It should have been a simple week… one club gig and one gig organised for Norrköping Pride festival on the 23rd. But then it all went wrong… I went to see the doctor about a swelling at the back of my throat. She prodded about a bit, then insisted I go directly to the hospital to the Ear, Nose and Throat department. ‘Today? As in now?’ I said. ‘Yes, now!’
I popped home to get my bike and a book (prepared for sitting around in waiting rooms) and pedalled to the hospital. After only about 20 minutes wait I was lead to a room with diagrams of (not surprisingly) the ear, nose and throat. The doctor sat me down, handed me what can only be described as a sterile spittoon that looked like a giant’s prophylactic. I said ‘Aaaah’ a couple of times, he sprayed my mouth with a numbing spray and then produced a syringe to drain the ‘tut tut tut’ inducing growth. Next out came a scalpel and he cut out a wad of matter to be sent away for biopsy. ‘It all seems to be benign’ he said, ‘but I’d like to operate in the coming weeks’. Great.
The anaesthetic they gave me was timed to last exactly the journey home and as I walked into the door, agony struck. Unable to speak or swallow, I got into bed and shook into an uncomfortable sleep. I woke up in the middle of the night realising how hard it would be to perform two gigs without the ability to, er speak….
24 hours have now gone by and the pain has gone down… I think I’ll be able to do the gigs (with the aid of a bit of paracetamol), but am worried that an operation will take me out for a couple of well paid business gigs next month… Maybe I can learn sign language?
Tags: Linköping, Stand Up, throat
Hi, as a singer, may I give you a tip what you can do in the meantime?
Vitamin C, by the tons. 5000mg a day shouldn’t be a problem – I know that sounds very much.
But not the ones with aspartam or other artificial sweeteners, PLEASE! The simple askorbinsyra you get from the spice shelf in the shops is much better.
Or go to Bättre Hälsa on Strindberggatan http://www.vitaminer.nu
I don’t have any interest in recommending them, just think they are the ones around who probably know the most about health.
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Thanks for the advice Andrea.
I’m eating plenty of citrus and also plenty of cabbage and paprika(very rich in vitamin C) but will look into the tablet boost
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Hi Ben
Glad to hear your still taking the comedic approach to life despite your ailments, hope you’re feeling a bit better. and ready to discover the world of sign language comedy(?), theres always the ballet career too….
Deb
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