I Have Never Felt Worse

Monday, November 10th, 2008
by chris d

I have never felt worse in my entire life. I am so unbelievably sick; I cannot get out of bed, or even function. This sickness all came on just the other day. I woke up in the morning to go do my daily routine. Breakfast, take a walk, and then take a shower. I have always had absolutely no problem getting up and doing these things. At first I thought that I was just tired, and stayed in bed for a few extra minutes. After lying in bed for a few minutes, I tried to get up, but realized that I could not m move. It was then that I realized the severity of the problem I had. Because my apartment was small, I did not have a phone in my room, and my cell phone was nowhere near my bed.

I tried to roll onto my side, with no avail. This was when I started to think of my options, what I could do. I could try and yell, and see if either one of my neighbors would come and assist me. I could also just wait, and see if I could move in time. After careful consideration, I decided to just wait because I thought it would be a good time to just ponder, and get a little extra rest.

So, I thought, what did I do that could have possibly done to render myself in this condition. Well, last night I had dinner by myself in my apartment, and watched Saturday Night Live, since it had been, in fact, Saturday yesterday. For dinner I made a microwaveable dinner, lasagna I think it was and I don’t remember it being very old or strange tasting. So what else had I done? After eating I had done some papers for work, but there was no possible way that the papers had anything to do with my health. What else was there to my evening?

Before watching TV, I had gone out on my balcony, had a beer, and just looked out at the city. Nothing to extreme there, or anything that would make me sick. After that I had come inside, sat down on my couch and watched TV, again, nothing that would make me sick there. After the program was over, I went into my bathroom brushed my teeth and washed my face, and then went into my bedroom to change. After getting into my bedroom, I changed and then got into bed. I had been sitting in bed for about an hour now, and I was getting a little worried. I hadn’t been able to move an inch. That was when I decided to try and speak, because I hadn’t tried talking yet. When I tried to talk, my mouth would not open, and I could not vibrate my vocal chords. This was when I became very worried. I was all-alone in my apartment, I could not move or talk, and it would be five days until the next person came into my apartment, the cleaning lady.

I needed help, and fast because I did not know what the tolerance for the human body not doing anything for days. What had brought me to this paralyzed state? Why did this happen to me? And then, it hit me, that the other day, my friend was in my apartment with me, and when I came back from the bathroom, he was in my freezer looking through my things. I had asked him what he was looking for, and he said he was just looking. I had believed him then, but now realized that he must have done something to my food. I did not know what was to happen to me.

Photo Credit: Lorrie McClanahan

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