self-portrait

books i'm reading right 

now.
Mendoza in Hollywood by Kage Baker

classic book my friend jewel and i 

are currently reading.
Emma by Jane Austen

music i'm currently listening to, or a 

list of my favourite cds.
The Osbourne Family Album, Pop Til You Drop by the A-Teens, Sticks and Stones by New Found Glory, and Room for Squares by John Mayer.

short stories, novels, or whatever 

writing project i'm currently working on.
Still getting rave reviews for "The Last Sunset," and even had another writer write the ending from Annie's POV! It was really good, and I'm so thrilled that my story inspired her! I'm still working on "Red Means Stop, Green Means Go," but I'm a bit blocked on that one, so I'm concentrating on "A Man's Touch" right now.

my favourite thing right now.
My sweater - it's cold in here today!

what am i grateful for today?
Don't know. Nothing. Everything. The usual.


self-portrait 

title
another view from our hotel window

June 26, 2002
Irrational Fear

Warning: talking about boobs and stuff again.

I know I'm just overreacting. I know it! Of course, I'm PMSing right now, which doesn't help matters, but I'm still overreacting about the whole thing. I know I am. But I'm fucking scared right now. My right breast is still leaking fluid, and there's a . . . God, I don't want to call it a lump, but it's a . . . a . . . something that I think may just be swollen. Yeah, swollen. Not at all lump-like. Like maybe just infected, or something. Like one of the milk ducts is clogged, or something, and it's irritated. Something like that. I'm sure it's just something simple and non-life-threatening like that. I'm sure it is. Yeah.

Last night I dreamed my breast would not stop leaking. Currently, it just leaks a few drops periodically, but after a couple seconds, will stop. It takes hours to build up more fluid to squeeze out. I need to remember when I have my doctor's appointment, to not squeeze the fluid out before I go. I need to have something to show them. Anyway, in this dream, the flow of the fluid was almost constant, and it was a thicker, cloudier consistency than what I've been getting. I couldn't get this stuff to stop coming out of my breast. It was terrifying!

While I'm sure I'm just overreacting to this whole thing, another part of me is thinking, I'd better start planning for the worst. I need to make out my will. I need to make out my mom's will, too, since she asked me for it some time ago, and I just never get around to it. I need to get my workspace organized, so that someone else could easily come in and take over my job. I need to start hoarding money, because my insurance will probably not pay for everything, and the treatments, hospital expenses, and funeral expenses can be very expensive. I really don't want my mom to have to deal with all that. Hell, I don't want to have to deal with it, either!


Hez


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