A Week in Hell

Last week was hell for me as i suffered a terrible illness. Fever, cough, joint paint, flu, sore throat and ulcers. Everything else is ok except for ulcers. I had sore throat and throat ulcers (2 of them) at the same time. Those ulcers were killing me. A relatively small ulcer was at the right side of my throat and a much bigger one on the left side. They caused some pain in my ears too. When i went to a doctor, he told me that those are not throat ulcers but rather just mouth ulcers at the back of the mouth. There are no solution as they were caused by virus infection and antibiotics won't do. The only thing that I can do is let my own immunity system take over and heal by itself. Since those ulcers were at the back of my mouth and I can't touch it, it's impossible to apply any medical gel such as Bonjela to them. I tried everything: various herbal teas, Ribena, milk, salted water (gargle or drink), magic powder, drink crazy amount of plain water (> 20 litres per day), various lozenges (from cheap $3 dollars per half dozens to expensive $40 per half dozens), various cough syrups, honey (pure honey and diluted with water), vitamin C, B12 and B2 supplements, various gargle solutions, listerine etc. but nothing work at all Well it took me 4 days and 3 nights to recover from those damn ulcers (although everything else went away in the first day). I count not eat anything for the first 2 days and able to take some chowder in day 3. Very minimum sleep during that period as well. I just realize that such as small problems (mouth ulcers way down in the throat) can cause such an immense pain that turn my life upside down last week. THANKSFULLY they are gone and healthy life could not be sweeter. Health is probably the most undervalued assets in mankind history. A small health problem and immediately everything collapse in from of us and that's it. Wish everyone a healthy life ahead and forever!!!