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Oh yeah. I'm sick.
When I first got sick (yesterday), I thought it could've been tonsillitis, based on the complex medical analysis of "Well, that's the only place the pain's coming from." So I walked around scavenging cough drops until it occurred to me that the only thing I knew about tonsillitis was A) how to spell it[1] and B) where it took place. I felt as if I should learn more.
Having read the available information[2], I'm still unsure what it is. I have decided, arbitrarily, that it can't be tonsillitis, because A) I've got a stuffy nose as well[3], and B) I can't really afford a doctor right now, much less a tonsillectomy. If it comes down to actually getting these things out, it's going to be me, a bottle of vodka, a mirror, and a well-sterilized X-acto knife.[4]
SO. I've got a cold. That's all it is. I have been chewing vitamin C tablets, staying hydrated, taking sudafed for the stuffy nose, scouring netflix[5], googling phrases like "prosthetic tonsils" and "tonsils explode", and occasionally talking to myself, because the sudafed makes me mildly loopy, and because my voice is awesome when I'm sick. Seriously, if this turns into a chronic thing, I'm going to start narrating the trailers for suspense movies or something.
Oh, and posting to LJ.
[1]Fun Fact: Apparently I didn't know how to spell it 'til now. So this is a kind of learning experience.
[2]and seen the accompanying photographs; I've looked at so many close-ups of people saying "Ah" that my brain's started playing bits of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" every time a new one pops up. If that doesn't make as much sense to you as it does to me, go take three doses of Sudafed and then you'll understand.
[3]I know that's a symptom associated with tonsillitis. I'm working on denial here.
[4]I'm joking. Obviously I'd use one of those little webcams, not a mirror. Yeesh.
[5]My current level of sentience means I've decided to watch the G.I Joe movie. That can't be a good sign.
When I first got sick (yesterday), I thought it could've been tonsillitis, based on the complex medical analysis of "Well, that's the only place the pain's coming from." So I walked around scavenging cough drops until it occurred to me that the only thing I knew about tonsillitis was A) how to spell it[1] and B) where it took place. I felt as if I should learn more.
Having read the available information[2], I'm still unsure what it is. I have decided, arbitrarily, that it can't be tonsillitis, because A) I've got a stuffy nose as well[3], and B) I can't really afford a doctor right now, much less a tonsillectomy. If it comes down to actually getting these things out, it's going to be me, a bottle of vodka, a mirror, and a well-sterilized X-acto knife.[4]
SO. I've got a cold. That's all it is. I have been chewing vitamin C tablets, staying hydrated, taking sudafed for the stuffy nose, scouring netflix[5], googling phrases like "prosthetic tonsils" and "tonsils explode", and occasionally talking to myself, because the sudafed makes me mildly loopy, and because my voice is awesome when I'm sick. Seriously, if this turns into a chronic thing, I'm going to start narrating the trailers for suspense movies or something.
Oh, and posting to LJ.
[1]Fun Fact: Apparently I didn't know how to spell it 'til now. So this is a kind of learning experience.
[2]and seen the accompanying photographs; I've looked at so many close-ups of people saying "Ah" that my brain's started playing bits of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" every time a new one pops up. If that doesn't make as much sense to you as it does to me, go take three doses of Sudafed and then you'll understand.
[3]I know that's a symptom associated with tonsillitis. I'm working on denial here.
[4]I'm joking. Obviously I'd use one of those little webcams, not a mirror. Yeesh.
[5]My current level of sentience means I've decided to watch the G.I Joe movie. That can't be a good sign.