Because trolling sick people is fun!

fibromyalgia is an lj community for people interested in and usually who suffer from fibromyalgia.

rake_blackguard makes post asking:

"So what does it say that a medication effective for the treatment of Fibromyalgia is an antidepressant?

Could it possibly be that Fibromyalgia is an ultimately psychosomatic disorder?"

People respond and OP responds to every comment with sunshine and joy. Or totally flamey sarcasm...

disclaimer: I was unsure where to put this because I did initially post on the thread before we knew it was a troll. Once s/h/it started reponding to every comment it was clearly flamebaiting. It is definitely unfunny to troll a bunch of sick people and tell them their illness is imaginary.

(I'm

imaginarycircus on the thread, in the interest of full disclosure.) Apologies if you think should be moved to

i_wank I'll move it.

ETA: bahleeted.

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jaythenerdkid
2008-06-18 04:25 am UTC (link)

Wouldn't they pick up a tumour with an...ultrasound, or something? *Is terrible at medical imaging-related things*

It does sound like a really interesting condition, yes. Do you ever get doctors or medical students asking if they can write papers and things about you? (Because if I were working in the endocrinology department where you were, I would totally ask.)

And wow, only 58 of a certain type of test in one year really is quite astounding.

*Is taking notes* If primary hyperaldosteronism comes up on my exam, I'll be all set. ^.^

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	ari_o 2008-06-18 04:48 am UTC (link)
	Not with many tumors actually. I have a pituitary tumor that took half a dozen MRIs to find and I had a parathyroid tumor which required an injection of a radioactive isotope and then this weird scan was something like a very long X-ray. I don't know about other posters tumor though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jaythenerdkid 2008-06-18 07:24 am UTC (link)
	Hmmm, fair enough. The very long x-ray thing, could that have been either nuclear medical imaging or angiography? They're the only other scanning methods I can think of. (Well, that and a CT.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ari_o 2008-06-18 08:28 am UTC (link)
	I think it was probably nuclear medicine. It definitely wasn't a CT--although I've had those too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jaythenerdkid 2008-06-18 08:39 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! I've only ever had an X-ray (the time I broke my arm) and a couple of pelvic ultrasounds. As a medical case study, I am pretty useless. (Well, there's the severe microcytic anaemia, but that's boring.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ari_o 2008-06-18 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	Revel in your boring. I envy you! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	jaythenerdkid 2008-06-18 06:39 pm UTC (link)
	Well, I also have family histories of diabetes, cancer, strokes, ulcerative colitis...and I am allergic to almost everything. But as far as things with which I actually present to a GP? I got nothin'. (Reply to this)(Parent)

silrana
2008-06-18 05:01 am UTC (link)

I had ultrasounds and MRIs and catscans. The problem is that adrenal tumors can be very tiny and hard to detect. The treatment for an adrenal tumor is removal of the entire gland. That is *very* tricky, and is another reason I was at Mayo rather than a local hospital, in case the test went the other way. If the surgery is not done exactly right, the gland can shoot a massive dose of adrenaline into the patient's system, with fatal consequences. So they have to be very sure before they go poking around.

My condition isn't so rare that it's worth writing papers about. In fact, more information is being circulated about it because some researchers believe it might be more common than people realize. It's just that doctors never used to look for it.

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	jaythenerdkid 2008-06-18 07:23 am UTC (link)
	I see. That makes sense. Well, I think it sounds interesting - but then, I have a bit of an interest in endocrinology (my second love, after psych). ^.^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

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