- Another Throat Update (and more)

Another Throat Update (and more)

11:30, 14-Dec-2008 .. Posted in Grumblings .. 4 comments .. Link

Last night was a weird one. I think I must've been feverish because I had a string of odd dreams and random images running through my head - none of which I can quite remember - and had to change all of my bedding at 3am because it was saturated with sweat.

I woke at around 6:20 and had my first dose of penicillin for the day.

Incidentally, does it strike anyone else as poor planning that I have to take two of those, four times a day, at least 6 hours apart, which means if, in my fevered state, I actually manage to wake at 6 with enough mental competence to take my pills, I have to make it through to midnight before I can take my last batch?

Anyway, I slipped into more mental meanderings for the next two hours before semi-waking and trying to figure out if I really had taken my first ibuprofen of the day and second dose of penicillin as my mind was telling me. The fact that my mind was also convinced it well past midday, despite only being 9am assured me it couldn't be trusted, and a quick count of my pills reafirmed that it was painkiller time.

I've never gotten on well with painkillers. I've always found them to have little or no effect, whatever I was taking and whatever for. This has sadly been reiterated. The paracetamol I was initially taking for the first day and a half after diagnosis did absolutely nothing. I then opted for some extra-strength ibuprofen that I've found take an hour to work and only last two. That means I've got to wait at least an hour once the pain returns before I can take another, but since I can only have three a day, I'm having to space them out further in the hope of getting to sleep at a reasonable time.

These things are supposed to give you such a kicking you're too numb to feel much of anything.

If only.

I was depressed yesterday, partly because of my throat, but mostly because I had to cancel on seeing a friend before she heads off to Egypt for Christmas and New Year. I've seen her once since getting to Cheltenham, and was looking forward to us spending the day catching up, exchanging presents and showing her around the campus. We were supposed to do it weeks ago but, ironically enough, she was ill. To quote Rik Mayall: "Fate deals her cards at me like a capricious boat-whore!" (I love Bottom).

It also brought home how little I've done this semester. Being in closer proximity to my friends than I have been for quite some time, I'd hoped to get in a lot of visiting, but a combination of limited cash-flow and assingment deadlines put pay to that. I'd hoped to join a gym and take up a few sporting activities, but again the money got in the way. I wanted to party the end of the semester away with everyone in my halls and enjoy a big festive meal with the folks I share a kitchen with, but I was laid-up with illness. I looked forward to my first semester with hope and excitement, but have ended up looking back on it with frustration and disappointment.

It hasn't been all bad. I've enjoyed making new friends. I've enjoyed having a social-life. I've enjoyed throwing two of my assignments together in a last-minute panic and getting an A and high B for them respectively. I've enjoyed...certain stuff with...a certain someone :)

But even that ended on a slightly dour note.

At least I've finally caught up with post alerts! :)

Okay, that was a far more depressing post than I intended it to be. Sorry about that, folks. I shall endeavour to write something more festive and jolly before the big day!
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01:55, 14-Dec-2008 .. Posted by WelshPixie
*hugs*

02:25, 14-Dec-2008 .. Posted by bebbet
:)

12:05, 15-Dec-2008 .. Posted by gypsy

*joins in hug, and in doing so re-defines it as a group hug*

12:10, 15-Dec-2008 .. Posted by bebbet
:D

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