Say Ah

posted by Jaitu at 07:31

I have my doctors appointment this morning and as is the way of these things the worst of my symptoms have already settled down. For the last three days the whole of the back of my mouth and top of my throat has been swollen. As a result of this every swallow had felt like I was trying to force down a golf ball. This was very unpleasant during the day and infuriating at night. I haven't had a decent sleep since last week. Yesterday I spent most of my time wrapped in many layers of clothing feeling uncomfortably warm and drowsy but still unable to get any meaningful sleep. Swallowing is now not so painful but still a little difficult. My throat is still sore and I still have that deep itch right inside my ears.
I'll go to the doc doc quack in a little over an hour and see what she says but I suspect it'll be that I have had a virus which is now hopefully starting to back off.
I'll be happy if I can get more than an hour of uninterrupted sleep.

Not only that but I missed work yesterday and expect I'll be absent again today.
I don't get paid if I'm not there and what with Christmas and New Year this will be the fourth week in a row where I've not done a full five days. A lean month ahead, I suspect, and less than three until N and I fly to Melbourne to get married.

I also haven't really ridden my bike since just before Christmas and am missing it a little despite the weather being rather poor. N and I rode 20 miles on the weekend immediately before Christmas Day and I have ridden once to work since. Riding is my only significant form of exercise and I'm too much of a lardy bloat to skip it. If my throat is better maybe I'll get out this weekend.