Feel better soon Shawna!The last time I had strep. the only symptoms I had were white spots in the back of my throat and a sore throat...Dr. didn't believe me when I told him I had it,lol.He said I certainly wasn't acting sick....until he looked and said"Holy cow!You're right!".So get some meds and get better so you can enjoy yourself in a few weeks :o)
Yeah, it sounds like strep. Remember though, I'm not a doctor, but I play one when I'm at the bar.
I think tonsillitis is totally seperate from strep. Tonsils are a part of the immune system, and when they become infected, they can pass it on to the rest of your body. So tonsillitis can cause strep, however, if you have your tonsils removed (like me), you can still get strep.
The best weight loss I ever had was when I got my tonsils out... I dropped 25 lbs in 2 weeks.
You lost 25 pounds?!?! You so SUCK! J/K...Shawna, Tony is right - tonsils are the only exposed part of you lymph nodes, and anytime they are swollen 'itis' it can be called tonsilitis...but sound like you have strep. Streptococcus is a nasty thing, can spread around so get some antibiotics from the doc and gargle with warm salt water. Tastes like butt, but helps draw excess fluid out of the soft throat tissue and if the inflamation goes down, the soreness will subside as well. I had my tonsils out when I was 29, and it was the most fun i ever had. Really. My tonsils had a staphlococcus bacterial infection, which is odd, but for 20 years prior, I would have these pits in my tonsils with those nasty things that come out and smell like a dead cat (crypts with tonsoliths)and they were a huge swollen mess. I went to a specialist and he was like Holy CRAP - these need to come out!
Get better, gargle, drink lots of wa wa and eat Advil!
Amy
PS - And I didn't lose a freakin OUNCE. I was up, yapping and eating after the surgery, and for the eight days of recovery afterwards. Dr. thought I was freak because he has never had anyone able to speak after surgery, and I was on my cell phone in the parking lot because I refused to stay overnight (I'm an EMT, I'll come back if there is TRULY a reason)and called work, where my Sergeant got on the phone and told me that if my head was cut off, I would talk thru the bloody stump of my neck. He's probably right.
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Fear
Isn't strep and tonsillitis the same? When dd has strep throat dr always puts tonsillitis on the dr slip.
Take care of yourself and take an extra long bubble bath tonite
~~Linda
~~Linda
Sweetie, please feel better soon. Let us know what the doctor says.
*****Hugs*****
Keeyah
Bren
Yeah, it sounds like strep. Remember though, I'm not a doctor, but I play one when I'm at the bar.
I think tonsillitis is totally seperate from strep. Tonsils are a part of the immune system, and when they become infected, they can pass it on to the rest of your body. So tonsillitis can cause strep, however, if you have your tonsils removed (like me), you can still get strep.
The best weight loss I ever had was when I got my tonsils out... I dropped 25 lbs in 2 weeks.
Tony
Thanks everyone :)
~~Linda
~~Linda
Get better, gargle, drink lots of wa wa and eat Advil!
Amy
PS - And I didn't lose a freakin OUNCE. I was up, yapping and eating after the surgery, and for the eight days of recovery afterwards. Dr. thought I was freak because he has never had anyone able to speak after surgery, and I was on my cell phone in the parking lot because I refused to stay overnight (I'm an EMT, I'll come back if there is TRULY a reason)and called work, where my Sergeant got on the phone and told me that if my head was cut off, I would talk thru the bloody stump of my neck. He's probably right.
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