Aphasia and strep

Ugh. I wish I had twice the hours in a normal day. That or a job where I could multitask more. All these ideas and projects and what I need most is just time. And on top of my many projects and interests I am also sick now, though not enough not to go to work, so far. My throat is sore again, and I feel like I must have a mild fever, though I have not taken my temperature yet. My guess is that the strep I had back at camp has never completely gone away, since I have not ever had a full course of antibiotics to treat it since camp, and it had been there for months before I started treating it then. Every so often it seems to come back, and the throat spray Kathy gave me seemed to help just enough that it went away last time, mostly. Now, though, maybe I might actually get to a clinic and get a culture taken and maybe get rid of it.

Fun experience though- I was scanning through all the books listed on Project Gutenberg for authors starting with U-Z, and my brain glitched on me, last night, not tonight. I all of a sudden was no longer familiar with the printed word "English" that appears after the title of every English language text on that site, though I could still recognize the letters and knew the meaning of the word. I know this is a type of aphasia, though only for a single word that I could tell. It only lasted a few minutes, and no one else would likely have ever had reason to notice since our brains have so many different mechanisms that reinforce our ability to use language, but it was rather cool to experience. It would suck if this indicated anything significant or permanent brain damage, like a hole or a tumor or some sort of brain disease, but I doubt I am ever likely to have anything like that in my young life. My medical drama is pretty much over for a while. Even if it were not true, I could not afford to involve the medical community in my care enough to know anything serious was wrong till it would most likely be fatal anyway. So short of something unavoidably bad, something that causes me to collapse or be otherwise unable to work or walk to work, I doubt I will know myself to ever be particularly ill. Right now I know I am ill, but nothing a little sleep, vitamins and food and fluids won't fix.