Very Serious Symptoms

These are some acronyms that were posted on the RQ website by waiting parents. As we near referral time (c'mon next week!!!), I thought it would be fun to share them here.

Initial Diagnosis:
PRS -PreRumorSyndrome (not to be confused with PMS) - I am irritable, weepy, angry, overly emotional, easily agitated, and I have severe cravings for anything salty or chocolaty. It happens every month about 2 weeks after the last cycle of referrals, and right before rumors start coming out.

Response from a Waiting Parent:
As a specialist in Pre-Rumour Syndrome since my LID, I can confirm several additional symptoms:
CSA - Chair-Shaped Arse (resulting from an inability to move away from the computer even when sleeping)
HPO - Hideous Pimple Outbreaks (from excessive quantities of chocolate inhaled at half-hourly intervals)
APB - Allocation-Pattern Baldness (from the relentless removal of head hair from the root particularly evident at allocation time)
Bleeding from the ears (from a tendency to repeatedly place fingers in the ears while shouting "la, la, la" whenever a bad-case scenario rumour is posted)

Another Response:
What about our RCS? - Rollar Coaster Stomach

One More:
I hear PRS can last for long periods but is often alleviated for short periods with high volumes of ice cream and chocolate.

OK everyone - I'm officially inviting all of you...waiting parents, family, & friends...to please grab a sip of your favorite beverage and share a toast to the upcoming referrals and the families that will be matched in the next couple of weeks (and to the hopeful remission of many of the symptoms listed above). CHEERS!

P.S. Don't forget to add a bit of ice cream and chocolate to go with that aforementioned sip. ;)