House

The cranky doctor, not my dream home. When House first aired on TV, it was on at the same time as something else I wanted to watch, so I wasn't able to watch it. But I've always felt like I was missing out.

So I recently added it to my Netflix queueueueueueue (sorry, its fun to rapidly press the 'u' and 'e' keys), and I was right, its a very entertaining show.

Unfortunately, its turning me into a hypochondriac. Everytime I sneeze or cough, I expect blood to come shooting out my nose. Anytime something aches, I fear it's Hepatitis E. I had a headache this weekend, surely a result of my activities the night before, but I couldn't help wondering if I had an aneurism. I mean, every patient Dr. House sees is experiencing symptoms that have an initially obvious diagnosis. But then out of nowhere a turtle claws its way out of the patient's foot and suddenly a new diagnosis is needed.

I wonder if the number of hypochondriacs has risen in the US since the show debuted...