Name a word or phrase that has you cowering in fear...

[KitchenWitch]

Mine is Bone Marrow Biopsy.

[jmm]

1. President John McCain.

:scared:

[KitchenWitch]

2. touche!

:scared:

[TZ]

5. How about

Vice President Mike Huckabee...:scared:

[SacredCow]

80. That's the one that bothers me....

Only a heart attack away from "President Mike Huckabee"

[Brigid]

8. Yes, we have our winner.

God forbid. :scared:

[NMDemDist2]

39. yeah, that does it for me too n/t

[Fox Mulder]

48. Yep.

:scared:

[Zephyrbird]

63. nooooooooooooooooooooooo! N/T

:hide:

[snacker]

77. That was my first thought too! n/t

[ordinaryaveragegirl]

81. Ding, ding, ding!!!

Scares the living pee out of me too!!!

[KG]

3. colonoscopy.

[ThomCat]

24. Psha! Those are not really all that bad.

:hug:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

31. It's the prep.

Nasty foul drinks.

Until the starvation period.

It's great when it's over - head for a restaurant!!!

:hi:

[ThomCat]

34. Food!

Yes, it is definitely a very good reason to treat yourself to some wonderful food afterward. :hi:

[geardaddy]

78. I'm with you Thom

I had a colonoscopy and an endoscopy all in one "sitting". Not pleasant, but hardly fear-invoking.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. Drilling in ANWR...

Actually, that just pisses me off...:grr:

[KitchenWitch]

6. Me too!

x(

[mitchum]

7. Open Blues Jam

[darkstar]

11. hahaha

:thumbsup:

[lizziegrace]

9. Unemployed

x(

[KitchenWitch]

10. ...

:hug:

Wish I could do something substantial (like offer you a 6 figure income job that you could work until you were ready to retire) to help.

:pals:

[lizziegrace]

13. Thanks...

:pals:

[ThomCat]

30. You have an extended family that loves you.

Please don't forget that. :hug:

[lizziegrace]

37. ...

:hug:


:loveya:

[InsultComicDog]

46. I'm already that

but kind of enjoying it in a way.

[lizziegrace]

52. Laid off two weeks ago

absolutely terrified over being able to keep a roof over my head and support my daughter...

[InsultComicDog]

69. Oo. Well that's quite different

I certainly hope you find something soon.

[lizziegrace]

73. Thanks...

so do I!

[kineneb]

12. we are out of chocolate n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Cold speculum.

[sazemisery]

115. You bet! n/t

[youthere]

15. Natural Childbirth

[fizzgig]

16. let's go talk in hr

x(

[LaraMN]

17. Linguistics midterm.

:scared:

[geardaddy]

79. Cool!

Linguistics!

Are you at the U?

[LaraMN]

93. UMD. n/t

[geardaddy]

122. That's where my mom went. n/t

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. KW?

Are you ok? :hug:

[KitchenWitch]

45. Yeah,

Bone marrow biopsy was brought up in another thread and I had a bad flashback to the one I had done 21 years ago.

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

54. I'm glad to hear that...

:hug:

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. "I love someone else"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

20. Similarly, "I hope we can still be friends."

:puke:

[stlsaxman]

42. which should promptly be responded to with-

"Okay- well, it's your loss..."

i'll NEVER let someone have that much power over me.... again! lol

[av8rdave]

21. I'm from the FAA, and I'm here to help you

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. That's one of my favorites...

Ever been ramp-checked? :scared:

[av8rdave]

33. No, but been line checked a lot

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

35. The Dreaded Fed in the Jumpseat...

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[av8rdave]

66. Oh yeah...just another perk of the job!

[femmocrat]

22. Come into my office. And shut the door.

:scared:

[ThomCat]

23. Nursing Home.

I hope you're asking this for purely theoritical reasons. :(
Please tell us that nothing is seriously wrong.
:hug:

[TZ]

26. Oh nothings wrong with KW

I just mentioned that I was afraid I was gonna have another bone marrow biopsy and brought up some BAAD memories for KW...

