Palpitations. Pain. Fatigue, lethargy, sweats, a new mole. I have every disease and they’re all terminal. I am a medical marvel. She was so brave, doctors will say. She dealt with so much.

I arrive at the clinic. The doctor checks me over.

“You’re fine,” she says. “Stay off Google.”

Eleanor Vendrell is a writer living in Oxford, UK. She writes novels and enjoys reading, wild swimming, and being a part- to full-time hypochondriac.