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PAXitis 2007 (Post your post-PAX illness symptoms here!)

ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
edited September 2007 in PAX Archive
PAX has its traditions: Bawls, the Omegathon, all-night parties and the inevitable cold and flu symptoms that follow the weekend of the expo.

List your symptoms here:

- Sore throat

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    NephirijNephirij Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    -Sore throat
    -Caffeine Headache
    -Post-PAX depression
    -Loss of voice

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    a714generationa714generation Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    sore throat and a constantly congested nose. darn 30000 other people and their foreign germs!

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    ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I forgot that. I lost my voice, too, mostly, which sort of sucks when you work as a salesman.

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    Ty1012Ty1012 Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    well I was anxious and tired when I went on friday, so I felt a little pale the first 15 minutes or so.

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    Foxy_RoxyFoxy_Roxy Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    fatigue
    depression
    headache
    inability to think straight from AWESOME-poisoning.

    my husband has diarrhea from all the crap food....

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    DTJAAAAMDTJAAAAM Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Runny nose, insomnia, and an addiction to Haze mints.

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    Foxy_Roxy wrote: »
    fatigue
    depression
    headache
    inability to think straight from AWESOME-poisoning.

    my husband has diarrhea from all the crap food....
    no offense, but I'm honestly puzzled by this
    you were in downtown Seattle where you can find a wide range of cuisine within two or three blocks
    so why the crap food?

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    Foxy_RoxyFoxy_Roxy Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    we spent our money on important things, like swag.

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    haha
    ok

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    jieunjieun Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    ahaha
    I remember making this thread last year.
    Fatigue and sore throat for me.

    No green poo this year! Hoorah!

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    DocDoc Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    I stayed home from work today because I had a bad enough sore throat that I thought it might be strep. It went away later, though.

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    JaydoJaydo Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    jieun wrote: »
    ahaha
    I remember making this thread last year.
    Fatigue and sore throat for me.

    No green poo this year! Hoorah!

    green poo = snobawls.


    but yeah, Sore Throat, No Voice etc...

    Also bruised feet and a pain in my right knee.

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    GrathGrath I'm a much happier person these days Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    syphilis and herpes

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    hardcorecombhardcorecomb Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Stinky clothes from all the fucking body to body contact during the concerts. i guess i should call it being squished

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    proXimityproXimity Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Repeatedly checking this forum over and overagain trying to relive the glory of the past few days.

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    ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I miss pooing green. Maybe next year.

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    b0wserb0wser PAX HHL Deputy Manager CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I was stuck sitting right in front of a recirculated air duct outflow, behind the Prize Redemption booth. My throat wasn't too happy with that, but I'm thinking it should be fine in a couple of days.

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    EonBlueEonBlue Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    soar throat
    runny nose
    what was the name of that song that i know the tune to but can't figure out its name-itis.

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    starsicknessstarsickness Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    -Lost voice (24 hours afterward, oddly enough. Currently answering phones like a frog.)

    -Sunday night mania attributed to both lack of food and sleep. To the 20ID boys and Mif: Y'all are troopers for not being weirded out.

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    SimplicitySimplicity Seattle, WashingtonRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    starsickness wrote: »
    -Lost voice (24 hours afterward, oddly enough. Currently answering phones like a frog.)


    Sweet I'm not the only one haha

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    KaneKane Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    First con I've been to without the "Con-Crud" hitting me. I am suffereing from a lack of "FUCK-YEAH!" and a severe "depletion-of-funds" but all the cool stuff I brought home (SHIT-TONS of CCG/TCG games!) makes me feel better.

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    DeiruDeiru Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Sore throat. I thought it was fatigue from being up more than 24 hours and smoking too many cigarettes but then I started getting headaches and post-nasal drip. I wished I'd brought a jacket with me the first two days because I kept getting really cold, but that probably wouldn't have helped the illness.

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    jeruvinjeruvin Minneapolis, MN (USA)Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    * Sore Throat
    * Some nasty phlegm
    * Sore Back, Neck and Feet
    * Sinus Stuffed Up
    * Messed up sleeping schedule
    * Exhaustion

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    majin23xmajin23x Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I'm just suffering the standard depression from the lack of Awesome.

