[div align=justify] For the last few days (since Monday 3.30am to be precise), I have been suffering from a really bad stomach bug which has resulted in me failing to keep the majority of my food in and my energy levels down.
Given my many previous experiences with food poisoning, I know that this certain bout cannot be just that... So, being the researcher that I am at heart (market research, psychology, health and safety), I decided to do some googling of my symptoms... *bad idea*.
I went from diagnosing myself with gastroenteritis, or more commonly known as the stomach flu or stomach virus which in itself is a rather tame little condition, to having complications due to meningitis, and then to an intestine infection, to having a tumour, and then to having rare infectious blood borne diseases from Africa!
Each time my condition got worse, I panicked a little more, until i actually convinced myself i was dying :S Luckily for me, my workmate was there to put some perspective, otherwise I'm sure i would've induced a panic attack and died anyways...
Moral : Leave the diagnosis to your doctor