After a miserable couple days during which my throat got progressively worse, to the point of me not even wanting to eat because eating means swallowing and swallowing felt like fire and razor blades, Jose finally convinced me to go to the doctor. I don’t have a regular doctor here since I get free physicals every year from the clinic at work, so I went to his doctor. I saw the physician’s assistant, who was really nice. She checked out my ears and nose and throat and lymph nodes and noted it all down on her cool tablet PC.
So yep, I have strep throat.
I’m pretty sure that this is the first time I’ve had this particular loveliness in about 20 years, as I remember getting it on practically a yearly basis as a kid. But I certainly haven’t had it since then. And honestly, I was expecting the doctor to tell me that I just had a cold and it would go away.
But nope. Strep throat. I’m on amoxicillin for the next 10 days to kill off all the little bacterias.
I’m supposed to do the Silverlake Tri on Sunday. The PA noticed my shirt this morning, a tri t-shirt, and asked if I was a triathlete. When I said I was and that I was supposed to do a race this weekend, she surprised me by saying that she thought it was would be ok if I did the race as long as I listened to my body and took it easy. I already missed Battle of San Jacinto because I was sick the week before the race, and I was disappointed to think that I’d miss another one. So we’ll see.
uh oh. I’m sick too with a sore throat, but have yet to go to the doctor. I’m signed up for Silverlake as well, but we’ll see.
Wow, that sounds very painful.
Last time I had a cold / mild flu, I read around on the internet, and apparently studies have shown that moderate exercise doesn’t speed up or slow down rate of recovery from a cold. Strep throat, of course, is a different kettle of fish.
If Katy has strep, I’m going to Vegas and playing every gambling device that they have.
And I’ll just wave from afar as you all go swimming, biking and running by in Pearland.
get to feeling better…have a great race this weekend too. I have a race as well!
If you think you’ll be home for a few days, and you’re interested, I can loan you a Shackleton DVD set I got for my birthday. (But you’d have to give me SOUTH when I drop it off.)
You and Cassie have to get better quick! I need you there!
Seriously, I hope you get over your strep in a hurry…that is NO fun! I think it hurts worse as an adult.
Hope I see you Sunday!
Katy