9.21.2004
Umm...is there like, a doctor in the house?
I have this problem. My nose won't stop bleeding. For like the last six or seven months I have been plagued with constant nose bleeds. Some far worse than others. You would think the site of blood trickling down my nose would send me scurrying off to the doctor, but nope. I'd rather sit around and diagnos myself. Sick huh? I don't know why, but like so many other men before me, I hate going to the doctor. Always have. I'd rather die than find out what's wrong with me. My nose has bled three times in the last four days. When it first began I thought I was anemic, since the epidemic runs in my family. Now I'm starting to think perhaps it might be high blood pressure since I devour large quantities of sodium reguarly. That above all else frightens me. I can deal with anemia...a few iron pills and the condition practically takes care of itself. But High Blood Pressure? Dang. A stroke could paralyze me. And hypertension could kill me.
I don't know. Maybe I should go to the doctor instead of asking everyone around me what they think it is.
Damn. Decisions, decisions, decisions...
