ugh ugh ugh

so i've had this funky taste in my mouth since 1/1/2005

not sure what it is.

kinda like permanent morning breath, kinda like a salty sensation on the back of my tongue, very difficult to describe, not particularly pleasant, and omnipresent except during meals and the 5 or so minutes after meals.

i went to the doc today for a physical and didn't mention the taste. why? i don't know. it's freaking annoying and kinda gross but it's not a broken arm or high blood pressure so i just let it go. usually, this sorta thing goes away by itself in a couple of weeks. it felt like it was fading the past couple of days, too.

not. it was back full blast once i got in to work, of course. bleah. bleeeeaaaaahhhhgggh.

so after lunch, i ate a mess of wintergreen altoids once my gum lost its power to hide the icky flavor.

then, on a lark, i swallered one whole, on the principle that that is how "breath-assure" and similar anti-halitosis remedies operate.

well, that seems to have worked pretty well.

ugh. so i've got a leak in my tracheal one-way valve. just what i need.