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    BlondeGoddess: It's vertigo, everybody has been having it (including me). #ruthbaderginsburg more »
    Dodgergirl: I'm sorry Justine Ginsburg, but this is unacceptable. Did you see Scalia talking about the cross? WE NEED YOU LADY! #ruthbaderginsburg more »
    morninggloria: As we have all learned from the antics of movie stars, "extreme drowsiness" is code for "five-day bender." #ruthbaderginsburg more »
    PinkSoxHat: My uterus can't handle any more Ginsburg health scares. Please be well, Madam Justice! #ruthbaderginsburg more »
    FroderickFronkensteen: Ginsburg, you are never allowed to die. If that means you stay away from planes and sleep in a cryogenic freezer, so be it. Never, ever leave us. #r... more »
    chatterboxwriting: This is a topic that always gets me into trouble with friends. My best friend once went to the ER for a yeast infection. Maybe you ladies will jump al... more »
    Jello Mix: Really? Just last month I hurt my wrist, but didn't go to the doctor for several weeks because the pain wasn't that bad. By the time I got fed up with... more »
    tscheese: My mom's a homemaker and my dad's a rancher. So both of them would soldier through just about anything. Mom wasn't feeling well? She'd pop some Sudafe... more »
    Grim Reaper of the Forest: I normally don't buy into the whole women are communicators and chattier than men, but in this case it might be true. I obsess over symptoms and ment... more »
    Lizawithazee: I also love it when you decide to relate your symptoms to explain why you are out or can't do something, and then the person says, "Oh, my mom had tho... more »
    katie.scarlett.o'hara: Ok, this is just FALSE. Men are the biggest babies ever when it comes to being sick. more »
    LaComtesse: I always worry that I'm exaggerating. Like, what I'm feeling can't possibly be that bad. This past June I suddenly felt electric, stabbing pains in th... more »
    umamimama: I know many of us are shocked that fewer men admit to exaggerating symptoms than women, but I think it makes total sense. The fact is that the other 2... more »
    Lizawithazee: It's extremely annoying to be around those drama queens who exaggerate every symptom. It's one thing to communicate symptoms as a way to figure out wh... more »
    LBB: I've always been really avoidant of going to the doctor, even at times when I probably should have gone -- a combination of not wanting my folks to wo... more »
  • #getwellsoon

    Justice Ginsburg Hospitalized

    Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized last night after she fainted on an airplane before leaving on a trip to London. She was reportedly suffering from "extreme drowsiness" and stayed overnight in the hospital as a precaution. [WSJ]
  • #sickos

    Faking It

    A new study shows that 85% of women and 76% of men admit to exaggerating symptoms when they get sick. Women, though, at least make an effort to treat themselves before seeing a doctor. [Telegraph]
  • #looselips

    Loose Lips