My first proper blog entry - cancer anyone?

This blog was initially not intended as a place where I can post anything of a personal nature. Anyone who knows me will agree that I am a very personal person. I love people, I love talking and enjoy spending time with others. I am in many ways an extrovert and easily make friends wherever I go, but I never let anyone in. Any desires, fears and feelings are never shared, even with the best of friends. My best friends many times take offense because of this, especially when I refuse to talk about the women I've been with and my experiences :-). Hmmm, thats a topic for another post... I figure it is a good idea to put to paper, or to electron, what is going on. I can always delete this post later.

This is leading somewhere - I have for a number of years had a nagging feeling about my health, which has generally, actually, always been exceptionally good. However, a few persistent symptoms that I've been researching are somewhat troublesome. They are very simple to describe. For the past couple of years, especially the past two I've experienced a throat sore that is especially aggrevated by the weather, winter in particular. I expect it is the dryness of the air. Initially I thought I was getting a recurring ear infection which was later diagnosed as an infection at the back of my throat. The pain is apparently transferred or experienced in the ear and is a common symptom. A persistent cough, nothing serious, supports this. The side of my throat very often becomes irritated when I eat any spicy food and is sensitive for a while after when swallowing. OK, maybe I enjoy food of a much higher that normal spicy nature. This is only some of the experiences that worry me. The doctor at my last appointment did the usual antibiotoc treatment and some of the discomfort disappeared. However, the throat is still sensitive after a couple of weeks and this morning it seemed a bit worse. The doctor is somewhat concerned, as am I.

Fortunately there is no trouble with swallowing and no change in my voice, and as all my searches into this problem have revealed, usually there is less serious explanation to these problems. My biggest concern is the length of time I've been experiencing these symptoms. However, as always my hope is in God.

Any comments? Hopefully no one I know reads this, as they no doubt will try to confort me, and that is not the idea. I am not afraid, I don't need to discuss my feelings about this, I just wanted to put this out there, maybe get some feedback if any. For now, I'm hungry, and there is some excellent leftovers calling to me...

Btw, still reading? Have a look at my post below. I'm really keen on a motorbike - a thousand zimbabwian dollars for your thoughts maybe?