So, in the name of lightening up conversations and not having to mention the depressing words that are cancer and tumours the rest of my life, i decided i should name the little lodger i had. Pretty much decided this from the first week of finding out. Im quirky that way, but it works for me! However, that plan became tricky when i discovered i had my primary one, two secondaries worth measuring and lots of clusters everywhere. Sounds like more of a collection than one simple naming task.
*sigh* gonna take longer than i thought!
Its took me months to find even one name that is not pretty but not too ugly and seemed fitting and now theres a whole gang of them to name! Mission operative changed to - must search for a name that would suit the collective. Took me a while, and inspiration was found in many weird and wonderful areas, the main one being the book im reading (Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice) I figured with a title like that there was bound to be a character in there that would be fitting for all the lodgers who decided to set up camp in my body.
*skip forward 5months* Welcome to the christening!!
Ive finally named all my tumours, or little lodgers as i refered to them.
Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to Gretchin and the Raglan Gang!
Gretchin is a pain in the ass (literally!!!!lol) and Raglan is her scummy husband who has a gang of miscrients running around my body setting up camps here there and everywhere causing havock!
How did i finally get my inspiration you say? Well, i will tell you....
Gretchin was a name that popped up on a few things i watched lately and decided its a pretty annoying/ugly name but not too offensive so decided she was the first one, the queen bee if you will, scouting out a suitable home for her family!
Raglan James is the name of a character in tale of the body thief who goes around switching into peoples bodies, stealing them and using them to go around doing whatever he wishes and is a vile little character so it seemed rather fitting he would be in charge of the secondary attack and therefore full title wasnt needed, but just they were a gang headed by Raglan. Simples!
Call me insane if you like, but tell me it doesnt beat having to say cancer and tumour everytime you open your mouth - how depressing! Ive been told these guys aint going nowhere and cant be cut out, so if they are gonna stay forever i need to be able to talk about them and naming them made sense to me. You need to know your enemy, and to me, that means naming it too.