[ThomCat]

29. ..

:hug:

I hope you don't. But if you do then I hope they don't find anything bad.

And let's all hug KW to celebrate that her cancer has never come back! :grouphug:

[KitchenWitch]

47. Nothing is seriously wrong...just a bad flashback!

:hi:

:loveya:

[youthere]

25. We're out of wine.

[DarkTirade]

28. ...

[momophile]

32. it's up to Florida. nt

[sazemisery]

116. or Ohio. n/t

[Redstone]

36. Hemocrhomatosis. But not really, because it's either going to develop into the

inevitable, or the Other Thing is going to get me first.

And either way, worrying about one or the other will only result in me having spent time worrying, when I could have been doing something more useful.

Redstone

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

38. There's a problem with a few of your deductions.

[Inchworm]

40. What do you want to be when you grow up?

:scared:

[RoadRage]

41. "Mrs. Johnson, I'm officer O'Toole, and I have some bad news about your husband"

I'm always terrified something bad is going to happen to someone in my family. :(

[qwertyMike]

43. Catheter n/t

[Rambis]

126. Ding ding ding!

:wow:

[InsultComicDog]

44. hot lead enema

[DainBramaged]

49. Being Cheneyed

[graywarrior]

50. Spatula

Women know what I mean.

[KitchenWitch]

53. ...

I just involuntarily kegeled....

[graywarrior]

56. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OMG, you made me kegel!

[KitchenWitch]

58. ...

:spray:

[Inchworm]

60. some words..

It just doesnt pay to know what they mean.

*clinches butt*

:yoiks:

[grannylib]

51. Possible layoffs. Foreclosure. *shudder* Those would be the scariest for me right now.

[FloridaJudy]

55. I have three

1) root canal
2) valve job
3) IRS audit

The first two are gonna cost ya brazillions, and the first hurts. The third is a lengthy PIA. It's never cost me, but I'm not great at tax codes, even though I'm honest. In fact, a got a refund after the last one, but it took three hours to go through my return.

[Mojambo]

57. "Have you found Jesus?" n/t

[zanne]

71. That's a good one!

It's happened to me a few times. You just know that, however you answer, you're stuck for awhile with a deluded idiot trying to tell you how to live!

[marzipanni]

114. No. Have you looked under the bed? n/t

[sazemisery]

117. Answer: Did you lose him again? n/t

[philosophie_en_rose]

59. Student Loan Company

:scared:

[struggle4progress]

61. "I know what I'm doing"

... don't walk ... run ...

[LadyoftheRabbits]

62. Blood test

I go into a cold sweat and feel shaky. :scared:

[Cabcere]

110. Me too

:( :scared: :hug:

[TZ]

125. meh

I used to be terrified of that, but having my blood drawn once a week, even once a month rapidly cured me of that. Now I can watch them put the needle in and watch the blood flow even, without flinching. Thats the ONE postive of having a chronic blood disorder...No more phobia!:hi:

[Cabcere]

131. I've only had my blood tested twice, I think

but the first time is what led to my "phobia" of it, because it happened shortly after my dad almost died of complications due to a genetic mutation...that those tests subsequently showed that I have. :( So, yeah, the second time when I was having dizzy spells and had to get my blood tested was when I really realized how much that freaked me out...not fun. :scared:

[Godhumor]

64. "Oops"

So much chaos happens as a result of that one word.

[OmahaBlueDog]

65. "is it Safe?"

Christian Szell: Is it safe?... Is it safe?

Babe: You're talking to me?

Christian Szell: Is it safe?

Babe: Is what safe?

Christian Szell: Is it safe?

Babe: I don't know what you mean. I can't tell you something's safe or not, unless I know specifically what you're talking about.

Christian Szell: Is it safe?

Babe: Tell me what the "it" refers to.

Christian Szell: Is it safe?

Babe: Yes, it's safe, it's very safe, it's so safe you wouldn't believe it.

Christian Szell: Is it safe?

