The Ulcer and I

( Cut because some people on my Friends List probably DON'T want to read about a mouth ulcer )

Please, dear Gods, don't let this be an indication of a systemic infection. I can't AFFORD to get sick right now. And my regular doctor is on vacation until January 2nd, so if things get bad I'll have to go into Urgent Care at the Misericordia, and if things get THAT bad I won't be up to taking a bus, so I'll have to ask Terri if she can give me a lift since we don't have enough money for a cab. :-(

I might have to go into Urgent Care in any case, since mouth ulcers in a diabetic can be very tricky things and they say you should not try to treat them yourself.

I'm going to see what it looks like tomorrow and make a call then, unless things go seriously pear-shaped today.

Like death warmed over

Shortly after making my last LJ entry I caved in and went back to bed, where I slept like the dead until about ten minutes ago. I'm going to have some Mr. Noodles chicken soup with veggies added and some orange Crystal Light. Then I'm going to go back to bed and let the two Aspirin that I just took work on whatever's ailing me.

The ulcer seems to have gone down in size and the swelling is reduced. I'll put some more hydrogen peroxide on it as well before lying down again.

I'm pretty sure it's not a canker sore, although it looks exactly like one -- canker sores tend to be really painful little buggers, and this one isn't even tingling. That leaves a range of possibilities that run from cancer right through to syphilis. Oh, frabjous day.

Right. Eat soup, do peroxide, go night-night. Sounds like a plan to me.

Catch y'all on the flip side.