Don't Try This at Home....

You know when they do wacky and dangerous stuff on TV they always say "Don't try this at home". Well, here's a new one for you.

If you find something weird or different about your body just before bed, leave it alone. When you wake up at 1:30 and cannot sleep DO NOT fire up your computer and go to the online Merck Manual or google your symptoms. The reason I know not to do this is that one night last week I was convinced I had cancer. Suffice to say I stayed up all night wondering about things like how chemotherapy REALLY works, what I might look like bald and what the hell my hair would look like when it grew back. Not exactly sleep-inducing thoughts.

I called my doctor the next morning and got an appointment with her Physician's Assistant, Barbara, who is great. I sheepishly told Barbara what I did and she said "Stay off the internet, you'll scare the crap out of yourself". Yeah, no shit, Barb, too late!

Barbara sent me for more tests and I'm certain I'll be fine. Don't worry about me, but save yourself, if you must look at your symptoms on the internet, do it first thing in the morning.