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THRUSH, OH SHUCKS

The Mayo Clinic says, "Like most healthy people, you probably have small amounts of the fungus in your mouth and digestive tract and on your skin." What they are talking about is a fungus - yuck. Well, taking antibiotics for my bronchitis led to disruption of my oral environment and now I have Thursh . . . on my tongue, in my mouth. Double yuck.

But wait, all is not lost. I can suck on a Clotrimazole troche five times a day and restore my tongue to health, although it will probably remain sharp.

"What is a troche?" you ask. Well, to tell you the truth, I've been wondering that myself, although I can sort of figure it our by looking at the contents of the medicine bottle. Here is how MedicineNet.com defines it:

Troche: A small medicated lozenge designed to dissolve. For example, to soothe the throat as a cough drop.

Strictly speaking, a troche should be circular since the word derives from the Greek "trokhiskos" meaning "a little wheel."

Pronounced trOh-key. Sometimes mistakenly pronounced trOhsh or trOhshay under the misapprehension that it is a French word.

Well, okay, that is better than the definition for trochee, which is, according to the dictionary on my laptop: A foot consisting of one long or stresed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable.

I cannot help picturing my tongue with little feet sticking out of it . . . all named Bud.

And if you really, really want to know all about thrush, check this site.

posted by Jody @ 4:36 PM