The Anatomy of a Sore Throat!

Day 1: There is slight discomfort in swallowing..and you can feel you tonsils slowly swelling..but you put up with it, bravely, coz you think Day 2 will be brilliant with a husky voice et al!

Day 2: The pain is really bad...and your tonsils make sure you will starve through the day! no sign of the husky voice as yet...although by evening you are able to do a pretty good impersonation of a frog for people to stare and laugh at you for all the wrong reasons!! the fear of sounding like the amphibian's mating call makes sure you are left pretty much speechless through the day...still praying for the husky voice!!

Day 3: Alleluia!! There is a God up there...coz the husky deep voice is here...deep enough to put all the call centres of the world out of business! but ALAS!! there is an attack of viral fever now that makes sure you look like a dead duck!! worse still...the most avoidable people on earth call you on this day...only joyie (amongst the list of favourite people) was priveleged enough to listen to the desperately awaited for and much celebrated voice!!

Day 4: You are desperately praying for Day 3 to continue...but Murphy decides to strike...your tonsils swell with a vengeance and block your vocal chords and you sound somewhere between a cricket and a frog (interesting combination nonetheless..) please to be noting....the most important people in your life call you on this day and hang up real quick either out of sympathy or coz they have better things to do than listen to a freak! to make things worse...friends call (in particular Geeks) and poke fun at your voice and laugh endlessly...the fever soars and you are bedridden for a couple of days...which makes Day 5 and Day 6 pretty much useless!

Day 5: you are desperately praying for your original voice now...coz the pain and weakness just aint worth it!!