Ha, I look awful.
So I had a thing on my neck. Been there since '09. I was like 99% sure it was a zit gone horribly wrong and fossilized, 0.9% possibly some kind of benign tumor, and 0.1% left for "WTF DARK SIDE OF THE INTERNET SHIT IS THIS"...
So this thing started getting a bit of personality--letting me know when the weather was changing--being a dick when I got the flu, etc. And I figured that if I let it hang around any longer I was going to have to name it, so I decided to get it taken care of.
Boy was I surprised to find out what it was!
A Branchial Cleft Cyst. Which is doctor talk for an infected goddamn
GILL.
I guess I'm the mermaid lady.