Woke up this morning feeling no better than I had when I first could barely swallow my own spit. Excellent. I rushed off to the doctors to get another check up, where they took some blood samples for testing. I'm still waiting for my results, but they are pretty sure I have glandular fever AKA mono AND tonsillitis. How splendid! I was given a stronger prescription to help with the swelling, which I only started taking about two hours ago, so let's hope that really kicks in by tomorrow. I'd like to enjoy some solid food for once in almost five days.
So I'm meant to do nothing again this week, doc's orders. And then I had a thought! Perhaps I could go to the beach and sleep it off in the warm sun, because the weather is supposed to be glorious this week. Yesterday and today were, so that's usually a good sign for the rest of the week! However, upon receiving my new drugs, there is a massive warning label that says to avoid the sun for long periods of time, otherwise I could end up with an unsightly rash on my arms and legs. Wonderful.
So here I'll be, enjoying the indoors yet again until these meds are gone. Then it's about six weeks of total recovery, which makes me super angry. That's the rest of the semester! And then I started thinking, it's a really good thing that I'm spending two semesters here because I'd be super pissed if I was sick for the remainder of my trip. The doc did say, that by the looks of my tonsils, it could get much worse instead of getting better, but let's just hope that doesn't happen. If I do go home early, I don't want it to be on such horrible circumstances.
Any suggestions of what I can eat that's non-dairy and easy to swallow? I'm bored of smoothies, and peanut butter is painful. =)
Cheers
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