gargle (not drink, that awful medicine)

Akrasia · 02-01-2016 04:23AM #1

My Christmas has been ruined by tonsilitis, I haven't been able to sleep for a week and the pain it causes to swallow anything is unbelievable

So the geniuses at the doctors decide to give me the 'effervescent' pain killers instead of the tablet forms.

Now it actually hurts way more to take the pain killers than it does to just sit in my bed and sob myself through the long winter night.

I've got a half a cup of the stuff in front of me now, looking at me, taunting me

My tonsils are so closed up that I can't fit more than a few drops down it at a time, and even then half of it comes back up and has to be swallowed again

Gargling some fizzy noxious bile in my mouth over my swollen bulbous jabba the hut esq tonsils might have seemed a good idea at the time, but I'm seriously considering getting a local dealer to give me some morphine instead of this solpadol bs

When I'm finished taking the 'pain killer' I've got to somehow force food down that maze of puss and inflamation because the antibiotic i'm on won't work on an empty stomach.

So after hours, What has ruined your christmas this year?

LDN_Irish · 02-01-2016 11:42AM

Gargle some salt water and drink your feckin solps you whinger. /medical advice

Wham · 02-01-2016 11:49AM

Akrasia wrote: »

My Christmas has been ruined by tonsilitis, I haven't been able to sleep for a week and the pain it causes to swallow anything is unbelievable

So the geniuses at the doctors decide to give me the 'effervescent' pain killers instead of the tablet forms.

Now it actually hurts way more to take the pain killers than it does to just sit in my bed and sob myself through the long winter night.

I've got a half a cup of the stuff in front of me now, looking at me, taunting me

My tonsils are so closed up that I can't fit more than a few drops down it at a time, and even then half of it comes back up and has to be swallowed again

Gargling some fizzy noxious bile in my mouth over my swollen bulbous jabba the hut esq tonsils might have seemed a good idea at the time, but I'm seriously considering getting a local dealer to give me some morphine instead of this solpadol bs

When I'm finished taking the 'pain killer' I've got to somehow force food down that maze of puss and inflamation because the antibiotic i'm on won't work on an empty stomach.

So after hours, What has ruined your christmas this year?

That sounds really nasty, am sick in bed myself at the moment and it's not how I planned spending Christmas & new year! Take the pain killers but just take your time with them, the tablets would definitely be more difficult to take if your throat is that closed. Gargle disprin every 4 hours and that will help, hope you feel better soon!

FalconGirl · 02-01-2016 12:26PM

Ouch brings back memories. Wouldn't wish Tonsilitis on my worst enemy. It's absolute torture!

Akrasia · 03-01-2016 06:59AM

I love the Charlie Brooker piece on it.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jul/28/healthandwellbeing.health

Anyway. I'm in Limerick regional hospital now.( I managed to convince the 3rd gp I saw that my entire throat closing up might be a little bit terminal,) so having spent 12 hours on a trolley in A&E i finally got diagnosed with Quincy which is an even worse form of tonsillitis (take that Charlie Brooker!) and they had to drag the poor ENT consultatant in from call to pull 20ml of gunge from the back of my throat.

gargle (not drink, that awful medicine)

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