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Friday, October 26th, 2007 | Personal

I’ve never given much thought to my appearance - apart from a natural desire to look good. Now, I’ve developed a horrible rash which has spread to the whole face. And it is something that people can’t help noticing when they see me. It has made me really appreciate my former looks lol. And when I was getting to work this morning and making my way through the rush hour crowd I felt as if everybody was staring at me…

Don’t know exactly the reason for my rash… I didn’t eat anything new, don’t have a lot of stress (in fact, I’ve been enjoying having less stress than a couple of weeks ago) and I don’t think I’ve been exposed to anything that could cause an allergic reaction. But then, you never know…

It might be something called the ‘fifth-disease’. Something usually only kids aged 5-15 get. I suppose there’s an exception to everything. My little brother brought home a letter from school that the disease was making its rounds there. And since you can suffer from it without actually showing any outward symptoms it could be likely that my brother had it and gave it to me. This is my favourite diagnosis since in that case the rash should go away soon without me having to do much about it - other than keep it dry, stay in, stay out of the sun and keep my stress levels down. At least, it isn’t itchy and I don’t have any fever!

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