Comments on: Hypochondriacal Heroism

By: robin andrea

robin andrea — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:05:39 +0000

This is so well written, I laughed and cringed. Ah the poor hypochondriac, another day survived, another tomorrow to dread.

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:16:52 +0000

Wonderfully written story! As a med student who has come down with a nasty case of medstudentitis quite a few times, I can very much empathize!

By: DrV

DrV — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:33:55 +0000

This is great DC … feeds my head and smashes the reverberation of the blogosphere echochamber.

By: Bianca Castafiore

Bianca Castafiore — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:55:26 +0000

For some reason, my favorite word of the post is “conversely”!

You managed to evoke a good amount of sympathy for this hypochondriac, usually a much maligned figure.

A friend of ours is beset by somatic worries — but what makes him difficult to be around sometimes is his apparent *disappointment* when given his umpteenth clean bill of health. Also, these days? The waste in terms of money, time, and energy that is expended on his behalf is frustrating for me, someone with physical challenges who has been politely priced out of insurance coverage.

Anyway, I’m sure you deal with us… er, ummm… THEM on a daily basis. Do hypochondriacs normally have so much insight into their actual problem?

Thanks for another great piece.

By: Chrys

Chrys — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 01:18:01 +0000

You really should write a novel. When you do…you’d better give me a heads up. I’m still waiting for Sid to get with the program and publish another one of his works. Keep writing Dr. Charles.