Babe: No. It's not safe, it's... very dangerous, be careful.

[Mad_Dem_X]

67. "You better sit down."

And its cousin, "I have something to tell you."

[Mad_Dem_X]

68. Root Canal. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

70. Come into my office. Close the door. n/t

[zanne]

72. You might feel some "pressure" during this procedure....

[mainegreen]

74. "Honey?....Guess what."

[End Of The Road]

75. "Ma'am, you're under arrest" nt

[emperor124]

76. This is the clinic, we're just calling about your test results. It's urgent

[geardaddy]

82. "We're going to dinner at Olive Garden!"

:scared:

[Ptah]

83. Mr. ptah, this is the ATF. open up.

[BeachBaby]

84. "By executive order, I hereby declare martial law....

effective immediately. General elections will be postponed until further notice."

[sazemisery]

119. Laidies and Gentlemen, we have a winner!

That makes me sad, angry, and every other negative emotion but FEAR. I refuse to fear the government. I will stand defiantly in the face of domination and fight for the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.











There, deep breath....................I feel better now.

[latebloomer]

85. I share yours, KW!

And I'm looking forward (?) to another routine one in the not-too distant future.

I'm requesting another doctor to do it, because my transplant doc, cool as he is, hurt me a like a bitch last time!

Then there's the waiting for results. . .

[KitchenWitch]

86. ...

:hug:

Yah, get another doc to do it if it was overwhelmingly painful.

:pals:

[latebloomer]

89. most definitely

There's a woman doctor there who is supposed to be the best at this. I also had one done once by another doctor-- it hurt barely more than an injection. I don't know what my regular doc does wrong, but it kills!

[geardaddy]

87. I just had one last summer.

It wasn't painful really, but VERY uncomfortable. They gave me like 6 grains of morphine before so that may have helped.

[latebloomer]

90. Morphine, huh?

Now THAT sounds like a solution! All I get is a little Lidocaine, which does not penetrate very far.

[geardaddy]

91. I was in the hospital already, so

I wasn't going anywhere and they figured I could take the morphine. When I asked a friend of mine who's an MD about the dose, he said, "Woo-hoo! That's a good dose!"

[KitchenWitch]

96. Next one I have, I will be asking for the good drugs.

:think:

[BarenakedLady]

88. "I think we should talk"

:scared:

[trackfan]

92. 1981. The doctor said, "You may experience some deep pain".

It hurt, but was not as bad as other medical procedures. (The "fixed" sigmoidoscopy was the worst. Flexible sigmoidoscopy was next. Colonoscopy was bad, but the euphoria of the drugs almost compensated for the discomfort - mostly forgotten - of the procedure). The doctor said I was very brave during the bone marry biopsy, but I thought it just didn't hurt that bad.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

94. "The cancer has metastasized."

The four worst words in the English language.

[KitchenWitch]

97. yes, I agree

[Lydia Leftcoast]

95. Whenever an employer says the phrase "We need more flexibility"

In the academic world that always means fewer full-time professors and more poorly paid adjuncts, fewer tenure-track jobs, and more administrators to make sure that everything stays "flexible."

In the business world, it means that the employees will be screwed over in any number of creative ways: firings, cutbacks in hours or wages, less generous benefits (termed "new, exciting benefits"), removal of perks (no more free coffee), and compulsory overtime.

[KitchenWitch]

98. Every corporation that bandied about the phrase, "Work Smarter, Not Harder"

was always on the verge of laying off about half the staff, and thus encumbering the rest of the poor saps left behind with their original job descriptions plus the added work of one who was just let go.

:banghead:

[Mike03]

99. "I've read your posts and I know what you're going through."

This means I have written too much here, and have yet another reason to feel humiliated.

KitchenWitch, if there is anything I can do or look up for you concerning bone marrow biopsies, please let me know. Someone close to me has had some similar procedures lately. I have files and files on these topics.

Good luck to you. You are in my thoughts.

