Not that kind of infection, but a normal bacterial infection of the throat, thanks to me drinking water that is probably only a shade better than sewage. i could probably play darth vader without too much extra trouble now. if only someone were willing to pay me
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Dude, that sucks. I got whacked in the throat once and it hurt to swallow or talk for 6 weeks. Two months later, I got a nasty case of strep throat. I feel your pain.
Yikes, aif, that sounds awful. Hope you get better soon.
Okay, since Chuckles started it, my bad throat infection story: I still have my tonsils, and when I was younger was prone to chronic throat infections. The worst came senior year of high school, when it was so bad I couldn’t sweallow without feeling like Chuck Norris had kicked me in the throat.
I went to the doctor and he said I had some nasty growth on my tonsils, and that if it was under my tonsils, they would have to come out. To determine this, he had to stick a huge needle down my throat and take blood from behind the tonsils. Diagnosis: excruitiatingly painful. Yet I was so scared of flinching and having the needle break off that I didn’t move. Luckily, the infection was on the surface and I only had to take antibiotics.
dudes, permit me to say OUCH!
AG has no stories to share.
Just a simple hug across comments and wish for getting better soon.
thanks, AG. thanks to the power of modern antibiotics, my throat and the bacteria therein are both fast disappearing!