Well I am into my second day of the massive swollen lymph glands under my chin.
I started my treatment with penicillin yesterday and when I woke this morning I hoped that I would appear normal but when I Looked in the mirror, I was wrong. Instead of looking like Orson Welles I now look like Jabba the Hutt.
I want to hide in the house waiting for my disfigurement to go away, but NO. Pat says lets go shopping at the new Target store.
So there I am skulking around our big new Target store trying to hide my jowls from everyone we walk past. I had a great fear that we would meet someone we knew and they would say ” Hey Bruce big into the BBQ this summer I see”
I have been assured that this should go away in the next couple of days but I am already looking up plastic surgeons in the US
Pat, of course, is amused by my situation, but as this is a bacterial infection, she may have it herself in a couple of weeks.
I will, of course, be sympathetic.
July 20, 2013
rbellis11
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2 responses to “Jabba the Hutt”
Patty
July 20th, 2013 at 19:54
Amused by your situation? Rather, amused by the many ways you try to deflect attention from your face … such as wrapping your hands around your jaw, or tying a scarf around your neck to camoflauge the swelling. Perhaps I will venture forth to the stores solo, and you can “bunker down” at home, until the swelling goes down.
Janine
July 21st, 2013 at 14:33
I feel bad for both of you. Neither of you are really good patients 😦