Sean reckoned he didn’t need to see a doctor. You could simply do the diagnosing on the internet. Just type in the symptoms and Voila! You could print off what was wrong with you.
Thus far Sean discovered he had acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, acute necrotizing hemorrhagic leukoencephalitis, Addison’s disease, agammaglobulinemia, alopecia areata, amyloidosis, ankylosing spondylitis, antiphospholipid syndrome, autoimmune angioedema, autoimmune aplastic, anemia, autoimmune dysautonomia, autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune hyperlipidemia, autoimmune immunodeficiency, autoimmune inner ear disease, autoimmune myocarditis, autoimmune oophoritis, autoimmune pancreatitis, autoimmune retinopathy, autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune thyroid disease, and autoimmune urticarial.
Tomorrow he would start on the B’s.
Listen the story being read HERE!
Wow, that was a mouthful! The list of medical terminology from Sean… Nice reading. 🙂
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LOL! Thank you – I obviously have a facility for pronouncing medical terminology!
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🙂 you are welcome!
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How on earth did you get through the reading without cracking up? I’m laughing so hard at your rendition that I can hardly type.
After hearing this, all I can say is that Sean certainly is allergic to a lot of cars!
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LOL! It’s those jolly fumes that get to him!
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I heard the smile though Cynthia, did you?
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Yup, I did!
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A-cute and accurate tale of a typical hypochondriac. Sean auto stayoffthenetaltogether!
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Ha-ha well said Oscar!!
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Ah choo! Er, I mean thank you!
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Pauline’s comment is not to be sneezed at.
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I’m allergic to Ta-tas!
Oh, she said Ha-ha!
Never mind.
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Nothing too bodacious one hopes.
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Nothing bodacious nor voluptuous at all! I literally gag if accidentally grazed by ’em.
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It was that dairy allergy of babyhood what done it.!
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Absolutely! At the very least it is the scapegoat root cause.
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Utterly true!
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I would imagine it to be true – and I must add it to the list of things I’m learning on today’s blog!!
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LOL! If he stays off the Net how will he Operate?
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Oh great! And it turns out he’s Dr. Sean?!
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He’s a Quack.
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Quick! Get the Quack a Quaalude.
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I’ve learnt more new words on this blog today than I ever did at school!
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This was so funny – well done!
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Thank you Niki! I did have a version reading it that was well-practised but I preferred this “inadequate” reading!
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I know him!! And oh lor’ you had me hooting out loud and cracking up with the reading!! [I think I heard a smile in your voice early on though] Well done!! xo
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Yes indeed – there was quite a smile early on!
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What a tragically funny (correct) account of today’s first world people!! And it is worse when some people try to diagnose what could be the matter with others!! I will relate your story to my boys, they experience this in their profession on a regular basis. Made my Sunday Bruce 🙂
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Thank you Shubha. Hopefully your sons can pronounce the words!
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Bruce you’re right, I don’t think they can pronounce! They were never taught these terms in medical school 🙂
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Ah, but they can probably look them up!
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That’s rather tricky of Sean to have autoimmune oophoritis. Maybe when he gets to the “H’s” and checks out hermaphrodites, he’ll know why.
Your reading was the best yet!
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Oh but Yvonne – being a male he had really bad ovarian failure! Thanks for the reading compliment. My pronunciations have certainly improved!
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I tell myself to remember that, like all satires, there is a gem of truth in this, which, if not exaggerated is a good thing. I applaud the fact that a certain amount of the dissemination of information on the web (not taken to the extreme as here) about ailments liberates us from the paternalistic medicos who may sometimes have interests, other than one’s own, as priorities.
Short of hypochondria, at least we can learn what questions to ask. Good satire, like this, has a good job to do. Exaggeration helps to keep us unexaggerated, but aware.
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Yes, I agreed with the wisdom of that, Cynthia. It’s sort of like the weather forecast: one can note that it’s going to be sunny, but it pays to have the umbrella handy. 😀
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So true Cynthia, especially in places where “user pays” is the norm, some doctors have given their tribe a bad reputation
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Ha!
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Google should warn about false positives 😉
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Google is clearly one of the diseases Sean has picked up!
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Oh, boy. Sean is in biiiiiiiig trouble.
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I’m sure he will find a cure online.
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automatically…
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And thus begins hypochondria – he was probably a med student!
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I hope they have spelling tests at medical school – or maybe that’s why all doctors scrawl…
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Blimey, a begat list
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Straight out of the Bible!
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OT too – and me a Jesuit educated kid.
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You and the pope!
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Finally, a story about me!
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LOL! It’s amazing what you can pick up in the gym!
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