i've never had much regard for modern medicine....

i got a flu shot for the very first time yesterday.

the day went like this:

meeting

flu shot clinic at the office

10 minutes for lunch

another meeting

another meeting

i was in a rush.

so when i overheard the nurse tell another flu-short-virgin in the line ahead of me they'd need to stick around for 15 minutes to make sure they don't react poorly to the shot, i lied about the first question.

i'm super human, didn't they know?

so i continue...  no, no, no, check marks all the way down the line. 

until the last one.... where every other human being would answer no, as ignorant as ever because they've never even heard such a thing as guillian-barre syndrome.

i bet their mom didn't mysteriously self-paralyze overnight 15 years ago

... be turned away by doctors one by one because they didn't know what it was

... or get rushed into the icu by a random neurologist in the urgent care

... lose function of all her organs

... or learn to walk, talk, and write all over again

 but i'm in such a rush, remember?

so i mark no.

{bring on the spankings and lecture.  i knowwwwwww.}

and then i send my mom a text message: 

"i got a flu shot. it asked about a history of guillian barre in my family. i was in a rush so i lied. if i die, blair archibald is the agent who holds my life insurance policies."

my mom - the most important person in the world - is quite possibly the only other person who subscribes to the hierarchy of  "but i had to go to a meeting" logic.

she replied with "okay. if you get gbs, i'll take care of you. let me know."

so far, so good, guys. no paralysis here.