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i haven’t been eating well. i think i know what the problem is.

one of the foreigners who is working here recently discovered that they had worms. they went to the doctor and were told that, because they had worms, other people who live in their proximity may also have worms.

i may have worms.

i remember when i was a child my cat had worms. we used to have to give it a nice white pill and it would never eat it. it would always gag and fight. i now have to take a similar pill every day for the next couple of days to make sure that i don’t have worms.

these worms, hook worms, latch onto the inside of your stomach and feed randomly on what you eat. it is very odd to believe that you have these little critters latched on somewhere inside of you just waiting for your next meal. it is, in some ways, like being pregnant. you care for your child, nourish it and eventually give birth.

i am not positive that i have worms. i am only sure that i am not eating well and that i feel strange. i will continue to take the white pill that reminds me of the white pill that my cat used to have to eat and will only hope that i regain my appetite in the next few days.

no one wants to live with the fact that they’re carrying an unwanted child.