Hot swollen lymph node action

Last night as I was going to bed, this tiny tickle showed up unannounced in the back of my throat. Coughing didn’t help, but coughing didn’t stop the tickle. Crackers and water didn’t help after they’d been swallowed. So I just had to will myself not to cough.

I fell back asleep after turning off my alarm this morning, and ended up waking up at 9:19am.

This morning at work my eyes feel hot and my nostrils feel dry. There seems to be some unswallowable muscous in my nasal cavity.

Oh yeah and the creme de la creme, there’s a soreness in my right armpit that appears to be caused by a red, slightly raised area about 3/4 of an inch around. Hawt!!1

The medical websites all suggest that my body has an infection (aka a cold) and probably not a tumor.

Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:28pm
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Melanie
2/16/06 2:53pm

it’s not a toomuh! is muscous related to couscous? are you documenting this in case you spontaneously combust at work today?

Brian/Dad
2/16/06 3:42pm

Have you been wanting to flap your arms and fly, if so you might have bird flu - go to a doctor silly!

justin
2/16/06 5:39pm

Melanie: yes. Or at least because I so rarely get sick sometimes the progression is illuminating. Usually I’m just entertained by false positives. Thanks to my kickass immune system intervening.

jackie
2/17/06 7:57am

those lymph nodes turn up in the strangest places! i woke up one morning to a sore lump on the back of my head, near my neck. I thought i had hit it on something…but no, just that durned lymph system.

mush
2/17/06 9:57am

You’re sick! Poor you, that sucks!

In case no one else says it: hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

mush
2/17/06 9:58am

Oh, also, you should call your provider. Really really swollen lymph nodes in an adult can occassionally mean something bad, like you’ve got pox and are about to become sterile or something.

Brian/Dad
2/17/06 6:14pm

Hey how are you doing? it’s been over 24 hours and no new. I’m worried.

justin
2/17/06 7:22pm

Oh, I’m fine. I don’t get sick :) Often.

Tasha
2/17/06 11:26pm

Aw, Justin, hope you feel better soon. No need to worry about the pit lump. We’ve all got lymph nodes in our pits, our groins (fun stuff), on our necks, and at the back of our head. If you get a lump, say, on your elbow though… you’re screwed man. Screwed.

Enda
2/18/06 3:31am

ok, ok a hot whiskey is called for,
some slices of lemon, a few cloves (if you wish), a spoon of good honey (optional), boiling water and the finest Irish whiskey preferably a 12 year old Jameson.
Be sure to drink it while it is hot.
No need for doctors!

Jefe
2/21/06 10:27am

It sounds like your body is rejecting the debilitating effects of living on the West Coast… I proscribe 10ccs of Sweet Tea STAT!

Peter
2/21/06 6:29pm

Man, see a doctor.

Herb
2/22/06 7:54am

The lymph nodes under the armpit may be from the Aluminum Chlorohydrate that is found in most anti-perspirants, yes those are the ones that do not allow you to perspire therefore clogging your sweat gland pores and creating lymph nodes. Maybe try just a deodorant or better yet a crystal rock (try Kiss My Face Liquid Rock!) try at least a week before you give up on the ROCK! and don’t forget about my frozen herbs!

justin
2/22/06 1:01pm

“Herb,” luckily I only use deoderant, so I should be Aluminum Chlorohydrate free…

And otherwise I appear to be illness (and swollen lymph node free).