It's one in the morning and I lay here with excruciating throat pain. I took a peek at the back of my throat with a flashlight and saw my left tonsil looking rather dark and discolored with white spots and patches all over it. I am achy all over and am also running a slight fever at 99.6 degrees F. All signs point to strep throat. I'm going to Urgent Care as soon as they are open this morning. There they can run the test to see for sure if I have strep or not. In the meantime, I'm in too much pain to really be able to fall back asleep. I might try some Aspirin or something if I can get myself out of bed.

You see, this is the latest in a long line of illnesses I seem to be stricken with these past few weeks. I've already been in Urgent Care with a really bad cough which they diagnosed as Bronchitis and had me on one of those machines for a few minutes to suck out the gunk building up in my lungs. Then there was my sinus infection, which I decided to treat at home. The fewer antibiotics I take, the better off I am in the long run.

Now the bug, or whatever it is, has settled in my throat and I'm not the least bit pleased. I might have to bite the bullet and take antibiotics after all. My poor throat is literally throbbing with pain. The morning won't get here soon enough.