OOOh
Time for AD's Disease Rant of the DayTM.
Fibromyalgia: Those that truly suffer from it (about 1% of those who claim to suffer from it) I truly feel sorry for. It's all kinds of levels of suck. But about 99% of the time, you claim to have "fiboalgea", you get tossed into the "Drug Seeker" bucket. Had an aunt who self-diagnosed (because her doctor's just "couldn't figure out what was wrong") with fibromyalgia. In reality, she just wanted narcotics, because she was also "allergic" to basically all non-narcotic pain meds. Hell, she's in FL now, I don't need to worry about her anymore.
Peanut Allergies: Have a gal in our dispatch center who claims to have a peanut allergy. The other day, I walked in with a Payday bar or something like that, she freaked out. I ask her what's the deal, she claims she's deathly allergic to peanuts. I apologize, take it back out to the lunch room. Later, the topic comes back up and I ask her if she has ever had to use her Epi-pen.
*blank stare* "What's an Epi-pen?"
Me: "I though you said you were deathly allergic to peanuts?"
"I am!"
"Then why don't you have an Epi-pen? Or even know what it is? You know, the epinephrine auto-injector that you have to use if you're exposed to peanuts, since you're 'Deathly Allergic'."
*blank stare*......
"Tell you what... Why don't you tell me what your reaction is if you're exposed to peanuts?"
"Well, I get this really bad rash if I touch them, and get really nauseous if I eat any..."
*facepalm*
The next day I brought in another Payday bar.... And handed her a small bottle of calamine lotion, "Just in case a random peanut flies off and hits you, wouldn't want to trigger your 'DEATH RASH!' "
Yeah, I got in trouble, but it was worth it.