i went to the doctor and the doctor said…
…”it looks like you have throat ulcers.”
not the most exciting think you can hear from the doctor. let me fill you in on the back story. a few days ago i came down with a fever of about 103 which persisted for a couple of days. then that broke, and my throat started to feel sore (that was last night). well, all night i slept like crap because every time i would swallow, it woke me up. so, at around noon today i decided to go to the doctor and that’s when he told me i have throat ulcers.
“what causes that?”, i inquired.
“it’s either viral, or it’s an infection,” he told me.
i love when they give you options. i wasn’t sure if he was wanting me to guess, like some sort of game, or if it was like a choose your own adventure book where i got to pick what caused it. as it turns out, it was neither of those things, he just didn’t know. so he gave me some antibiotics in case it’s an infection, and if it’s viral it just has to run it’s course. they took a throat culture (there’s nothing cultured about a stranger shoving a 6″ long q-tip down your throat) and i should know “in a while” whether or not it’s an infection. he also gave me some hydrocodone for the pain. i just dropped a couple of those and i have to tell you that i’m living pretty large at the moment. i can’t even believe that i’m able to type coherently right now. maybe i should go driving to really test my limits…
