On 16th of November, after the ultrasound screening and consultation with the doctor about the result, I was reading “The Economist” at home. Then I suddenly felt super itchiness on the upper left calf (almost behind the knee). Without thinking, I scratched the part and my fingers were wet with fluid. A bit surprised, I looked at the part and found five or six horizontal rashes (hives), each about one-centimeter long. The following day, the same happened to the left leg with a few itchy rashes.
Two mornings ago then, I found many of my fingers were
covered with tiny itchy blisters, many of them with fluid inside. The itchiness
on the right hand woke me up yesterday morning. Those rashes had spread to my
hands, arms, feet and shoulders. Today, the condition was not as bad, but some
itchiness still remains.
And my right index finger. The redness has subsided and the boundary
between the red and normal parts are not as defined as before. Yet, it still looks
ugly very much as the skin keeps becoming hard and peeling off.
I believe all these are because of my mental stress.
This afternoon, I visited the embassy of the Philippines
again to have the reply-affidavit notarized. Because the lawyer sent me the
reply-affidavit with the identical content yesterday (Wednesday), this time in
the Word (not PDF) format, I assumed that I could amend it as I thought deemed necessary.
I made minor changes myself. As I did for the complaint-affidavit back in
August, I asked the embassy to expedite the process for an extra fee. While the
reply-affidavit was being notarized, I checked a few convenience stores and
Kinokuniya to see any of the places had the latest issue of The Economist. None
did. Instead, I bought The Atlantic to make it my companion at a Starbucks
outlet.
If these skin problems happen to me really because of my
mental stress, they, and possibly other funny things, may appear again unless
the criminal case has been settled in a way that satisfies me. I do not know for
how long I have to wait to see the day.
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