Now, till I declare myself as God (shh, there is still time for that), for all practical purposes, I am a human being. And as a human being, my body is bound to have minor ailments.
One of the most common ailments is headache. Now, the medical expert in me (lulz) tells me that it is because of cold (yea, have this cold thing since childhood) but despite that I like to Google symptoms, since I don't visit the family doctor, mostly because he doesn't think I'm ill. :(
Now, few years back, I discovered the scariest place on the internet. WebMD. At first I was amused and fascinated on how many ailments exist in the world and said a little prayer that I don't suffer from them. But then, I discovered the Symptom Checker.
Every time I get headache, it is usually accompanied with pain in the neck, or back or sometimes pain in the right profile of my face. Pop in one combiflam and I'm as good as new. But then, the first time I entered the symptoms, one of the diagnosis that came up was. Paralysis stroke. :|
Enough to scare me at 3 am and leading me to a sleepless night. Or nights.
But then, it kind of became an addiction of sorts. Just knowing the worst possible scenario and how that I'm not dying immediately gave me a thrill in a way. (shhh, I don't need to see a shrink, not yet)
And then, since past few days, I was having a pain in the right side on the ribs (i think - i am not that great a medical expert, ok?) It would pain a little every time I'd yawn or take a deep breath. According to WebMD, I may have fractured a rib, and might be bleeding internally. In fact, I think (I'm very intuitive that way) I have pulled a muscle while stretching myself, and I think I'm just gonna spray some relispray and sleep well and wake up feeling as good as new. (yeah, my favourite phrase these days is as good as new. ok, not these days, just for this post)
In the mean time, I insist WebMD comes with a warning of sorts, that the diagnosis is not for the faint hearted, because if they are to be believed, I have already died. Twice.
PS: ZOMG. Just realised this is my 100th post! ZOMG. HUGS TO ALL!
One of the most common ailments is headache. Now, the medical expert in me (lulz) tells me that it is because of cold (yea, have this cold thing since childhood) but despite that I like to Google symptoms, since I don't visit the family doctor, mostly because he doesn't think I'm ill. :(
Now, few years back, I discovered the scariest place on the internet. WebMD. At first I was amused and fascinated on how many ailments exist in the world and said a little prayer that I don't suffer from them. But then, I discovered the Symptom Checker.
Every time I get headache, it is usually accompanied with pain in the neck, or back or sometimes pain in the right profile of my face. Pop in one combiflam and I'm as good as new. But then, the first time I entered the symptoms, one of the diagnosis that came up was. Paralysis stroke. :|
Enough to scare me at 3 am and leading me to a sleepless night. Or nights.
But then, it kind of became an addiction of sorts. Just knowing the worst possible scenario and how that I'm not dying immediately gave me a thrill in a way. (shhh, I don't need to see a shrink, not yet)
And then, since past few days, I was having a pain in the right side on the ribs (i think - i am not that great a medical expert, ok?) It would pain a little every time I'd yawn or take a deep breath. According to WebMD, I may have fractured a rib, and might be bleeding internally. In fact, I think (I'm very intuitive that way) I have pulled a muscle while stretching myself, and I think I'm just gonna spray some relispray and sleep well and wake up feeling as good as new. (yeah, my favourite phrase these days is as good as new. ok, not these days, just for this post)
In the mean time, I insist WebMD comes with a warning of sorts, that the diagnosis is not for the faint hearted, because if they are to be believed, I have already died. Twice.
PS: ZOMG. Just realised this is my 100th post! ZOMG. HUGS TO ALL!
3 comments:
The headache you get could be migraine,if its recurrent and one sided
The pain in the ribs could be due to some locked in air there. Please see the doc, really...
And, happy 100th post !! HUGs >:D< :)
:) Thank you! I think it's mostly weather change that makes me get these headaches and all. :)
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