Back in the Saddle

One thing I figured out quickly- sitting in front of a computer with a fever is pointless. I couldn’t summon the concentration required to write even a quick post saying something provocative like “I feel like crap.” I could barely summon the concentration to sit and read a typical Instapundit post of the “Heh. Indeed.” variety.

Last night I was (finally!) pretty much back to my old self- minus a good night’s sleep. That problem was remedied overnight. As to what I was suffering from, basically I had some congestion, a bit of a cough, mild dizziness and a fever. Let’s just call it a “cold.”

I’ll conclude this by saying “Momma, don’t let your babies grow-up to have their tonsils removed…” This sort of cold has become a normal thing for me ever since my tonsils were removed due to a second occurrence of a peritonsillar abscess. At the time, the ENT doc told me that the second occurrence meant I was very likely to get more of them and he said the best treatment was to just have the tonsils removed. He gave me a course of antibiotics to treat the infection and I was fine.

My initial reaction was to resist the doc’s advice and not have my tonsils removed. After all, it had been over 15 years since my previous tonsil infection and all it took was a course of augmentin to fix me up. That didn’t seem like a bad tradeoff. Ultimately, I allowed myself to be convinced otherwise and the tonsils came out. Now, I won’t get that particular infection anymore, but I have these annoying cold-fevers to deal with because my tonsils aren’t there to help prevent them in the first place.

Too late for myself, but for those who happen to read this- consider yourself advised by someone with experience. Don’t have your tonsils removed unless it’s life threatening.

And now, back to normal blogging.