead. I used to get angry about it but it doesn't bother me anymore, I actually get embarrassed about correcting them. The worst one was in Starbucks, (now they ask for your name) and someone put Lawrence. So in the space of 2 minutes I'm supposed to change gender?
My nick names growing up are Lo, Lo Lo, Lu, Lu Lu, Lois Lane (ha ha ) and the most ridiculous one? 'Little Hi, Little Lo, Little Jiggelo Jo' *kitten* knows why...
My sister named her daughters Snowy and Sunny - last name is Winters!
One of my cousins' ex had a daughter from a previous relationship.
First name: Sunshine
Middle name: Vodka
Uh, well, guess it's better than being her first name? I can't imagine slapping that name on my child and them having to live with it.0 -
marissafit06 wrote: »rungirl1973 wrote: »Confession: I hate 'car' kid names. Bentley, Lexus, Mercedes, etc.
and because I have seen this name used .. to .. death, I hate the name Nevaeh. Pfft, cheesy.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
I knew a couple that named their first daughter Lexys, and told everyone "no jokes, please!"
... their last name was Carr.
My partners cousin always wanted a daughter called Grace. Then she married her husband and his surname is Squirrel. So she decided that would never happen.
I remember hearing about a lady would called her two daughters Strawberry and Champagne. I almost died...
My Name is Lois (obviously) a lot of people don't know how to pronounce it and go for Louise instead. I used to get angry about it but it doesn't bother me anymore, I actually get embarrassed about correcting them. The worst one was in Starbucks, (now they ask for your name) and someone put Lawrence. So in the space of 2 minutes I'm supposed to change gender?
My nick names growing up are Lo, Lo Lo, Lu, Lu Lu, Lois Lane (ha ha ) and the most ridiculous one? 'Little Hi, Little Lo, Little Jiggelo Jo' *kitten* knows why...
My sister named her daughters Snowy and Sunny - last name is Winters!
One of my cousins' ex had a daughter from a previous relationship.
First name: Sunshine
Middle name: Vodka
Drugs? Or sense of humor?
My guess would be drugs... The cousin who was once married to her was in and out of prison.0 -
kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »
Tell us what you think of The Cotton Candy Oreos.
I'm also on the lookout for the Skippy Caramel Peanut Butter.
No luck finding the Skippy. But I got the cotton candy oreos, and they're not bad, but a bit too sweet/bland for me.
BLEH no time to read the last pages. Will catch up later. You all are posting too much.
Don't you hate it when you're excited to try something and it's just not that good? I LOVE candy corn and was so excited about the candy corn Oreos but they were only meh. Also Starburst had some candy corn that was disappointing to me as well. Neither one actually tasted like candy corn0 -
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Confession: I hate 'car' kid names. Bentley, Lexus, Mercedes, etc.
and because I have seen this name used .. to .. death, I hate the name Nevaeh. Pfft, cheesy.
Sorry if I offended anyone.
I knew a couple that named their first daughter Lexys, and told everyone "no jokes, please!"
... their last name was Carr.
My partners cousin always wanted a daughter called Grace. Then she married her husband and his surname is Squirrel. So she decided that would never happen.
I confess I had to say Grace Squirrel out loud a couple times to get it.
ME TOO!!!
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I confess that I tried on a tank top last night, then came home and almost immediately tried out @BZAH10's shoulder work out. I used 2.5lb weights and quite literally felt the burn.
Welcome to the club! Hope you'll join us (err.. think it's just me at this point) making the non-perky shoulder workout video.
Yes please! I have broad shoulders but very doughy arms. I'll be the asthmatic girl in the way back, struggling to keep up.
Trust me, you won't be struggling to keep up if I'm the instructor. However, you may well be hypnotized by the batwings flapping away merrily on my twiggy arms.
My husband thinks "bingo wings" is a hilarious phrase. He used it to describe me... once. He will not be doing that again. *evil glare*0 -
AngryViking1970 wrote: »I'm wearing leggings right now.
To be fair, I'm also wearing a long shirt and boots, so...
I should had clarified but I didn't want it to be one of those long posts people skip.
Leggings with a tunic or other longer shirt/sweater is fine, cute even. Leggings worn the same as jeans would be where your shirt is not long enough to cover you rear, especially in a work setting, NOT ACCEPTABLE. I don't care how fit or thin you are. I don't want to see your *kitten* when you're walking past my office. Thanks.
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lisaw19855 wrote: »I weigh myself daily but don't log it, I accept the fluctuations and usually know why (no poop, too much sodium) but I hate seeing in on my little graph thing.
I do the same thing! I weigh myself every day. It started out as a doctor's recommendation because of sodium issues, but I don't log it all the time either. I only log once every two weeks.0 -
Oh dear I need to confess this one... I hate my boss and also have a rather horrendous gas problem (long story - serious GI issues - awaiting surgery). Whenever she pisses me off I walk past her and release a noxious one. Not immediately - I bide my time and brew up a big one. She dare not say anything because she knows it's due to a serious medical condition. Sometimes I feel a little bit evil.0
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kellyjellybellyjelly wrote: »
Tell us what you think of The Cotton Candy Oreos.
I'm also on the lookout for the Skippy Caramel Peanut Butter.
No luck finding the Skippy. But I got the cotton candy oreos, and they're not bad, but a bit too sweet/bland for me.
BLEH no time to read the last pages. Will catch up later. You all are posting too much.
