Deleted the last post. Let’s start all over.
These past few weeks, I’ve been having occasional sore throats on-off, on-off. Maybe three weeks? I didn’t think much of it. I thought maybe I had been drinking too much or maybe I wasn’t getting enough rest, etc. I put in some effort to cut out alcohol on a few nights and put in some extra hours of sleep on others but besides that, I didn’t pay much mind to it. It did seem to resolve itself at times but during my stay in Boston, I suddenly got these bouts of extreme pain in my left tonsil. Painful enough to keep me up at night and to make eating very unpleasant. And things got worse. Since last night, I’ve had trouble breathing, especially when I’m lying down and this morning it hurt so much I couldn’t even drink water. I took a look in the mirror with a light. My tonsils and my uvula were so swollen and enlarged that they were covering the opening to my throat. My uvula was so elongated that I could catch it on my tongue and I was basically choking on it while gargling water. I concluded to myself that I have viral tonsillitis and that I had to see a doctor ASAP.
So I came home this morning. I intended to stay in Boston much longer but I’m happy I’m here. I have to pay off bills and I desperately needed to see a doctor. When I landed, I went straight to the clinic. The doctor took a look into my mouth and told me that what I had was an “emergency situation”.
She knew I was having trouble breathing already and told me that what I had was a life-threatening abscess growing at the back of my throat as it could potentially block my airway and suffocate me. She told me to go to the emergency room right away.
Honey, you hear how you have a hot potato voice? That’s really bad.
I couldn’t help but smile really big when she said that. Jak gan tang girl.
So here I am. I’m at the hospital right now. I have a peritonsillar abscess. They’re either going to have to drain it or cut the whole thing out. I’m still waiting to see what exactly is going down. Three hours in so far. Life is a long wait. I don’t want to spend the night here but it’s likely that’s the case. I’m alright though. I’m very happy to have people to watch out for me and take care of me. Was surprised to get a visit too. Thanks J, J and J. The upside to all of this is that there’s a chance I’ll stop snoring if they remove my tonsils. And maybe being on a recovery soup diet will help be lose some extra pounds.