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Mainly moaning about mouth ulcers and some weekly faves

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Elise Downing
Nov 29, 2024
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Taking my sore mouth out for some fresh air

Hello from me and the 27 mouth ulcers I’m currently harbouring.

Yes, I counted. I’ve spent a lot of time shining a torch down my throat this week, checking their progress. The chemist did the same and assured me it was nothing infectious, and that I just need to keep gargling salt water, sucking on the anti-inflammatory lozenges he prescribed me and avoiding any foods that are too spicy, salty or crunchy (aka everything that tastes nice).

Ulcers are a bit like blisters, aren’t they, in the way that they’re a pretty minor ailment yet so unbelievably unpleasant? I found myself on a mouth ulcer Reddit thread (not recommended, a terrible place to hang out) last night where two women agreed they’d rather give birth again than endure another week with 30 mouth ulcers. I obviously can’t compare personally but it made me feel better about all the complaining I’ve done this week.

It’s Friday morning and I shouldn’t really be writing to you today. I should have woken up in a tent this morning, ready for the final day of my Mountain Leader assessment. But instead I’m firmly indoors, drinking a cup of lukewarm tea and trying to tick some things off my to do list.

In the ‘week in my life’ post that I shared on Tuesday, I mentioned that I was wondering whether to delay my assessment by a few months and in the end that’s what I decided to do.

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