Shit night.
Was supposed to hang with a friend.
I've had polyps on my throat for years since a teen. Every few years they take a biopsy and it's benign. Basically every once and a while when I talk too much, too loud I get a sharp pain, lose my voice for a few secs until I drink water and my throat bleeds aka if I spit I spit up bright red blood.
When I had my bronchitis spot for 6 weeks a few months ago I had some bad, bad coughing in the middle and tore the fuck outta my throat, including the area around my vocal characters where my polyp is. Since then I've noticed it bleeding more often and worse.
Tonight after a long day talking at work on calls, was on a long 30min+ call talking and I tend to talk loud and my voice snapped and lost my voice, ended the call and went and spat a good 3-4 spits of solid blood before it cleared up. Was enough damage that got feverish hot and weak and tired, so had to call my plans off for the night with a friend and took some tylenol and just gonna go to bed. Throat feels sore and gooey like the injury is dripping salva or something a bit still.
I hadn't bothered to see an ENT about it since I've dealt with it for years and it's always been benign, but since I tore up my throat during the bronchitis I'm now feeling like I need to see my ENT to take a look and see if there's an issue. I have noticed that when I was in vegas at borecon and I'd have a strong alcohol drink my throat would burn like I've got open sores all down it. Same with when smoking [redacted] at bore-con, my throat set on fire at first like had sores on the throat. :|
I'm debating cancelling my Europe trip (haven't booked it yet) in case this is something serious and when I see the ENT (which will probably take a few weeks before I can get in), they might need to do an endoscopy ASAP and if there's something might need to address it ASAP, so being gone for 2 weeks in mid-september might be a bad idea :|
Who knows though, maybe they'll get me in on a cancel right away, be able to look real quick and tell me it's nothing serious that needs rushed surgery or anything and then I can still book my trip this weekend. Just don't know. Will call my ENT first thing tomorrow morning.