Aaach! My recovery from last saturday’s uvulectomy took an unpleasant turn this weekend, as the soluble stitches in the back of my throat started dissolving and a sizable length became detached at one end. Now it feels like I have a hair in the back of my throat all the time, and occasionally I get unexpected gag reflexes.

At one point I grabbed the end with a pair of tweezers and gave it a little tug, but then I chickened out.