Down with the Sickness

After going to the emergency room at 5 am Saturday morning I knew my weekend was off to a hell of a start. I found out all of the extreme pain I was going through in the last week was caused by a really bad case of Tonsillitis. Often seen as worse then strep throat Tonsillitis not only affects the throat and tonsils, but everything around them. It can cause ear infections, jaw problems, gum swelling, sore muscles all of which I got the chance to experience this weekend. After 4 shots in the ass and some testing I was released to go home, I have to take a total of 8 pills (12 pills if the pain is real bad) a day if I have any hopes to make this crap go away. The doctor said if I don’t feel better within 36 hours I should come back to the emergency room immediately.. That’s how bad it was. I was hoping that wouldn’t be the case especially because it seemed like some of the swelling and such got worse after taking the medication.. But as of Sunday afternoon I started feeling a lot better, some of the swelling went down and a lot of the pain went away. After having a few days off I get to return to work today so we will see how this all pans out.