I think I have strep throat...

I have white spots all over the back of my throat, and I feel like crap. I came home around 9 from work, probably shouldn't have gone, anyway. Just woke up from a 3 hour nap... Agggghhhhh my throat hurts.... I tstarted out a week or so ago with a huge lump like feeling in my throat. That went away and a couple of days ago, it just started hurting, sort of raw like.. Now it's in MAJOR pain and I have spots..I don't think I've had strep since I was a kid.....And my poor neice gets it like once a year. I can't even imagine! Needless to say, my eating has gone to hell. Had some yogurt for breakfast and a half a peice of string cheese before I went back to sleep. Just had a 1/2 teaspoon of NSA PB and a 1/2 teaspoon of NSA jelly because I honestly couldn't think of anything else that sounded even remotely good and soothing for my throat... This sucks!

Get to a doc for a throat culture and antibiotics ASAP!!! I hope you feel better soon, although the last time I had strep, I felt like crap for days. Sorry, just being honest. Hugs, Tracy

Feel better soon Becky, Some doc's will let you dash in and get a culture ( by the nurse ) and call with results so you don't have to sit and wait , then call in rx if needed. Get all the rest you need so you can heal. Mary

OOOOh yuck becky! I know you are feeling horrible. I havent had strep since I was in middle school and it was awful. Take care and get well soon. No smooches from becky anyone!!! We love you, Candy

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.... Go to the doctor right away!!!!!!!!! You need antibiotics and you need them now. In January 1995 I came home from work feeling just like you did. Sore throat, I could hardly talk, my head hurt soooo horribly bad. I had to leave work and go home. That is the last thing I remember.... I woke up days later in the hospital. Evidently, I had come home and told my husband that I'd stay with the kids and he could go to his meetings (and we'd save money not using a babysitter that day) He had two important meetings planned that day and couldn't miss either of them. We had four children at that time and I was pregnant with number 5. My dh says that he decided to be late for the second meeting and come home and see how I was doing. (Obviously before the cell phone age)..... Him coming home saved my life. The doctors told him if he'd have been a 1/2 hour later he would have come home to a dead wife. I was sooooo sick!! 107 temperature. After tons of test and medications (even though dh told them I was pregnant) they shook their heads and told my husband that I probably wouldn't live through the night.... days later I woke up to learn that I had strep throat and that the infection had gotten in my blood stream almost killing me!!! That was 10 years ago and to this day, anytime I get even the smallest sore throat I'm totally freaked out about it!!! GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!!!!! Hugs, laurie

Sounds like you need to talk to the Dr. Feel better soon Becky! Wanda