according to the nice lady at the doctor's office, if i had meningitis i'd be dead by now.

the results from the blood test and throat culture should be in by wednesday, with most likely candidates being mononucleosis and pharyngitis.

so, uh, anyone who's been within breathing range of me in the past few days might want to pay attention to any occurance of sore throat, fever, earache, swollen glands, fatigue or muscle aches. apparently the uncontrollable shaking and the stomach cramps don't count.

i'm going back to bed.