2.02.2006

I'm Cutting School Tomorrow...

Well, I've got a new topic to review, and a whole new grading scale to do it with! I hope you all have moved sufficiently past the edge of your seats, cuz this is gonna be big...

I'm going to review...

A DISEASE!!!!!!

Seriously! I am!

No, really.

Yes. I am.

It's a little bugger known as Tonsillitis.

I have, apparently, been victim to this foul condition for six days now, and I think that gives me enough experience to give an accurate opinion.

It's not fun.

You want an idea of how it feels? Try swallowing a coal, straight from the fire. Or, umm, look down the throat of a fellow victim.

There are two main causes of Tonsillitis. A viral infection, or a bacterial infection. By my mother's sweet green gravy, I hope that this is bacterial. This is mainly because there's no real treatment for a viral infection. I'd just have to wait until my body fought it off. Of course, that would occur much sooner than it would in your average human being, but I'm a busy man! I have things to do, places to go, FOOD TO EAT!

That's right. I can barely even eat. But more on that, later.

Bacterial infections are just as severe, but can be treated with antibiotics. I've got a bunch of them, and I'm hoping that they'll help.

If they don't? Que sera sera.

Anywho, Strep Throat, short for the Streptococci bacteria, is a type of bacterial Tonsillitis. It's not what I have, so I'm not rediculously contagious, but just so you all know.

Now, as for the symptoms. These are what the internet have to offer:
  • A very sore throat with red, swollen tonsils; there may be a white discharge or spots on the tonsils.
  • Swollen and tender lymph nodes in the neck under the jaw.
  • A low-grade fever and headache accompanying the other symptoms.
You bump that headache up to para-migraine status, and toss in dizziness, chills, and an aching chest, and you've got what I've got. Man, it hurts so much to swallow, I've had next to nothing to eat for days! I'm living off of soup, and that's only since Tuesday!

Ugh.

Oh yeah! I've also got this cold sore, which I can't seem to get rid of, so while I was at the doctor's today, I had him prescribe me some pills for it.

Those things are ginormous.

I seriously hope I don't accidentally swallow one sideways, because if it gets stuck...it's gonna stay stuck.

Let's see...can I complain any more? I don't think so.

Guys, don't take me too seriously. I feel awful, and all, but I'm sure it's not as bad as I make it sound.

Still...I had to bust out a whole new rating system for this one. On a scale from 0 to -10, Tonsillitis, be it viral or bacterial, or whatever, gets a -7. Grrrr.

And the out-of-comission rockstar says, "I'm glad that sick kids are supposed to smell."

1 Comments:

Anonymous miss.abbas said...

oh my goodness, I think I might have it too! =/

12:14 PM  

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