I feel proud, manly, strong – probably stupidly so, but I do – when after the examination the doctor says
“I usually only see patients with this in the ER! And you’ve had this for a MONTH?!?!”
I can’t help it, I want to say
“HELL yeah I have! fuckin’ right man!”
But then sanity clicks in and looks back at the constant pain, uncomfortableness, lack of sleep and the like and I realize I probably should have just gone to the ER when it first happened. I did go to the walk-in clinic twice for the same condition before finally going to the ENT, so at least there is progress.
