Categories: ill
Tags: plea for sympathy, ill
Date: 31 January 2007 17:43:55
So, last night - tossed and turned all night, mouth agony, watching the clock to time my painkillers. This morning, I hotfooted it to the dentist and managed to arrange an emergency appointment for lunchtime. Lunchtime came, I saw the dentist (he was nice, but ever so young! He looked like he should still be in school!) who X-rayed my mouth and said there was nothing wrong dentally at all and I needed to go to the GP. So I walked up to the GP surgery (where I've not set foot since registering last year, and so I had no idea about clinic times), arriving 10 minutes before they closed. The receptionist told me I couldn't have an appointment today, and would have to call back tomorrow, but by this point I was in so much pain I just burst into tears. I'm so embarrassed about that now!. So she took pity on me, got me in to see the practice nurse who added me to the doctor's list and I got seen at the very end of surgery. It transpires I have (we think) an infection of either a lymph node or a gland (doc couldn't tell which as it's all so swollen), and so I am now on an industrial-strength dose of antibiotics and have spent the afternoon in bed feeling pathetic. I'm currently having to suck my food, as chewing (and opening my mouth more than a tiny amount) is too painful! It makes swallowing big tablets interesting!
I'll be back to write something more interesting when I'm feeling more human. Bleurgh.