Tonsilitis + Racing = stupid combination?

I've paid in advance to enter the San Fairy Ann crits at Hog Hill this Saturday. I could have just entered on the line like I normally do (and like most people do), but I thought I might as well save myself a few quid.
Since Saturday I've been suffering from tonisilitis. I finally got to see a doctor yesterday and I'm on antibiotics. I still feel rough today, but I'm starting to get better. Is it realistic to think I could still do the race on Saturday? (Even if I'm completely recovered by then, I'll still be on antibiotics and I won't have ridden a bike for 10 days). Or should I just contact the organiser now and ask him to cancel my entry and rip up the cheque?
Since Saturday I've been suffering from tonisilitis. I finally got to see a doctor yesterday and I'm on antibiotics. I still feel rough today, but I'm starting to get better. Is it realistic to think I could still do the race on Saturday? (Even if I'm completely recovered by then, I'll still be on antibiotics and I won't have ridden a bike for 10 days). Or should I just contact the organiser now and ask him to cancel my entry and rip up the cheque?
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It is worth speaking with the organisor, he is a good bloke so he might be able to sort something out for you. Give him a call and ask him when is the last time you can cancel without being charged, then leave until then to see how you feel.
Yuck!
Not good!
May well be worth sitting this one out for the sake of getting better quicker!
Nowadays, I don't rush - I wait until I feel okay and then do nowt for up to another week. When I finally get back on the bike, I take it very easy until I'm sure that my body feels right.
My experience with tonsilitis last year: got it on the Friday before the British TT champs, didn't know what it was, just thought it was a really sore throat, raced anyway because it was my main goal of the season (won the masters category), started antibiotics the following Wednesday and was fine by the following weekend, when I had another race. I did have four days off the bike during that week, which knocked the edge off my fitness and it took me a while to get it back.
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