Strep

[ricevermicelli]

Ever since I quit having cancer, my medical hobby is strep. I get it 2-3 times a year. I usually have strep at the hobbyist level - I go into my doctor with a sore throat and basically nothing else, and she doesn't believe me particularly, but the rapid strep test comes back positive and I go home with antibiotics. This time, though, I started

Comments

[macthud]

Far be it from me to discourage a hobbyist, but this one seems likely to be far less enjoyable than your others, even the most masochistic of them.

I used to play a lot in this strep sandbox, with more frequency than you, and to more depth. It never paid any dividends, and few if any of the skills gained there transferred anywhere else, nor even helped me win these games any better. I can't say I would recommend it to anyone...

[ricevermicelli]

After I finish with this round, I'm going to back to swearing at butter.

[ukelele]

Damn butter.

[blk]

platonic.... strep....?

Does it give you side hugs and backrubs but refuses to get naked with you?

[ricevermicelli]

It is the most perfect and thorough example of it's kind imaginable. I mean, usually I have strep and it's not big, but this? This is the genuine article that Marianne Dashwood nearly died from.

[blk]

So it's the "go big or go home" version! Except going home in this case probably really would have been the better option.

[mizarchivist]

I had forgotten that was what almost got Marianne.

Eeeeesh. Maybe don't be such an over-achiever?

[beth_leonard]

*hugs* I get it about once every 3-4 years, and it is SO PAINFUL. I always seem to get it on a weekend and try to hold out for Monday, and half the time I fail. My doctor finally told me I can just page her and she'll call in a prescription on the weekend.

--Beth

[tamidon]

Our peds practice has a walkin policy on strep testing, and let adults walk in too, and it has become the thing I recommend any parent looking for peds to look for

[zathrus]

I used to have a strep hobby myself. Such a pain. The only thing worse was the time the kids got it. Swearing at butter and playing with yarn are both far preferable. I hope you're better soon.

Newt