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26th August I haven't written anything for about two weeks, so its time to catch up on what's been going on. So, the morning after my last entry. I woke up in (1) . I've never felt so bad in my life. In fact, it felt like I'd been shot in the stomach. I immediately arranged to go on sick (2) from work. Then I called the doctor, who came that morning and (3) some medicine for me. I took it for about two days but my stomach was still really bad, so I called the doctor again. He said I'd have to be (4) to hospital! Well, I've never been in hospital in my life. They took me in an ambulance and put me in a (5) with about 20 other people. In the afternoon, the (6) came to see me. Her (7) was that I'd got some kind of ulcer caused by bacteria. She said they'd have to (8) antibiotics via an intravenous drip. So, basically for the next six days I had a big (9) sticking into my arm pumping in antibiotics on a regular basis. It wasn't much fun, but I did start to feel better pretty quickly. One problem, though, was that the drugs did produce one strange (10) effect. Apparently that sometimes happens. The whole of the left side of my face went (11) . It wasn't exactly (12) because I could still move my cheek - I just couldn't feel it. Very weird! Anyway, I'm home now, and feeling fine. And back to work tomorrow, thank goodness.
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