10:07am
In my last post I mentioned that I had something of a sore throat.
Last Monday, as it still hadn't got any better I went to see the doctor who informed me that she wasn't surprised I had a sore throat as I was in fact sufferring from tonsillitis - a diagnosis that surprised me, not least because I haven't been in possession of my tonsils for 31 years.
She went on to explain that what I had was what WOULD have been tonsillitis had my tonsils still been situated inside my mouth, it was just that the infection was on the back of my throat instead.
Duly diagnosed and having been told that I would just have to wait for it to clear up by itself I left the doctors surgery and returned home, where some 17 minutes later I received a phone call from my brother saying that my Dad had died.
This last week has been nothing less than an absolute living hell and I'm still in total shock and utter denial. I simply cannot believe this is happening. It just isn't real. It can't be real.
In related news, I've rediscovered alcohol.
:'(
Last Monday, as it still hadn't got any better I went to see the doctor who informed me that she wasn't surprised I had a sore throat as I was in fact sufferring from tonsillitis - a diagnosis that surprised me, not least because I haven't been in possession of my tonsils for 31 years.
She went on to explain that what I had was what WOULD have been tonsillitis had my tonsils still been situated inside my mouth, it was just that the infection was on the back of my throat instead.
Duly diagnosed and having been told that I would just have to wait for it to clear up by itself I left the doctors surgery and returned home, where some 17 minutes later I received a phone call from my brother saying that my Dad had died.
This last week has been nothing less than an absolute living hell and I'm still in total shock and utter denial. I simply cannot believe this is happening. It just isn't real. It can't be real.
In related news, I've rediscovered alcohol.
:'(