(Warning! This story is a bit different to my others - it's violently painful and gory. Read with care.) You'd been sick for days. Shivering, sweating, no appetite, and with a nagging, knawing pain in your gut. Your nerves felt dull, and there was an ache in your jaw and shoulders. There was a doctor's appointment booked for Monday, but it was Friday and you weren't looking forward to the prospect of a whole weekend feeling this way. You took some sleeping pills, hoping to sleep through it. You woke 24 hours later in agony. Your jaw, your whole skull was vibrating in pain. Clutching your head you roared in pain, and then stopped dead as a tooth dropped to the floor. Then another. "Fuuuuck," you sobbed, gingerly touching your mouth and dislodging almost all your lower teeth in one go. "No, no, no..." You ran to the mirror. Even apart from the blood dribbling from your gums, you looked terrible - thin, with saggy skin. The pressure in your head increa...