i have been sick for the past 4 weeks now. went to the doctor and he said i had strep throat; so he prescribed me five days of antibiotics and said i was good to go. after the five days there were no improvements. i went back to the doctor. he said i must have a 'stubborn bug' and prescribed me stronger antibiotics for seven days. these gave me stomach pains and made me feel terrible. after that i still felt like i had a lump in my throat but thought hey at least my throat isn't hurting anymore. finished all the antibiotics and waited. and then my throat started getting worse again...and the lump never went away. so back to the doctor. i'm feeling pretty crappy, throat getting progressively worse. doc prescribed me antibiotics for ten days and said 'this should take care of it!'. i am now on the fourth day for this round and i still feel like crap and i seem to be getting worse. the nonstop coughing has started and i am so tired. i can't sleep. i am so so tired. never felt so sick and so gross for so long. i usually get over these things very quickly. but four weeks? hese last round of antibiotics make me feel nauseous and queasy, the whole i-want-to-throw-up deal. bleh. i hatehatehate having taken so many antibiotics that have done nothing. damn superbugs. i hate you. | 