So, we trot along for our CT scan, and by the time we get home are told go to your local hospital, you have a clot in your leg! No signs, no symptoms, perfectly healthy, working, usable legs for the first time since all the swollen leg troubles back at cycle 2.
*wonders how long the sneaky fecker has been sitting there*
Now we have a new thing to attack.
Pointy stick, jaggy leg duty for my loved ones for 6 month (cos this superhero cant hold a needle - can kick cancers ass just dont ask her to stab her own body with stingy horrid needles with even worse stingy sore medicine in it!)
nuuu-uuuuhhhh!! *shakes head furiously*
So, now we are seeking a name for this stealthy ninja who creeped in and set up home in our artery! Unlike Gretchin, Raglan and the gang, this one can get nuked and dispersed and wont be here forever and ever so the name we chose for this one will be more hateful, vile and something to target and dispise. Still searching for inspiration. Took months to name the rest of the lodgers, so might take a while. A friend suggested 'Vlad' however i think thats more suitable for the leader of all the troops heading up the attack on this, our newest, lodger. Entirely too cool a name for it anyway. I think however it is a male name i seek.
Last time round it was Tale of the Body Thief - Anne Rice, and watching all the Heroes episodes on netflix that provided the names. Unsure where to seek inspiration for this one. Im sure it will come.
Until its been assigned a name it shall remain the sneaky little stealth ninja.
*welcome to the party*
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