On Monday I had a pretty light scratch in my throat, nothing serious, I just assumed it was from smoking over the weekend, but by Wednesday morning it turned into a disconcertingly sharp ache, and swallowing swallowing in any capacity (spit, water, Ibuprofen etc...) was a jab in the back of my mouth.

By Thursday morning I decided not to go to work, enshrouded myself in blankets, hot tea, video games, toys I got on Tuesday and just generally fucked around all day in a lovely haze of...