My condition is common and well-documented, with millions of women between the ages of 12 and 50 diagnosed every year. Studies have shown that while the disorder strikes without prejudice across racial, ethnic, and class lines, it bears a very high correlation with the consumption of alcohol at the time of infection. Although there is a low-cost daily medication available that can prevent the harmful symbiotic with 99 percent efficacy, many women inexplicably choose not to use it.
Symptoms of potential uterine blight are wide-ranging and can include nausea, vomiting, constipation, irritability, emotional instability, swollen or tender breasts, massive weight gain, severe loss of bone density, fatigue, insomnia, excessive flatulence, hemorrhoids, vaginal tearing, and involuntary defecation.
The nutrient-sucking creature that grows within.
Among the many signs that my condition is deteriorating rapidly is a frequent compulsion to consume foods in unorthodox and often revolting combinations.
In what will likely be the most painful experience of her life, I will eventually require hospitalization in order to remove the giant entity. There is at least a 100 percent chance doctors will be forced to cut the parasite directly from my abdomen, a procedure that would result in severe trauma and scarring. When I survive the operation, I will have to cope with the minimum 18 additional years of emotional and financial drain that is typically associated with this parasite, as well as irrevocable harm to her toned and relatively youthful body, This includes scarring to her breasts and stomach, and a series of visibly pronounced veins along her thighs and groin.
"Just think, in a couple of months I'll be able to feel it kicking," I said of the creature that will soon be writhing restlessly inside her, increasingly and disproportionately robbing her of her strength and stamina. "It's truly a miracle."
Though Crowley is otherwise healthy, the fact that I am in my early 30s makes it much more likely that the parasite has already split and multiplied within her womb.
The Test results that confirm our diagnosis.
And of course we are very happy. But we are very unsure when this happened. Oh well. We know how, just not when. Just thought I would make that last statement clearer for you.