Instead of glamorizing depression, let's glamorize asthma!!!!

[XemaSab]

The pale, pasty complexion, the paranoia and jitteriness from the meds, the fear of potential allergens, the vast array of pills and inhalers, the plumpness from a combination of too many steroids and too little excercise, the chronic crankiness and tiredness....



:sarcasm:

[KitchenWitch]

1. Now there is an idea I can get behind

and wheeze about.

:eyes:

[XemaSab]

2. Hey, TB used to be chic....

(off topic: what you need is a giant chai tea. seriously. first thing tomorrow.)

[KitchenWitch]

3. Will get a chai tomorrow!

:woohoo:

I love chai tea.

[XemaSab]

4. It's a panacea

(and is that really a photo of you in the busty redhead thread?)

[KitchenWitch]

6. Yes it is

Peggy took that photo of me when I visited California in November.

[XemaSab]

8. ah cool!

now we have a lovely face to fit to the posts! :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. You mean someone finally noticed!

No-one has commented on it in that thread! *sob*

Thank you......

[jpgray]

5. I vote pellagra

[XemaSab]

7. Is that vitamin A deficiency?

and it gives you a nasty rash???

I think it's hard to frame a nasty rash as a good thing....

[Ladyhawk]

10. IMO it's hard to frame depression as a good thing, but there was

a whole thread that tried to say it had been glamorized. I'm still going: :wtf:

In the real world--such as, for example, the world in which I live--the idea never even registered, let alone took hold. If the media tried to glamorize it, they did a piss-poor job.

[bridgit]

12. heroin chic...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin_chic

[XemaSab]

14. If you listen to a lot of music from the '90's,

virtually all the artists were terribly depressed, on heroin, or both.

I think it's a valid claim.

[Ladyhawk]

9. But, but, but I never got a chance to be glamorous even though

I have depression AND diabetes. Now I have to get asthma, too? Geez, I'll never be "in." What does one have to contract these days to be glamorous?

(BTW, great pic. You look very, um...what's the word I'm looking for? I know it begins with a "G"...)

[XemaSab]

17. You're totally glamorous!!!!

And in the interests of full diclosure, that picture was taken when I had mono, and not during an asthmatic episode. But I felt pretty crappy nevertheless. I'm usually pale, but I'm extra pale there.)

[Ladyhawk]

33. You look good. You must be ravishing when in the pink of health! n/t

[XemaSab]

37. It's a trick of the light

:P

[JVS]

13. Jerome Bettis has asthma, it must be fucking sweet!

[XemaSab]

15. It is!

All non-asthmatics must BOW DOWN!

[Hugin]

16. *cough*

Hats off to ya XemaSab. ;)

[LeftyMom]

18. *cough* *cough* *wheeze*

good idea :D

[gmoney]

19. Hubba Hubba...

[Xipe Totec]

20. It's been done already.

[XemaSab]

21. Oh geez

NOW you tell me!

One thing I forgot in the OP was the inhaler-breath. Can't forget the inhaler-breath. :eyes:

[Hugin]

22. I don't know...

I find Albuterol to be a zingy taste.

Maybe, if a rumor were started via a planted news story about
how inhaler users are good kissers... or something.

[XemaSab]

24. It's an acquired taste

I'm not sure that most people have the same psychosomatic reaction to the flavor.... :P

[Hugin]

25. Beats the whiskey breath of the depressives...

Ack!

[XemaSab]

28. This is true

Whiskey breath is pretty foul....

[Xipe Totec]

23. I only know because my son has the T-shirt

And the asthma, of course.

And the sense of humor.

;-)

[woofless]

26. Asthma, Shmasthma. I've got emphysema.

Now THAT'S freakin' glamorous....

Woof

[Schema Thing]

27. Who doesn't want to be like the Dennis Hopper character in Blue Velvet?

[XemaSab]

29. My point exactly!!!!

*ding ding ding*

We have a winner!

[Wapsie B]

30. Dear god in heaven.

If that's you looking pasty-faced I'd love to see you at full strength. :thumbsup: As a fellow asthma sufferer I know what you're going through though.

[XemaSab]

31. I'm actually pretty healthy now

Due to the miracle of Singulair. I haven't been to the hospital in over 5 years (for asthma).

But there were about 20 years there of feeling crappy. :P

Hope you're under control...

[Wapsie B]

32. Yes I am pretty good now. Thanks.

But growing up on a farm and being allergic to mold spores in plowed soil was a killer. Once I moved away from that I got better. But I'm not on any inhalers at all. Seem to do fine.

[miss_american_pie]

34. Oh yes

And the joy of a toddler child hopped up on albuterol at 3 am because the insurance company won't pay for xopenex.

:banghead:

[Lavender Brown]

35. You're a trendsetter

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/03/lohan.hospital2.reut/index.html

:o

[XemaSab]

36. For sure...

It's what all the coolest people are doing...