twist of fait accomplis

The last few days I've had a sore throat. "No big deal," you might think. But this isn't a general "my throat's scratchy, I need some Chloroseptic spray." Rather, it's sore in a very specific spot of my throat... very localized. Last year I had a similar problem and I seemed to remember that it wasn't just a sore throat... that it was actually connected to something else. Allergies? An infection? So I did what any normal person would do to find out what the diagnosis was.

No, I didn't call my doctor. I checked my blog.

I found: my initial whining about my sore throat (and an accompanying sore under my tongue). I decided it must be herpes from my stint as a male prostitute. A little more browsing and I came across the prognosis: it signalled the start an ear infection.

So: tomorrow morning, to the doctor I go (only a week after Huyen visited for the same thing). And maybe I'll tell the doctor, "I'm here with a sore throat... and if it wasn't for my blog, I might have stayed home."