Two trips to the doctor yesterday

[Ruud Van Driver]

Had a sore throat for a couple of days, thought I was run down. Yesterday morning, I woke and could hardly swallow and could barely speak so took a walk to a local doctor. He had a look down my screecher and said it was a bog standard sore throat and prescribed some lozenges to take the pain away and some anti-inflammatories to take the swelling down. He looked at the rash on my neck, which wasn't there when I went to bed Friday night but greeted me when I woke up, and said it was most likely an allergic reaction and to drop an antihistamine.

By later afternoon things got progressively worse, throat full of razor blades and swallowing was distinctly unpleasant, so I took a trip to the doc at Raffles Hospital. She took one look down my throat and said "oh my gosh!" My tonsils are infected and covered in white spots. And the rash? Most likely shingles and I need to go back Tuesday for a follow up. I left with a bag of drugs big enough to keep Mötley Crüe happy for a weekend.

I hope you guys are having a better weekend than me