Churg Strauss perchance?
Things that have happened to you that you never thought would happen to you
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Churg Strauss perchance?
Soldato
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I've not gone as far as you lot. Always been single and always been in low paid jobs between £13k and £15k. I guess my biggest achievement then was getting my house.
Wegeners, which is unfortunately, similar. Just over 4 years ago, Christmas 2013, I was lying on, to all intents and purposes, my deathbed. It's been a rocky road since then but I'm as healthy as I can be now and grateful for the second chance.
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Indeed. Good luck with it, I got diagnosed in Jan after being taken down with double pneumonia at which point a clever consultant did some extra tests. Seems early diagnosis so lungs, kidneys, heart all normal but now in the stage of management into a box so I can move to management to keep it in said box.
Very lucky, my kidneys were seriously impaired by the time mine was diagnosed (one doctor said it was earache...) and I'm still on medication now, but I've avoided dialysis luckily! Keeping it locked away in a box is the perfect analogy, and one I use myself. You might have to get used to feeling a lot tireder.
Happy to talk about it off line. I am with my consultant tomorrow as I am pushing hard to get the gold standard medical advice and happy to share my experiences. I have extensive private medical insurance which is covering me for rapid advice but once fully locked down I will only be able to seek NHS so have already started to locate the specialists in the area in the Midlands.
Trust message if you want to, I've lived with it for just over 4 years now. I'm with a good consultant in Coventry.
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somehow got Cholinergic Urticaria in my early 20s, life changing.
Going bald in my mid twenties! At the time I did not see that coming! It's undeniable that I would have loved to have kept my head of hair. I am fortunate that I can carry off the shaved head look (as friends tell me) which I suppose is some consolation. Whether they are just humouring me! 
Leaving/bombing out of school without a clue (fortunately I got my act together since).
Smoking and taking up the habit. My family are all ardent none smokers, I was the black sheep. Having committed I never knew I would be able to quit. I know the damage has been done, smoking is a game of roulette (you cannot go back so fate decides).
Leaving/bombing out of school without a clue (fortunately I got my act together since).
Smoking and taking up the habit. My family are all ardent none smokers, I was the black sheep. Having committed I never knew I would be able to quit. I know the damage has been done, smoking is a game of roulette (you cannot go back so fate decides).
Being diagnosed with ulcerative colitis at 17. It has definitely changed the course of my life; in many ways probably for the better.
Becoming a dad. I know its a cliché but there is no better feeling that I've ever experienced.
Becoming a dad. I know its a cliché but there is no better feeling that I've ever experienced.
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I wish I had a pound for the amount of people who have had a go at fatties and when you see them 10 years later they are fat.
Yeah that's precisely why I got fat as well. Pure apathy. Well, that and loving food far too much
Thankfully it's not impossible to reverse the trend.
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Being the old guy in the football team but it having to be pointed out to me by going from attacking mid to mid to defensive mid to centre back to goalkeeper.
Yup, said it many times.
Kids will be kids....then 20's year olds, then 30 year olds and then mostly overweight.
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can't say there's much of any individual note, but i've done a lot of moving around my whole life, don't think i've sent more than 5 years in any one place. plenty of "life changing" experiences but none particularly dramatic (at least by the scale of this thread). maybe life has got some surprises yet in store for me, or maybe the surprise is there won't be any surprises.
i guess the most odd thing i can think of right now is the last 2 times i've been applying for jobs i walked into the first one i applied for with minimal fuss, sure once maybe is a fluke but twice in a row?
i guess the most odd thing i can think of right now is the last 2 times i've been applying for jobs i walked into the first one i applied for with minimal fuss, sure once maybe is a fluke but twice in a row?
Becoming a manager type. Genuinely always thought I'd stay a technician. Just woke up one day and my professional priorities changed.
Moving to NZ. Of all things. Never had designs on it, probably never would've visited had I not met someone from here. Four years later and still here.
The rest of it I'm still holding at bay. Marriage and family. Genuinely don't think it'll suit me and I say this as someone that's 38 soon. But, never say never I guess!
Moving to NZ. Of all things. Never had designs on it, probably never would've visited had I not met someone from here. Four years later and still here.
The rest of it I'm still holding at bay. Marriage and family. Genuinely don't think it'll suit me and I say this as someone that's 38 soon. But, never say never I guess!
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Getting married.
Having graduate age children.
Having graduate age children.