:)/:(

[dorinda]

My computer started behaving strangely last week, making me very worried. :(

It seemed to settle down on Saturday, giving me a chance to update the OS and make sure I had a good backup. :)

It collapsed entirely on Sunday. :(

Turns out the logic board has died, but this is a known problem with this model/year and is covered under a free repair. :)

The Mysterious Throat Issue is still plaguing me with pain and distress. :(

I got a super-quick referral to an ENT instead of having to try Urgent Care or my GP again. :)

The camera she snaked through my head showed inflammation, but no clear diagnosis. :(

She put me on some antibiotics which she hopes will root out infection from throat/sinuses. :)

Antibiotics are doing a giant number on my stomach. :(

Pain seems to be improving (even if slowwwly), and I slept all night last night. :)

I settled in for some good blocks of writing time on the weekend, but was unable to generate any words whatsoever on the several stories I am wanting so badly to write :(

I got a super-helpful beta back for a little story I wrote, and have good guidance for how to fix it, so that'll at least keep my writing hand in. :)

There is some Nutella at my house. :9

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[msmoat]

On balance, overall, I think there are more good than not so good things here, so that's, er, good! Particularly good about the computer repair. \o/ But oh, no about the inflammation and pain and the terrible things that antibiotics do to your stomach. (I started having terrible trouble digesting milk lactose after a long course of antibiotics, back in the days before they knew about probiotics. I still have dairy issues.) I've been reading all the wonderful suggestions in your comments here--do all that! *g*

And Nutella hot chocolate? Oh, dear. I may have to investigate that. Here's to better, soothing, good days ahead for you, and time and energy to write!

[dorinda]

I was so so so happy about the computer repair! I had no idea. But the symptoms were so weird that I started googling them, thinking maybe there was something I could do that wouldn't cost a billion dollars. And I came across discussion of this exact problem happening in other people's laptops of this year/model, and how there was a class action suit about it, and how Apple therefore had to repair them all for free and reimburse people who'd already paid for their own repairs. Thank goodness for all of that, and for people discussing it on the Internet.

I stopped at the store last night, and couldn't find refigerated/liquid acidophilus yet, but did find some live-culture kombucha and kefir, so I picked up a bunch, and will be drinking some with my giant handful of probiotic capsules at lunch today. Don't worry, stomach, here comes the cavalry!