Found on InvisibleIllness.com:
- You understand all the medical terminology discussed on the T.V. show Grey's Anatomy.
- When you hear the term "Club Med" you automatically think of the hospital.
- Your medical records have to be transported on a cart.
- To entertain people at parties you recite the side effects of medications as if you are the voice over on a commercial.
- Your favorite Oprah program is when Dr. Oz is on.
- To get rid of boredom on road trips, your whole family can go through the alphabet and name a drug that starts with each letter of the alphabet.
- Your spelling has improved dramatically, especially on words like "fibromyalgia" and "osteoporosis."
- Or you've been "Around the World in Thirty Minutes" with CNN's Headline News 57 times in one sitting.
- You're invited to the wedding of the gal who works at the hospital lab.
- You're child thinks watching you do injections of medication is "cool."
Reprinted with permission of Lisa Copen, Copyright 2007, National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week, http://www.invisibleillness.com
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