because i have many people asking

The biopsy i had yesterday was some salivary glands under my lower lip (there are six main salivary glands but there are many smaller ones - like veins and capillaries, that sort of thing.) they removed between 10 and 12 small ones; they'll grow back, and the stitches will dissolve over the next ten days or so. They are testing me for sjogren's syndrome, which is an autoimmune condition similar to rheumathoid arthritis or fibromyalgia. There is a blood test, but they did it twice and the results were inconclusive; this is the best way to find out for sure. i should know the results in about a week or so.

i kind of hope that's part of the problem (it may not be the whole problem; autoimmune disorders tend to travel in packs) because then i'll know what it is and know how to treat it. most of the symptoms do sound a lot like me.

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