Saturday, June 13, 2009

Worst pain ever!

So, on Monday night I had finally had enough of the pain in my throat and decided I'd stop by Care Now on my way home from work on Tuesday night. Somebody recommended the Minute Clinic inside CVS to me instead which has a much lower cost than Care Now, so I decided to go there instead. They opened at 8:30 Tuesday morning and I had to be at work at 9:30, so I thought I'd go by that morning instead of waiting until the evening...and boy am I glad I did! I saw a nurse practitioner there instead of a doctor, which was fine with me because that's about all they have at the UNT student health center where I had been going all through college. Anyway, she took all my symptoms and suggested a strep test. I thought that would be good, just to be on the safe side, since I work with kids and all, I would have to let them know at work if I had strep. So when she started examining my throat she said "Wow, yes, you have 2 large ulcers on your tonsils." No wonder I was in so much pain! I had been battling this for 9 days before I went to see anybody about it. She said I was one tough lady for waiting so long to come in. Anyway, she said she did not see any signs of infection, just looked like a virus. The "quick" strep test came back negative, but we sent one off to the lab just to be safe. (Ended up being negative too.) Needless to say, she suggested I take a couple days off to rest and wrote me a note for work. I hated calling in sick, especially since I'm still in my first month of employment there, but I'm so glad I did. I needed those 2 days of rest. I'll tell you what though, the pain I had on Thursday was even worse than the previous 10 days of pain. Next time I have something wrong with my tonsils (when I have better insurance) I want to have them removed. I have tonsilitis and problems with my tonsils biannually (like clockwork.)

Today, I'm feeling much better and have hardly any feeling of discomfort in my tonsils. Yay!

Today has been pretty productive. I think I finally spent the last of my graduation money on a few new things at The Limited. Love their clearance section! I made a late lunch-early dinner of Italian subs and homemade fries. Yum! and the apartment is even clean (except for vacuuming--that will come tomorrow probaby!)

In other news, I did not get the job I interview for in Aubrey. I'm pretty bummed about it, but I wasn't hanging all my hopes on that job. I'm hoping I'll get another interview soon, but I really need to get the next job I interview for because I'm not sure how I'm going to get some more scheduled time off of work...They are not flexible in the least. Ugh. Soon, things will be different! I have faith.

1 comment:

Angela said...

I know your frustrated Ashley! Don't worry, you will find one! I am praying for you....keep the faith. Have a great week!