Death Would Be More Comfortable

So! I am, like, way sick, I’ve decided. When Meg came over last night, my headache was still in full force despite being fully medicated, and my throat was wickedly sore. By the time my flatmate TJ got back from dinner at about nine, I was completely feverish and a bit woozy, so much so that the minute he walked in he said, “Are you drunk? Stoned? Are you on drugs?” I denied it, claiming illness, but I don’t think he believed me. He simply shook his head and went back to playing Party Poker, adding, “Man, I wish I felt the way you looked. Then I’d know I was fucked up.” Haha.

Per the proclaimed TMI post in Becca’s journal, I’m going to continue. Basically, you knew I was delirious when I decided, firmly, that I had mouth cancer. I spent over an hour looking up the symptoms online yesterday and this morning, and came to the conclusion that all of them fit me: heavy smoker (well, used to be), a couple of small sores on my bottom lip, a white patch on the inside of my cheek, a feeling of weakening of the gums, and so on. But you know what? I can blame the white patch in my cheek and the weird gum feeling on my grinding thing, which will be resolved this weekend, otherwise I’m popping over to Sports Authority and getting a bright red mouthguard. As for the lip thing, I think it’s just a cold sore. Now. Hmm. I’ve never gotten cold sores before. This is one thing for which I can most definitely blame Meg, I think. *winks*

Anyway, let’s hope that’s all it is! I’m going to pop to CVS on my lunch break for some Carmax; I have approximately six tubes of the stuff, I’m sure, but they’ve all decided to play hide ‘n seek with me this week.

On another note, Meg and I had a long talk yesterday afternoon as well, and we’ve cleared the hurdle. It was basically resolved by agreeing to disagree about the aforementioned issue, and refusing to allow such a thing, so long as we can, affect our relationship. I am very, very happy about that, and we ended up having a really nice evening together - well, save for me feeling like I was going to faint from time to time, but you know.

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