and the results on that damned sore throat...

[katster]

yay.

turns out this damned sore throat is most likely strep. Ugh. And to top it off, I got another thing added onto my list of "Things You Do *NOT* Fuck Around With to See If They'll Go Away On Their Own."

The big thing previously on that list is UTI's, and after suffering through the hell that was a kidney infection last fall, I'm not arguing anymore.
And now, I'm told that adults who had strep a lot as kids (as I did, two or three times a winter) are at risk for massive complications from strep as adults, so in other words, I'm not to wait and see if a sore throat gets better before jumping on it either.

Yay. I'm a walking medical disaster. And I think I'll wander off for a nap.

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[katster.livejournal.com]

I think the only reason I was out for a few days is that my mom jumped on any sign that we were sick as doctor time. I only remember getting the shots of pink stuff for pneumonia, and whatever attacked me the week I was scheduled to go to Sacramento for the state finals of a speech contest and needed to be sorta well by Wednesday morning.

(I don't remember what that was, but my English teacher remembers seeing me that Monday morning and noticing I didn't look all that good. But I suffered my way through to English class, gave my oral book review and then asked if I could go home...he still remembers that.)

-kat