A Winter's Whinge

First month of Autumn and I'm already sick of being sick.

Last week I was tortured by my unruly wisdom teeth... I never understood the sympathy for those struck down by a tooth ache, but now I do. It's not just a dull aching pain similar to experiencing sensitive teeth and gnawing down on something cold - no, it's a throbbing unrelenting pain, occasionally interrupted by some oh-my-god-I'm-awake sharp searing pain, which suddenly makes you aware of the value of your unappreciated mouth and how much you rely on it.
It hurts to talk, in particular when the swelling makes your cheek feel as though its as thick as a mattress; it hurts to eat, in particular if you need navigate your jaw - and I don't even want to talk about any stray bits of food which has wandered to the 'ouchy side' of your mouth.... I swear I only put white bread in my mouth but suddenly it appears that it was actually sharp pointy daggers I was trying to chew; it hurts to swallow; it hurts to talk; it hurts to cough; it hurts to laugh; well.. you get the picture.

This is the second time in as many months that I've been battered about by my wisdom teeth deciding to crash the party (ie. my mouth, with enough teeth already thank you very much), and it brings with it a week of not sleeping properly, not eating properly, and generally feeling pretty shitty and miserable.
There is light at the end of the tunnel though, it's only two weeks until I have a specialist appointment - and then hopefully he'd get me booked in to get this 'situation' taken care of... sorry wisdom teeth, you're simply not on the guest list and you're going to have to go.

It probably isn't a massive surprise after the week just gone, (which I should point out followed a week of little sleep already - living in a backpackers and attending a work related conference) that come this week I'm crook as a dog with some bug I've picked up. It's just a virus thing, chest infection or something, but it's had me down and out and away from work every day this week (today being Wednesday) which kind of simply sucks. I can't talk without starting a coughing fit, and a coughing fit starts a splitting headache... so I've spent the last 3 days in bed sleeping a ridiculous amount of hours (and then getting shitty when I can't sleep solidly through nighttime).

I have a shitty immune system it seems - Winter should arrive with a members loyalty card for the local doctors waiting room for me, at least that's how it's felt the last few years.

I'm sick of being sick already, and it's not even half way through May.