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Ok, so I was wondering if anyone on the site has some sort of rare/unusual condition, such as Synesthesia or Morgellon's Syndrome or An allergy to water or something. I'm not trying to be offensive, I'm just getting curious about the members since I heard someone on a different thread who claimed to have Synesthesia. Just asking is all.

I see no utility in a thread dedicated to sharing intimate details of one's medical history.

Eh, I don't really consider this an intimate detail about myself, since hundreds of strangers see me with it each summer, so I'll share:

I actually do have a minor allergy to water.

Specifically cold water. If I go swimming in lakes, pools, the ocean, or take a cold shower, I break out into hives. It started when I was at the beach around 13, and I didn't know what the hell was happening. I thought something was biting or stinging me.

They can get quite large and ugly, but it's cosmetic, they don't itch or anything, and usually go away after a half hour. If it's late in the season and the pools are warm enough (above 85 degrees), I won't break out. I went to this cove in Newburyport, RI, last summer, and I didn't break out for the first time in almost twenty years swimming in the ocean, the water was so warm.

I've never really looked into this, so I don't know how rare a condition it is—for all I know it's pretty common.

Also, I'm left handed.

I have oral fixation, which means I chew on things, like my fingernails or plastic bottlecaps.
Also I yawn every time I hear the pledge of allegiance. Don't know why

I've got that cilantro thing. If I eat cilantro raw or even get a visible leaf in salsa, I get this, like… hyperpowerful wintergreen effect (some people say it tastes like soap, which is close enough to true) that is incredibly unpleasant. Stronger than wasabi, but not at all delicious.

Colon polyps, not that rare.

So because of some… thing happening in my tongue, I basicly can't make the movements necessary to pronounce the letter R. I had a surgery to fix it, but my tongue couldn't get used to it so I still have many problems pronouncing it.

For some reason, tho, it's way easier for me to pronounce it when I speak in english rather than in spanish.

Don't know if this is a condition or not, but I hear music playing in my head practically 24/7 (except when I'm in non-REM sleep).

I'm intolerant to gluten and will get sick in a manner similar to a hangover if I eat anything more contaminated than a Domino's gluten free crust pizza. I've been tested for Celiac and it was negative, but it was a blood test, and the only 100% certain way to get a result is with an endoscopy (blood tests are known to give false positives). It's unlikely I have Celiac, though, or else I'd still get sick with minor contamination on things like Domino's gluten free crust. My aunt has Celiac and my mom is gluten-intolerant like I am, so I guess I should have seen it coming genetically.

I have a geographic tongue.

Yeah, its just that.