[KitchenWitch]

100. I have had them too.

I just had a particularly harrowing one, the doctor that gave it to me did not believe in sedation or anesthetic...It was one of the worst experiences of my life.

I am fine, now. I have been cancer free for almost 21 years.

[Mike03]

101. Yes, I remember you posting about your cancer success, and that is fantastic and inspiring

to a lot of us who are hoping the best for our relatives or loved ones.

Thanks for sharing your success... It really helps.

Mike

[KitchenWitch]

102. Glad to do it.

:hug:

[laylah]

103. Divorce. nt

[lost-in-nj]

104. Mom

the test was positive.....



lost

[Mike03]

105. Just to answer your question, for me it would be my dad saying that

his cancer had come back, or my mother telling me.

That is the real fear I know right now. It's not really a miracle that he is in remission; it will only be a miracle if he stays in remission. I'm terrified beyond words that he won't stay in remission. I can't even deal with the reality of that, or of losing him.

[momto3]

106. Spinal tap...

I've had viral meningitis twice and spinal taps both times. The first spinal tap apparently left me with a lot of calcification around my spine. So, the second time I needed it done, they stuck me a dozen times and could not get the needle in. Eventually I had to go to radiology so the radiologist could do it during an x-ray. I told them to let me die - obviously they did not listen.

:scared:

[KitchenWitch]

107. Yes, that runs a close second to BMB!

I had a really bad Lumbar Puncture once. The headache lasted for days afterwards because of leaking spinal fluid.

[In_The_Wind]

108. We need to open the implants.

Honest. It won't hurt. The worst is over.

[Cabcere]

109. Blood clot.

:scared: And more specifically, "pulmonary embolism." :scared: One of those suckers damn near killed my dad when I was in high school, and since I tested positive for the genetic mutation that caused the incident with him, I kind of live in fear of something similar happening to me. :(

[u4ic]

111. Tarantula

or the CN Tower.

[Lethe]

112. "I'm Pregnant"

:scared:

[SKKY]

113. Petty Officer ALiberalSailor, welcomed to Baghdad!

[enigmatic]

118. Gout

Ugh.

[krispos42]

120. President-For-Life Bush

Chief Justice Bush

Dr. Bush, MD

[The Animator]

121. Macarena

I stopped taking the pill months ago.

Moments after completing the buyout of MSNBC, Media mogul Rupert Murdoch fired longtime voice of reason Keith Olberman... Olberman's show "countdown" will be replaced with a new show called "freeping" starring Ann Coulter, and Tucker Carlson.

Much like a kid waiting until the last day of school to punch a kid he doesn't like, George W. Bush has decided to launch a nuclear attack against Iran on his last day in office, leaving his successor to clean up the mess.

Trust me.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

123. "Rectal impalement"...

I just watched one of those reality emergency room shows on Discover and saw an episode where some poor guy feel off a ladder and was impaled on a very woody bush -- he appeared at the ER with 4' of 3" diameter branch shoved up his rectum. He had to be cut off the bush by emergency responders. :scared:

The branch exited his rectum and went up through his abdominal cavity, almost to his heart. Unbelieveably, the branch injured none of his internal organs -- just his rectum. He was good as new in three weeks.

[arbusto_baboso]

124. Beer Shortage

And y'know, with global warming screwing up the growing seasons for barley and hops, we could be seeing that shortage very soon. :scared:

[Inchworm]

128. do not even say such things in jest

I don't want to have to start hording beer. I lack the control not to drink all that is in the house :D

:scared:

[arbusto_baboso]

129. I wish I WERE just jesting...

But all the things I'm reading indicate that barley and hops crops could be in big trouble. The microbreweries are already being hit. And have you noticed the spike in beer prices?

It ain't just because of increased fuel costs.

I know whereof I speak; I am a home brewer, and the reason I only make low-hopped beers like barley wine's and wee heavies now is because of the obsecene prices for fresh hops.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

127. Uterine biopsy

it hurts like a mutha#@#@##@#@#@@#@@!

[Miss Carly]

130. 4.00 gal/gas

Carly