My Cancer Journey - Finding a Diagnosis
April 22, 2021 at Urgent Care On April 22, 2021 I had a sore throat, it had been bothering me for a couple of weeks but it had gotten bad enough that I went to the local urgent care. After a ridiculously long wait, even though I had an “appointment,” I met with a doctor who determined that I had a peritonsillar abscess which is a serious, pus-filled pocket that develops in the soft tissues next to one of the tonsils, usually as a complication of severe or untreated tonsillitis. I was given an antibiotic and a steroid. ...