Jul 27, 2016

Sickness of the Lugubrious System

I came home from the doc today and he told me I was sick. I already knew I was sick, but he identified my illness as a chronic problem with my Lugubrious System. See, the Lugubrious System usually stays undetectable, dormant, excepting once or twice a month; that is, with normal patients. He told me my system has an unusually overactive past, flaring up with patchy exuberance when I was in 9th and 10th grade, then declining in 11th grade, and even more rapidly returning to normal levels senior year, but consistently acting up in the summer time. He told me this summer was oddly different. June and July passed with only one instance of spiked levels in my Lugubrious System. Otherwise my levels had been, well, normal for a change. But, he said to me, this week my system's activity unexpectedly flatlined and then rose with rapidity to high levels. It's a condition only seen by patients suffering from Liebeitis; a common but seldom talked about illness. I knew I might succumb, and tried with zeal to deter what I unconsciously knew I would be infected with. I was obviously unsuccessful, and I know it isn't going to be remedied for a long while. After my diagnosis, the doctor encouraged me with the research that 96% of cases like mine partially recover and can still lead normal lives as citizens, and 73% of cases like mine recover fully. It might take me a while, but I know I can recover 100%. At least, I'll know in two years.