Had a bad cold for three weeks now.

[McGooTheWise]

Is it really normal for a viral cold to last this long? Or bacterial even?

If you don't treat it, yes, and it could end up killing you. Go to a doctor, you silly bitch.

 

[Saturos]

I've got Las Plagas, and there's nothing the doctors can do to remove the parasite.

I expect to lose all traces of humanity any minute now and become extremely sensitive to sun-light, whilst the beast emerges from my neck at dusk. Goodbye everyone.

"Uhg, arrgh! morir morir morir, Lord Saddler."

EDIT> Realistically though, I think it's going away on it's own. A real stubborn sob.

Throat still feels like someone scrubbed it with a wire brush though.

Sorry for the scare.

 

[nurizeko]

I've got Las Plagas, and there's nothing the doctors can do to remove the parasite.

I expect to lose all traces of humanity any minute now and become extremely sensitive to sun-light, whilst the beast emerges from my neck at dusk. Goodbye everyone.

"Uhg, arrgh! morir morir morir, Lord Saddler."

EDIT> Realistically though, I think it's going away on it's own. A real stubborn sob.

Throat still feels like someone scrubbed it with a wire brush though.

Sorry for the scare.

You know what they say.

What doesn't kill you only compromises your immune system further and your ability to resist every subsequent infection and trauma until your body fails due to the constant assault of microorganisms without any outside help from Doctor Prolong-your-lifespan.

 

[Dr. Breen]

It's not so much whether he can see a doctor soon enough to find out about a potentially life-threatening disease as well as entertaining the option of taking an unprescribed drug, but rather a question of whether he uses medicated tissues whenever he masturbates.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

...six weeks later, he lies on the floor staring at the plain white ceiling, as he has done every day for the last fourteen. The doctors do not hear his cries; the doctors do not open the door. They wait for him to bleed.

 

[Asknoone]

Gonna die.

 

[NeptuneUK]

All I can say is...
NHS ftw.

 

[mortiz-Redux]

Definitely the bubonic plague, can spot those symptoms a while away.

 

[Kamikazie]

Toaster, if you put all your posts together it'd be longer than L. Ron Hubbard's Mission Earth.

I get discouraged when I see them, but when I convince myself to read I come out satisfied. Really satisfied. Sometimes.

 

[Sgt.Tibbs]

Taking an antibiotic isn't going to magically make any hypothetical bacteria in the individual resistant to the antibiotic; it takes long-term use of antibiotics spread over a population to find mutations in bacteria that are resistant to the medication. Especially with something as weak as amoxicillin; it's like penicillin in that it's been used for so long that there's really not much it can do anymore, and it's likely that doctors will stop prescribing it in 5-6 years since it's so ridiculously weak. The worst that would happen would be that you'd kill off the natural population of bacteria in your gut (the "good" bacteria that help with digestion), but you can repopulate the gut with foods like yoghurt.

However, I'm almost inclined to say that whatever you have, even if it's bacterial, can't be cured with amoxicillin. While there's little harm in taking it, you're still better off going to a doctor.

Look, TOASTER of all people said something serious. Things are pretty bad when Toaster is serious about anything.

 

[Krynn72]

All I can say is...
NHS ftw.

Repossessed by Ravenholm Auctioneers.

 

[McGooTheWise]

Dude, get some NyQuil and take it, and have a long sleep. You will probably wake up shitty, but take a bath and you'll feel better. Then lay low for a few hours, take some more NyQuil, and go back to bed. It will be dead.