07.17.09
WebMD Strikes Again
My friends at work and I have this little game we play. Every time one of us has a hang nail or a prolonged dry cough or painful stubbed toe, we diagnose one another on WebMD. Invariably, of course, we always end up with a blanket list of diseases: lupus, melanoma, typhoid, gout even. And, of course, we’re perfectly fine each time and are instead a group of hypochondriacs.
But this morning, I fell victim to my own devices. Armed with a seemingly unexplainable routine test result, combined with an odd combination of recent changes in my day-to-day health, I am convinced within myself that I have…leukemia. Yup. My WebMD slot machine diagnosis came up leukemia.
Because, yes, in fact, my left shoulder was completely and inexplicably jacked up for a month resulting in my need to see a chiropractor. And, yes, I have been all Holy Hot Flash!! lately and having the night sweats. And, come to think of it, I do have joint pain and weakness. As for the “abnormal bleeding,” well, there was that bloody nose I had the other day, and I never get those.
I’m pretty much freaked out now and have another doctor’s appointment scheduled to figure out what’s really going on. Do I honestly think I have leukemia? Well, no, not really. But it is a lot of coincidence and there’s definitely something that’s…off.
Moral of the story: getting old sucks. Also, stay away from WebMD.
PC Peterson said,
July 17, 2009 at 11:18 am
I think its just that your body can’t control all that awesomeness. It overflowed out of your nose.
Ames said,
July 20, 2009 at 6:52 pm
I had to ban myself from googling my illnesses, it always ends in tears.