I like cotton candy, but I don't like cotton candy flavored things.
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overlook237 wrote: »overlook237 wrote: »melimomTARDIS wrote: »Both of my children have a first name that begins with the letter "r". I'm sure it's annoying to others. (Idgaf)
Also, both names are super old timey.
I love old timey names! One of my friends just had a baby and named her Hazel. So cute. My name begins with an "R" and is biblical old timey!
@overlook237 Is it Rahab or Ruth?!
Rachel
Yeah, if I would have been caught up on this thread, I would have seen that.
On the name related note: My daughter's name is Rachael. We didn't spell it the "common way" because she was named after her daddy who's name is Michael. People misspell it all the time, even when they've known her her whole life. It irritates me more than I think it should.
My name is Monique and I've gotten everything from Monica (happens A LOT), to Mon-A-Que. I help answer the phones are work sometimes for customer service, and I had a customer call me Bunny once. Not sure how he got Bunny out of Monique, but whatever.
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Confession-- if the 'Adipose' pill from Dr. Who was real I would take that in a heartbeat, even knowing that some weird little alien fatbabies would be somehow popping out of me overnight.
(Real confession-- first 5 days of tracking have felt like five weeks and I've ended up over calories twice.)
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Oh dear I need to confess this one... I hate my boss and also have a rather horrendous gas problem (long story - serious GI issues - awaiting surgery). Whenever she pisses me off I walk past her and release a noxious one. Not immediately - I bide my time and brew up a big one. She dare not say anything because she knows it's due to a serious medical condition. Sometimes I feel a little bit evil.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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overlook237 wrote: »melimomTARDIS wrote: »Both of my children have a first name that begins with the letter "r". I'm sure it's annoying to others. (Idgaf)
Also, both names are super old timey.
I love old timey names! One of my friends just had a baby and named her Hazel. So cute. My name begins with an "R" and is biblical old timey!
@overlook237 Is it Rahab or Ruth?!
I read that as Rehab and was like "WHAT", second look I realise it's not. Never heard of that name, but it's better than Rehab.
Rahab was a prostitute
They tried to make me go to Rahab would be a totally different song.
My thoughts exactly!hehe0 -
YAY!!!! I'm finally caught up!!! I've only been on here for the last 2 hours instead of doing any actual work. Oops. I'm doing a little happy dance inside.0
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Oh dear I need to confess this one... I hate my boss and also have a rather horrendous gas problem (long story - serious GI issues - awaiting surgery). Whenever she pisses me off I walk past her and release a noxious one. Not immediately - I bide my time and brew up a big one. She dare not say anything because she knows it's due to a serious medical condition. Sometimes I feel a little bit evil.
That's awesome!0 -
CountessKitteh wrote: »I confess that I tried on a tank top last night, then came home and almost immediately tried out @BZAH10's shoulder work out. I used 2.5lb weights and quite literally felt the burn.
Welcome to the club! Hope you'll join us (err.. think it's just me at this point) making the non-perky shoulder workout video.
Yes please! I have broad shoulders but very doughy arms. I'll be the asthmatic girl in the way back, struggling to keep up.
Trust me, you won't be struggling to keep up if I'm the instructor. However, you may well be hypnotized by the batwings flapping away merrily on my twiggy arms.
That's it. I'm totally in on this. Shoulder workout commences tonight! (I remember the routine, but how often was this going down?)
Too bad I can't get away with doing it at work. That would be a much more productive use of my time most days.
True dat! Except that most of my productivity is keeping up with this thread!0 -
harpsdesire wrote: »Confession-- if the 'Adipose' pill from Dr. Who was real I would take that in a heartbeat, even knowing that some weird little alien fatbabies would be somehow popping out of me overnight.
Yeah, my view was that if they'd just tried it in the US we'd have recognized it as a win-win.
(Yes, I know there's an alternative history thing where it was in NYC.)
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Now, for a real confession: Since working out and noticing new more defined muscles, I find that I check myself out pretty much anything there is a mirror or reflective surface around. I also tend to flex and even find myself smiling at what I see. I'm not a vain or narcissistic person, but I'm really starting to like what I see and being 35 years old, that makes me feel pretty damn good!0
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overlook237 wrote: »overlook237 wrote: »melimomTARDIS wrote: »Both of my children have a first name that begins with the letter "r". I'm sure it's annoying to others. (Idgaf)
Also, both names are super old timey.
I love old timey names! One of my friends just had a baby and named her Hazel. So cute. My name begins with an "R" and is biblical old timey!
@overlook237 Is it Rahab or Ruth?!
Rachel
Yeah, if I would have been caught up on this thread, I would have seen that.
On the name related note: My daughter's name is Rachael. We didn't spell it the "common way" because she was named after her daddy who's name is Michael. People misspell it all the time, even when they've known her her whole life. It irritates me more than I think it should.
My name is Monique and I've gotten everything from Monica (happens A LOT), to Mon-A-Que. I help answer the phones are work sometimes for customer service, and I had a customer call me Bunny once. Not sure how he got Bunny out of Monique, but whatever.
Lol, that is odd.
Sometimes on the phone at work I'll get this:
Person: Hi, who am I speaking with?
Me: My name's Amanda
Person: Hi Linda...
Linda? It's happened more than once so I must not be pronouncing correctly lol.0 -
I'm trying to lose weight because I want to look good naked for someone else. They've never said anything negative about my weight at all, but Its one hell of a motivator.0
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