

ARGH!!!!!!!!!! I have the mumps - seriously the worst ever thing ever invented to attack the human body. the whole side of my face has swollen up! and I can't do anything about it! the doctor said that he's not seen a case of the mumps in ages - that the vaccination it usually 95-98% effective - therefore... I must have just skimmed that tiny margin between having a swollen face.... and not having a swollen face.
I'm walking around with a scarf around my neck - pulled up to just below my nose, for 2 reasons: 1. because I've got a fat face and don't want anybody to see and be disgusted - and 2. because it hurts when any cold gets on it. its more for the 1st one though... I've not been able to do anything, but, every 4 hours; get up, boil the kettle for a hot water bottle, a cup of hot tea and take paracetamols. why is there no cure for this stupid thing??
as far as I can tell, its not go any purpose - other than to make me look like crap - and feel worse on the inside... HUMPH! ... not happy 
yeah, they used to be a normal thing that everyone got - like chicken pox or something like that - but since they've been doing the 'measles mumps and rubella' vaccination (MMR) the doctors seem to think they've tackled it - and it's gone. but I'm a rare case, it seems...