Swollen Uvula

My friend and I just got back from Hawaii a little while ago. The second night there we grabbed some beers and chilled out on our balcony at the Hale Koa Hotel. I had a 12 pack of Red Stripe and he had some cider beers.

Long story short I drank 10 of the 12 beers in about a 4-5 hour time span, which is a hell of a lot of beer for me . I'm not a big drinker. I ended up throwing up before going to bed and fell asleep on my back. That morning I woke up and could feel my uvula hanging in the back of my throat. It was a bizarre feeling and creeped me out. I was afraid I had an allergic reaction to the sushi the night before or had some sort of viral thing going on. My buddy was making fun of me saying I was snoring like a fat person who can barely breathe. I don't usually snore either.

Since Hale Koa doesn't provide free Internet access I went out on the balcony and managed to jump on someone's free wireless network and do some research. Before I lost the connection I found a site where someone else had the same exact thing happen to them. For them it took about a week to return to normal. Relieved about the situation I decided to just enjoy the rest of my vacation and try not to pay attention to it.

To say my swollen uvula was annoying would be an understatement. It was like having something stuck in the back of my throat 24/7. Sometimes, it would flop forward onto the back of my tongue and I'd have to swallow it to get it back in its proper place. I could reach in my throat and touch it with my finger and it didn't tickle or hurt, but it was beat red. I eventually started getting a sore throat from all the irritation. After a few days I finaltly noticed it getting smaller and after about 10 days it was completly back to normal.