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Wake Up, Check WebMD Symptoms: Day In The Life Of A Hypochondriac

This one's for the pre-health majors.

Wake Up, Check WebMD Symptoms: Day In The Life Of A Hypochondriac

7:20 a.m. Wake up, check WebMD Symptoms.

My hand is asleep. I must have Raynaud's disease, especially since being a woman is a risk factor.

8:13 a.m. Walking to class.

The area that houses my MCL on my right knee hurts, whenever I walk up stairs. I need surgery.

8:49 a.m. Sitting in organic chem, drinking the remainder of the iced coffee in my Tervis.

Wow, my heart is really racing. I think I'm going into AFib. Oh gosh. Oh gosh. Oh wait. It stopped.

9:46 a.m. Leaving class.

Yeezus, my eyes are dry. Are my lacrimal glands malfunctioning? Do I need to invest in artificial tears?

10:14 a.m. Sitting in Anatomy Lab, looking at my feet.

My big toe is really weird looking. Do all big toes look like that? Do I have late onset fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva?

10:54 a.m. Still sitting in anatomy lab.

I can't keep from scratching my arm uncontrollably. I think I have Stevens-Johnson Syndrome. (Whispering to person next to me) "Do these look like severe blisters to you?"

11:09 a.m. Leaving lab.

Oh, gosh, look at that mole! That is definitely irregularly shaped and bigger than a pencil eraser. I have melanoma. I need to have a biopsy.

11:39 a.m. Eating lunch.

My throat just got super itchy after eating this new bread. What's different about it? Brown rice flour. I'm allergic to brown rice.

12:06 p.m. Working on homework.

Wow, I really need to pee. Didn't I just go? I bet there's something wrong with my transitional epithelium.

12:52 p.m. Still working on homework.

I am having hella hot flashes. Menopause. Oh, wait. I'm only 19.

1:27 p.m. Looking in the mirror.

Why do I have so much acne all of a sudden? I bet I have polycystic ovarian syndrome. That's the only explanation.

1:52 p.m. At the gym.

My foot is killing me; is that a stress fracture? Sesamoiditis?

2:43 p.m. Getting in the shower.

This migraine keeps coming back. I must have a tumor; I just don't know any other way to make sense of it (even though both of my parents and my grandparents and my aunts and my uncles all get them, too.)

2:44 p.m. In the shower.

Holy ish, this water is hot. There have to be some pretty gnarly burns on my back. I'm sure they've got to be at least second degree. Can I still feel back there? Is there nerve damage? Oh, gah.

3:03 p.m. Drying my hair.

So many strands of hair are falling out. I'm going bald. That does kind of run in my family.

3:34 p.m. Watching "Supernatural" on Netflix.

I can't stop sneezing. I must be allergic to ghosts.

4:22 p.m. Walking to a meeting.

I can't remember where this meeting is. I swear I just looked at the email. I'm getting dementia (searches closest neurologist in my area).

4:41 p.m. Sitting in the meeting.

I'm having a coughing fit. Endocarditis causes violent coughing fits.

5:12 p.m. Walking home.

My stomach is kind of hurting. I bet I have Crohn's disease.

5:30 p.m. Watching more "Supernatural" on Netflix.

Now, my hand is hurting. Carpal tunnel? Arthritis? Tenosynovitis? Yet another stress fracture?


6:05 p.m. Making dinner.

Why can't a I get a deep breath? Am I having an asthma attack?

7:02 p.m. Working on Spanish homework.

Me duele mi corazón. ¿Estoy teniendo un ataque al corazón?

7:44 p.m. Working on anatomy homework.

Is this a disc-shaped rash that doesn't itch or hurt? Lupus. I have lupus.

7:57 p.m. Calling my mom to tell her about my ailments.

8:25 p.m. Watching "Homefront" on Netflix.

Jason Statham is really hot. Is it unhealthy to have an obsession with someone you don't even know?

9:56 p.m. Watching even more "Supernatural" on Netflix.

Maybe this is my actual unhealthy obsession. I should talk to a psychiatrist about this.

Eh. I think I'm alright.

10:32 p.m. Getting into bed.

My nose is really stuffed up. I hope I don't suffocate tonight.

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