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November 30, 2004
Semi-Officially Sick
It's semi-official. I have strep throat. I say semi-official, because the throat swab was negative. As the 3rd yr. med student who first examined me carefully explained. And then proceeded to tell me that my excruciatingly sore throat was due to sinus drainage....but he'd check with his supervising doctor.
I smiled and said "Ok" all the time thinking ok, me laddie. That's going to be an interesting conversation you'll have there.
And so it was. The real doctor swept in, and briskly said in her charming, slight (Aussie?) accent, "Right. Let's have a look at you then." She poked round in my throat for about 15 seconds and declared "I don't care wot the test said. You have strep." And she bluntly explained to the med student what he'd missed....the bloody obvious fact that I'd had a sore throat for over 6 days and it was getting worse.
I almost felt sorry for the little guy. Almost.
Anyway, she prescribed Clindamyacin which, as my regular readers may remember, works really well but makes me a little.....cranky. And weird. I just can't wait for the auditory hallucinations I always have with it....music playing in my head 24/7. Which is infinitely better than if I thought the dogs were telling me to kill someone, but still rather annoying.
It will still be better than every swallow feeling as if it contained hydrochloric acid-coated glass shards.
Posted by Rita at November 30, 2004 04:13 PM
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Lordy lordy. Had strep throat when I was 14. Made a promise then to myself that from that point on I would remember and cherish the times I could swallow without pain. To this day I will sometimes stop, think, swallow, and remember. To those lucky enough never to have experienced it, strep really is that bad.
Don't suck on mints... if you do, when you're better you'll never ever like them again. Been twenty years, and I still shudder looking at those candy-striped roundels.
Posted by: scott at November 30, 2004 06:20 PM
Wishing you well quickly, Rita!
Posted by: Da Goddess at December 1, 2004 03:11 AM
I haven't had strep in years either, Scott, not since my kids were grown. But I hadn't forgotten how miserable it is. It really sucked to have it over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Thanks Goddess. I'm sure the antibiotic will knock it out pretty quickly now.
Posted by: rita at December 1, 2004 05:16 AM