I'm sick. I fell like six feet of worn out carpet. And no, I don't think that it's the C word.
I tried for an appointment with my favorite witch doctor, and was asked if I'd be satisfied with a telephone visit. Sure, why not?
At the appointed hour Dr. Muay calls me and tells me I sound sick. Well, really now. I bite off a somewhat pithy rejoinder (after all, Dr. Muay is actually a good sort, and he's trying to help me) and tell him what's wrong, which is mainly a sore throat which showed up the day after I had my root canal.
Anyone got $1,500 they don't need or want? If so, send it to me. Note that I'm not bothering to list my mailing address - I know you bums too well.
Along with the sore throat I'm having trouble swallowing. When I try and eat something, a portion of the thoroughly masticated content gets diverted into my nasal cavity, where it resides until I choke it out and down the hatch. Try that with BW3 hot wings and see what happens. By the time I spoke with Dr. Muay, I was on a liquid only diet. This isn't as bad as it seems, as I have protein powder, a stick blender, and the ingredients for a milkshake.
But I still can't swallow anything remotely solid. Added to that is the fact that I'm one of those people with a heightened gag reflex (one reason I'd make a lousy faggot) and I have a great deal of trouble taking pills. Part of this is mental - I have a foreign substance in my mouth that isn't food and should not be taken internally - and part physical (gag reflex).
Dr. Muay nixes the C Amoxicillin 500 MG tablets that my endodontist prescribed, and calls in a prescription for Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Potassium Tablets, USP, 875mg / 125mg. My drug dispensary of choice got busted last week, so I use my alternate: Walgreens. I give it an hour, and Walgreens Pharmacy admits to having my prescription ready. Well, hot damn.
Now keep in mind that I have trouble taking pills anyway, and right now it's impossible for me to reliably swallow anything except a liquid. So I pick it up. And...