doctor! doctor! I'm a hypochondriac

during the summer you spend a lot of time in the buff, or certainly with less clothes on. you see a lot more of your body. so I'm lying on my futon the other night and as I breathe in deeply I can see a kind of bump in the middle of my chest. it's a little concerning, especially if you've read the lance armstrong story. so anyway - a few days go by, I'm thinking about little else - I show it to yuka, we're not sure, so I go to the doc.

being my first time at this clinic I have to pee in a jar, which is just adding to the tension and possible seriousness of the whole situation. eventually I get summoned and the doctor, with nurse in tow, asks me to show him the problem. his alert face suddenly drops and he looks around for something as I contemplate my future treatment. then, pulling out a diagram of the body he points and says to me - "it's your sternum". and points to the door.