Word: throatedly
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...Before my rhinoplasty, I was under the impression that “drainage” was a clear, harmless liquid that occasionally dripped. This said, I expected post-operational “drainage” to consist of an intermittent leakage of clear fluid from my nose, down my throat...
...also not forewarned about the issues my uvula would develop, though I’m not sure this was predictable. (For those not well-versed in the ways of the uvula, it’s the punching bag thing in the back of your throat...
...Approximately 24 hours after surgery, I noticed that something was hanging down my throat, and that if I made an exaggerated hacking sound, it would flip into my mouth onto the back of my tongue, in clear view of whoever I could get to look in my mouth. I left the unidentified hanging object alone for another day, occasionally choking. But my drugged self began to worry that I would aspirate...
...have a sore throat...
...scene all over again." And it was again at Cogswell. The victim this time was Benjamin Varner. An incorrigibly curious freshman, Varner, 19, had once been limited by a teacher to a mere seven questions a day. Now he lay in his room, stabbed at least 19 times, his throat slashed...