My body

billygean ♦ February 23, 2008 ♦ Leave a Comment

“How’re you?” DoctorSister says into the phone, as we both sink into our SEPARATE baths.

“Tired.”

“Poor lady,” she says. “Keep resting properly.”

“I will,” I say. And I am unable to resist. “So what is actually happening in my body?”

“Well,” she says. “You have two types of white blood cell. T and B. When a virus attacks your B cells politely ask your T cells if they’ve seen it before. If they have everyone starts multiplying like rabbits.”

“I see,” I say. “So they they just kill it?”

“Well, you also have Natural Killer Cells. They’re like the football hooligans of the immune system. They basically kill anything unless it asks to be saved.”

“I think you just made my blog.”