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    SkorMTSkorMT Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    for the first and last time I ate at the burger place at the top of Pacific Place Mall..

    can't count how many times I had to go to the bathroom that afternoon UG...

    as for post pains.. just sore feet and knees :D

    though after reading this.. I'll be popping my fighting drugs tonight.. just in case :D

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    JaidenJaiden Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Severe fatigue.
    Sore everything.
    I'll probably be hung over for days.
    I'll probably be in pain for days after cleaning my apartment from two separate after-parties in consecutive nights.
    Mild sore throat, fucked up sinuses.
    BUT, I didn't lose my voice like I did last year having to yell at the goddamn concert line both nights without a megaphone like last year.

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    moodboommoodboom Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    enjoyed:
    johnny rockets (veggie burger)
    thai ginger (phad thai with tofu)
    awesome happy teriaki (on the way to the airport) (veggies and tofu)
    constant supply of starbucks soy lattes (damned stores are everywhere, gonna kill me)
    yes i'm a vegan freak :P

    almost barfed after:
    crappy indian food at that monorail mall (the food court was skanky in general)

    and still popping those Haze mints! my buzz may be ending soon, shit...
    WHAT, PAX IS OVER!?! (/me looks around wide-eyed blinking)

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    Yeah, the food at Westlake is ok at best. Got together on Thurs with some early arrivals up on Cap Hill at Pho Cyclo and had some great pho.

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    KaneKane Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Next time your in town, if you want GOOD Indian, go up to Cap Hill and go to Annapurna or India Express. Both are EXCELLENT and offer veg.

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    DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    Also Cedars over in the U district.
    Which reminds that I need to hit up Assimba in the CD for some damn good Ethiopian food. Haven't been there in a while.

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    AiouaAioua Ora Occidens Ora OptimaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Sore throat
    Acute lack of AWESOME
    Sadness that the cute girl I met is now far away.
    Chronic real life, with aggravated symptoms of work and school.

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    saliansalian Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Sore throat.
    Bad fatigue/exhaustion that lasted through the evening on Monday :\

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    dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2007
    just got back from first day back to work. damn, was i tired and unmotivated today!

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    ZarluneZarlune Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Sore throat
    Lost Voice
    Fatigue
    Crankiness
    Post-PAX Depression

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    leafleaf Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Being fueled by pure alcohol burned off anything less hardy than the ebola virus.

    Nor do I get hungover. On the downside I had trouble sleeping, and hadn't brought any sedatives.

    On the other hand, I had a lovely girl that was happy to see me, and gave me a great welcome back home.

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    SoulFurySoulFury Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2007
    I slept for 16 hours when I got home. After that I was dizzy standing for the next 8 hours. Now I'm alright just have to wait for the voice to come back.

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    Cynd3rCynCynd3rCyn Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Just have a sore throat and stuffy nose. Nothing major. :)

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    defaultprophetdefaultprophet Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    I got lucky. Sadly, not like that.

    I stirred up a bunch of dust packing and had congestion most of the weekend. Luckily, that seemed to make me impervious to airborne bugs. The worst ailment I got over the weekend was a wicked case of "Disney World Feet" on Saturday. You know, that strain in the tendons in the arches of your feet from walking way too much. That was thanks to the wicked awesome concert.

    Other than that, it was just general back and shoulder ache from filling up a backpack with swag and drinks.

    Even though I turned 21 on Sunday, I stayed dry for my own sake.

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    ShadeShade Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    -does completely hating this hell hole(spokane) count as a symptom? It seems even worse after being in seattle, and the awesome of PAX.

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    NephirijNephirij Registered User regular
    edited August 2007
    Shade wrote: »
    -does completely hating this hell hole(spokane) count as a symptom? It seems even worse after being in seattle, and the awesome of PAX.
    Tycho on the '05 DVD(said not wrote--->) wrote:
    I believe spokanistan is the current nomenclature.

    There was a reason for this.

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