(A)musing
January 3, 2004
Is one still considered a hypochondriac if one has a series of unexplained symptoms that never quite go away? Is it normal to have 1 to 2 viruses per week? Is it possible to have a pain in the gut/breast/left arm/head on a regular basis and not have it be related?
Could it all be stress?
And if so, what continguous nerve pathways are the stress using? Is there some super-body/brain highway to which my stress has an EZ-Pass, or do I really have the Dread Disease(s)?
Do other people go to bed at night reviewing their symptoms, rehashing old test results, and bargaining with themselves that it couldn't possibly be anything life threatening or they'd be dead by now?
Really, I wanna know.