Or so one would hope. One of the problems with having ankylosing spondilitis is aphthae. Aphthae are severe mouth and throat ulcers. Very painful stuff. As luck would have it I had a break out on Wednesday night. Heres a lovely picture of one (note, not from my mouth)
My outbreak was a little different. I'm not talking unkissable lips. I'm talking a major infestation of my entire throat. Multiple ulcers. One that even extended down the back of my throat. It wasn't pretty.
I really can't describe how painful it is. Think of it as having a raw and red open wound in your throat. Every time you swallow is pure agony. Any food is like salt and sandpaper.
You know how you constantly blink without knowing it to keep your eyeballs moist? Well you also constantly swallow so you don't drown in your own saliva. And I felt the passage of every single one of these swallows in excruciating detail.
I can only think of how insane I must have looked to my fellow employees as I would wince in horror every 5 minutes.
No one knows what it's like. I've never met another AS sufferer and my family is tired of wasting sympathy on me.
What am I to do?
Harden the f*&k up of course.
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