Three weeks ago I had gum surgery. Â Pretty extensive and fairly painful for a few days. Â I expected the pain and was proud of myself for not making a major dent in the two! bottles of painkillers that were prescribed. Â I was also prepared to take a course of antibiotics and I did.
What I was not prepared for was this sore throat, cough thing that has been hanging around for the last 5 days or so. Â When it continued to worsen over the weekend I promised myself I would see the MD today. Â He said I wasn’t ‘presenting’ like someone with strep throat but did the swab nonetheless. Â My biggest concern at that point was that I would need yet another course of antibiotics. Â This concern I shared with the doctor.
When he returned five minutes later, culture results in hand, my face lit up as he shared the diagnosis. Â My doctor laughed and said that this was a first – a patient thrilled to hear that she had the flu (and would therefore not need antibiotics).
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