testmeat photoblog

i took this photo last year when i was explaining my temporary reclusive behaviour. essentially i had an unattractive rash on one half of my face which lead to my right eye swelling up. the first couple of doctors i visited were unable to determine the cause, while the third was confident that it was an adult version of chicken pox. thing is you can only contract that if you suffered from chicken pox as a child, and i was fairly confident i had not. this led to a bit of a heated back and forth between me and the physician until he somewhat exasperatedly proclaimed it doesn't really matter as the drugs you've been prescribed will cure you anyway. he was correct with that assessment, and when i was feeling better i went to my local gp to take some blood tests and see if i could determine what really happened. turned out his diagnosis was also correct, and my blood confirmed that it had indeed been an apparent and random manifestation of chicken pox. it was a relief to get to the bottom of what happened, although a worry that it flared up out of nowhere and a bigger concern that there's no way to prevent this from reoccurring in the future. with that being said it's been one year and so far i haven't had to hide in my room with my hood up, lights down and sunglasses on - so that's been a welcome change.

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