i’m six feet under

I was watching Six Feet Under last night when I realized that I have more in common with the character of Nathanial than (the more obvious choice) Claire.
If you have ever watched the show you will remember that the second season closed with Nate finding out he had a blood filled brain lesion, and then having surgery to remove it.
If you saw last night’s episode (spoiler spoiler spoiler) than you will know that it ended with Nate having, what appeared to be a stroke. Liam’s first reaction was: “yeah, right… what won’t this show do to be dramatic!” But I was immediately reminded of all that stuff that happened in the second season.
At which point I realized that all that was incredibly similar to what’s happening to me.
In fact, when a blood filled lesions bursts it is called a hemmoragic stroke, and it’s symptom’s are exactly the same as the stroke that occurs to much older people (who smoke and have high blood pressure).
If somebody has one lesion, than there is a higher likelihood that they have more. It’s actually quite likely for Nate to have had another hidden blood filled lesion hidden elsewhere in his head, and for it to burst giving him a stoke.
So, it also turns out that what I have in my brain is very very similar to what Nate has in his brain. What I have is, in fact a rare form of it. I’m not likely to have a stoke anytime soon, but it being mentioned on a TV show makes it much easier to explain to people.
“I have a rare disorder that producers give characters on TV show’s to make their characters go sympathetically crazy.”
Much easier to explain than what a cavernous angioma is.
In other news: I am sick with a monstrous cold. It tackled me overnight. I will persevere.