April 26, 2006

Hope For Hypochondria

Because if it turns out I have the m*mps tomorrow, I swear by all I hold dear that my pillow will get the biggest beat-down of its life.

Slightly symptomatic, slightly achey and swollen in the jaw area, slightly pissed off, and slightly sure it is somehow all in my head. It would be seriously f*cked up if I did somehow manage to be one of the tiny percentage to get 'em, and it honestly doesn't seem likely. My luck, it'll be something completely different--and more serious.

Now if you'll excuse me, I am off to take a nap.

UPDATE, 3:00 a.m.: I feel a lot worse, but no additional swelling, so I really don't think it's m*mps. Also, my fever went down. Took NyQuil, going back to sleep soon.

UPDATE, 2:00 p.m. Friday: Cancelled the appointment, mostly because I wasn't interested in staying awake long enough to go. If I have 'em, I'm spreading 'em around. Pretty sure it's something else anyway. I've been awake for about 10 hours total since Wednesday. Bleh.

Posted by Jenelle at April 26, 2006 05:37 PM | TrackBack
Comments

Weren't we all inocculated against the m*mps as childred? Hell, I was innoculated for small pox.

Posted by: Paul at April 27, 2006 05:46 AM

I was innoculated for chicken pox when I was 35. The year before last, I had one hellacious case of chicken pox. No guarantees.

Posted by: Rev. Mike at April 27, 2006 07:27 AM

From the moment this story broke, my wife was convinced she had m*mps. Until, that is, a news story actually explained what the symptoms were instead of just breathlessly reporting the ALARMING SPREAD OF THE DISEASE, and she reluctantly had to conclude she didn't have 'em.

Hope you feel better soon.

Posted by: Mr. Green at April 27, 2006 07:49 PM