7 April 2004

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Well, I'm slowly improving. Roughly half the time when I try to speak some form of noise other than a raspy wheeze comes out. It even nearly sounds like a voice. But only about half of the time. When I try to speak, I have no means of telling if any sound is going to come out beforehand. As a result, phone calls might be interesting. If you've tried to phone me and ended up with something that sounds like a heavy-breather on the other end of the line, I'm probably trying to talk. Give me a minute and I'll probably be able to get some kind of coherent noise to happen.

Anyway... I will now go to bed, where I will sit for a few hours either reading or watching commentaries on the firefly DVDs. I've only watched the first one so far, and it's worth it. Both informative and entertaining (first one is by Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion - they take the piss a fair amount, but still actually keep you informed!).

[EDIT: The first commentary also adds some background to why Nathan Fillion (and the character he plays) is referred to as Captain Tightpants... Apparently he managed to split his trousers many, many times in just the first episode.]
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I'm off work today on the grounds that I can barely talk, and when I do it hurts like a bastard after about 2 words. I decided to try and make an appointment to see the doctor, expecting it to be sometime next week at the earliest, because that's how it usually works.

In this instance, however, they gave me an appointment that was not only this week, but today. What's more, I've just got back from it. I had an appointment that was exactly half an hour from when I phoned them. That never happens! Obviosuly the fact that I had to wheeze everything at them several times over before they could understand me counted in my favour.

Unsurprisingly, he prescribed me a course amoxycillin and told me to come back in a week if it hadn't cleared up. It's a bit different to usual, though, as they usually tell me to come back in a month.

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