Maybe 4 weeks ago I was given a weekly pack of antibiotics for a sinus infection. I'm prone to getting these a few times a year and I don't really think much of them. Well, I didn't feel any of my congestion clearing up after I had finished the medication and I called my doctor up. He said to give it a few more days. Well, I waited and waited and all of a sudden my throat swelled up to the point where I was having choking sensations whenever I tried to eat anything. Swallowing liquid was even a difficult task.

Here I am, three weeks later-with nothing but chicken broth and tomato soup in me. I managed to get to the doctor this past Tuesday and he said I have acute pharyngitis. He prescribed me amoxycilin and prednisolone (my apologies, I don't have it in me to spell these properly right