Resick
From a previous blog:
For the past couple days, I feel a bit like I’ve been in an episode of World’s Scariest Police Chases. Except instead of “scariest” imagine “most painful” and instead of “police chases” think “sore throats.” If there was a show called World’s Most Painful Sore Throats, my episode would only be available on one of those “Banned from TV” DVD collections — it’s that fucking gnarly.
This was two weeks ago, and the sore throat had since turned into a head cold, accompanied by fever and lots of violent coughing. It was a blast, but a couple days ago it looked like I had seen the worst of it. My head cleared up and all that remained was an annoying nagging cough. Well, until last night when the sore throat returned with a vengeance. It wasn’t TOO terrible for most of today but it’s gotten much worse in the past couple hours. I just tried to eat something and it was the most painful eating experience of my life, including the time I ate a bowl of whole pinecones and the other time I gargled thumbtacks. I had to cut the meal short it hurt so bad.
So I can either go get my throat swabbed or get euthanized or whatever they do for a sore throat of this magnitude or I can pay rent. ROMAFOAORLAMFMOL just kidding. Sometimes, just for fun, I like to fantasize about having an option for illness/injury other than “toughing it out” or “walking it off.”
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:00 am
Moving to France?
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:24 pm
I was under the impression you didn’t work.
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Yeah, I don’t. Which is why I have to make budgeting decisions like not visiting clinics.
April 4th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
i had strep throat last summer…worst experience i’ve EVER been through. couldn’t even swallow my own spit. you gotta go to the doc and get some antibiotics. took care of mine in like two days.
plus that rash went away too
April 4th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
You don’t get that looked at and you’ll end up with infective endocarditis.
April 4th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Throat’s just magically better now. Just back to the cough, which also isn’t as bad as it was.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
That’s Eckerson - 1, medical science - 84,032,437,921. Take that, overeducated quacks!
April 4th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Last time I tried to trump medicine, disease exploded out of my skin.
April 5th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Sounds like a country song. Neo-Buffet maybe.
April 5th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
You write what you know.
April 7th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Cripes, apparently I need to visit your blog to hear how you’re REALLY doing. Not just “oh I’ve got a cough.” Use your resources, ook?