I've got those swollen hand (foot) blues....
I awoke on Monday morning as I do anyday. Nothing special about the day although I did notice that there was a red bump on the second toe (the index toe, if you will) on my left foot. As the day went on, the foot started hurting and only continued to get worse and worse until finally, I took my shoe off to see that my toe had turned a deep maroon and my entire foot was swollen.
It appears I was bitten by some spider or bug and the toe got really infected. I'm on antibiotics now and it seems to be getting better. Still hurts like the proverbial mo-fo and I'm limping, but the pain is starting to dull.
Of course my mind went right to "oh man, how the hell am I going to continue my acting career if they have to amputate my foot". My overactive imagination went immediately to losing my foot, as if I lived in the Medieval Ages and, other than leeching, that was the only option available to me. That's one of my curses though...an overreactive imagination coupled by a hypochondriac's flair for the dramatic. I had a bump on my arm and right away...it's cancer. Oh man, just my luck... I have arm cancer. I don't even think arm cancer exists but if it does, I'm sure I have it. Cancer of the arm...what an awful way to go.
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