Thursday 15 January 2009

~On The Mend, Finally~

I've had a pretty grim few days.

They culminated in my having to call the NHS Direct helpline last night, then driving over to Birmingham for a midnight appointment at an NHS centre to see a doctor about my rapidly inflaming throat.

He examined me and gave me a course of antibiotics to take, which seem to be working wonders so far.

I had a badly inflamed right tonsil and glands on the right side of my neck, apparently. I couldn't even swallow my own saliva, it was so swollen.

I've actually managed to eat solid food today, which was nice :-)


TONIGHT'S MOOD: Thankful for the NHS.

SOUNDTRACK: Joy Division - 'Shadowplay'




FOOTNOTE: People knock the NHS, but I didn't have to put my hand in my pocket ONCE for anything they did last night.

The Thankful Groover

12 comments:

  1. Oh that sounds just awful! I'm so glad that the meds are working and you are starting to feel better.

    Gill

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  2. I'm glad you're feeling better!

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  3. Glad you're feeling better. Nothing more miserable than having a sore throat, and not being able to swallow. Take your meds. like a good boy. Hugs.

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  4. even after you feel a little better, you should still use this time to rest and recuperate. maybe get a stack of DVDs you've been wanting to see and make a day-long marathon of it. glad the meds are working!

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  5. Glad you're on the mend, Andy

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  6. I hate it when my saliva gets swollen.
    Damn socialist! (Me, too...)

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  7. Take care of yourself Groover! Glad you found good health care.

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  8. Must be spreading around, I had the exact same problem a week ago and holy hell, did it suck. I hope you recover quickly.

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  9. Yikes - I'm glad you got taken care of. Yay NHS! :)

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  10. Good to hear. Now eat your yoghurt to get the good bacteria back. Hooray for NHS - good luck getting something like that over here. It would have been a 100 dollar trip to the doctor and who knows how much for anti-biotics? Even with insurance its a 25 dollar co-pay and on my plan you still pay 25 bucks for your prescription, too.

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  11. Good to see your on the mend.
    I'm a unreconstructed socialist, so I fully support nationalised health care.
    It's an absolute bastard to manage, expensive as poison & fraught with problems but you should not be dependent on the health of your bank balance to get first world medical attention.

    I was just listening to a thing about nursing in UK compared to Australia. Wow. Penny pinching M'Fkers. Oztrayan Uni taught Nurses are all degree level qualified, UK seems to be a mix of diploma & degree - not because of a stratified responsibility system, just because it's cheaper. And they wonder why they get issues like MRSA etc.

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  12. I left a comment here yesterday but I can't find it... I remember saying, besides good wishes to you getting better, but that people just don't understand our European health systems and how good they are!

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