Mumps or Chlamydia
I can be a bit of a concerned person when it comes to my health. So, naturally, when I wasn't feeling well and it was keeping me from sleeping comfortably I decided to get up and check my symptoms on WebMd. Since my main, overriding concern came from one symptom that I had never experienced before (high school dates aside) I just went with that symptom on WebMd. Their explanation was Mumps, which really seemed to fit, the achiness, the flu-like symptoms, the swollen "glands"; or, they said, it was Chlamydia.
How was I going to try and sleep after that diagnosis?! I was pretty darn sure that I got my MMR shot when I was a kid, but Mumps seemed to fit my symptoms. If I had Mumps then I felt like I shouldn't be sleeping under the same roof as my eleventh month old baby. I was wondering if I shouldn't go stay at my mom's house (she's in the hospital, which is another story for another time) with my bro. I mean, hoenstly, who would want to endanger their child with exposure to the Mumps?
Or, there was something weird that went down and I got Chlamydia. Did I shake soemone's hang then immediately run in my room and jingle my jangle?! I went through all the possibilities for that and it made no more sense than the Mumps. But who could I get a second opinion from at midnight? It was a long, restless night. Tossing and turning both in mental hyperbole and trying to physically adjust myself so that my glands were not getting pinched.
The next morning my wife told me I couldn't go on WebMd after dark.
I am already feeling better. The strength in my arms is back, the pain and swelling in my glands is down, and I am not sure what I had but it wasn't the Mumps or Chlamydia - damn you WebMd!
How was I going to try and sleep after that diagnosis?! I was pretty darn sure that I got my MMR shot when I was a kid, but Mumps seemed to fit my symptoms. If I had Mumps then I felt like I shouldn't be sleeping under the same roof as my eleventh month old baby. I was wondering if I shouldn't go stay at my mom's house (she's in the hospital, which is another story for another time) with my bro. I mean, hoenstly, who would want to endanger their child with exposure to the Mumps?
Or, there was something weird that went down and I got Chlamydia. Did I shake soemone's hang then immediately run in my room and jingle my jangle?! I went through all the possibilities for that and it made no more sense than the Mumps. But who could I get a second opinion from at midnight? It was a long, restless night. Tossing and turning both in mental hyperbole and trying to physically adjust myself so that my glands were not getting pinched.
The next morning my wife told me I couldn't go on WebMd after dark.
I am already feeling better. The strength in my arms is back, the pain and swelling in my glands is down, and I am not sure what I had but it wasn't the Mumps or Chlamydia - damn you WebMd!