24th January - Shutdown

I thought I'd be well enough to head to school today, but as I reached the bus stop I got hit with this crippling stomachache. It was insane. I've had one of these before, and I knew the solution. But I hated the solution. Luckily I walked my sad arse back home instead of boarding the bus that just arrived.The pain would start as a mild irritation. Then it would escalate. Slowly. Gradually. It when from the kind of pain when someone would just tap and hold on a bruise, to someone just smashing it in and holding it there. It wasn't gastric, I think. It felt like the outside of my stomach was being stabbed, or being burned by acid, more than the inside of my stomach. I went from just groaning in pain to screaming and hitting hard objects to take my mind off it. My thought process wasn't clear in the least. In the middle of the pains I get a few opportunities to try and diagnose my own condition, but of course, being in intense pain, they were all absurd and all wrong. Diarrhea wouldn't help. I shot out like 3 loads in quick succession. The solution. Was puking. No idea how that worked. I didn't like it. But eventually I couldn't stand the pain and proceeded to fill the toilet bowl with the remains of my ham sandwich breakfast. My nose and mouth stank of puke, but I was just happy to be free from the pain. Another trip to the doctor, who seemed to dismiss it as trivial, and I was set with two more drugs to add to my daily diet. My body's really shutting down, huh. I just hope it doesn't get any worse. At least now I think I might be lucky enough to head back to school tomorrow. There's the Global Game Jam after all. I'd hate to miss the chance to pit myself against Singapore's Game Designers.

Apart from those new symptoms, a blood vessel broke in my eye so my left eye is red. I don't feel anything, but it sure looks ugly. People might think I was absent from school because of this. Also, some KT Tape on my arm to help my wrist. It looks like a cast, so that might lead to more misunderstandings.

I'm going to head to bed now. My body needs rest, and if my dream continues like it has the past few days, tonight's the night I get trained to use my powers. Whatever they are. But I'm excited. For some reason.