This is the other 'joke' off the American BDA - again apologies if I've broken copyright (I'm not saying this my work)
Lesley
1. You have your doctor’s number on your speed dial
2. Your doctor has your number on speed dial
3. Your pharmacist has your doctor’s number memorized
4. You get a holiday card from the pharmacist (maybe it is the $40,000 worth of business you give him within a year)
5. You have more close contact with one of your specialists than you have with your own partner
6. You know more than most of your doctors about your disease and how to treat it
7. You plan your schedule around your doctor’s hours
8. In the ER you tell them what is wrong and how to treat it
9. The staff on the ER knows you by face and/or name
10. The staff in your doctor’s office knows your voice before you say who you are
11. Someone asks you how to spell your disease you say ‘H-E-L-L’
12. Unless you get a call from a fellow BDer, the phone doesn’t ring
13. You look in the mirror and don’t even recognize yourself with ‘moon face’
14. At a family wedding no one says hello to you because they think you are someone’s date (there’s that moon face again)
15. You cry at the Hallmark commercials (too much Prednisone)
16. You go to a chronic illness support group and after explaining BD, the group seems almost grateful to only have Lupus or MS
17. You go to a small town ER and they refuse to treat you because they never heard of BD and no doctor there has either
18. You are in the hospital a team of 10 med-students and 5 doctors are constantly coming in to observe and ask questions
Food allergies and BD?
Do others experience nausea and vomiting as a symptom of BD??
How do you know if your ulcers are related to BD?
Neuro - Behcets Disease
