A plague on everyone's houses
Jun. 13th, 2003 04:39 amThe numbers of those afflicted with mysterious ailments this week continues to rise. My life is surrounded by illness and pestilence. Here are the numbers from the last seven days:
Me: Mysterious neck pain resembling glandular infection arrives and vanishes over 48 hours.
Lesley: Mysterious ailment of nebulous nature arrives and vanishes over 48 hours.
Dave & Sarah: Sever colds keep them home, make them miserable.
My friend Adam: Mysterious cold keeps him home, makes him miserable.
My friend Amy: Recovering from kidney infection.
Co-worker Jennifer: Suffering from kidney stones.
Co-worker Rodney: Checked into hospital Monday with severe abdominal pain, which vanishes as inexplicably as it arrived. No cause determined.
My friend Jim: Checked into hospital today with severe abdominal pain, which vanishes as inexplicably as it arrived. No cause determined.
In: Monkey Pox
Out: SARS
Still Fashionable: West Nile Virus
So Ten Years Ago: Hanta Virus
Hoplessly Retro: Lyme Disease
Trying to make a comeback: Anthrax
Yet to make an appearance: Saddam's WMD
If you have a strange or interesting illness (or are one,) and I've forgotten to list you, please, let me know!
Me: Mysterious neck pain resembling glandular infection arrives and vanishes over 48 hours.
Lesley: Mysterious ailment of nebulous nature arrives and vanishes over 48 hours.
Dave & Sarah: Sever colds keep them home, make them miserable.
My friend Adam: Mysterious cold keeps him home, makes him miserable.
My friend Amy: Recovering from kidney infection.
Co-worker Jennifer: Suffering from kidney stones.
Co-worker Rodney: Checked into hospital Monday with severe abdominal pain, which vanishes as inexplicably as it arrived. No cause determined.
My friend Jim: Checked into hospital today with severe abdominal pain, which vanishes as inexplicably as it arrived. No cause determined.
In: Monkey Pox
Out: SARS
Still Fashionable: West Nile Virus
So Ten Years Ago: Hanta Virus
Hoplessly Retro: Lyme Disease
Trying to make a comeback: Anthrax
Yet to make an appearance: Saddam's WMD
If you have a strange or interesting illness (or are one,) and I've forgotten to list you, please, let me know!