I thought I had COVID no less than 10 times before I actually got COVID. I thought I had cancer a million times before I got cancer. I cannot tell if therapy is actually paying off and I am spending less time in my head imagining things or my window between shitty events is actually getting smaller.
My cancer showed up as a rash on my nipple. I went to a dermatologist who said it was probably "runner's nipple". I have never run a day in my life and would and let any bear, robber, or old boyfriend catch me before I ran one step, so I did not believe her. I asked for a biopsy of what was probably eczema.
Cut to my fever and a slight cough on the evening of February 26.