Finally on the mend!!

After 16 days with a cold, cough, and sore throat that I couldn't get rid of, I went to the Dr. a second time. I couldn't hardly take it anymore!! I called the Dr. on Friday morning and went in for some labs on Friday afternoon. By late Friday afternoon they called with the results that I had mono. Lucky for me the best thing for mono is rest (How do you rest with four kids??). I told the nurse I couldn't take this sore throat for one more minute and I honestly felt like I was swallowing razor blades. I was starting to get really mad that I felt so crappy and they wouldn't do anything to help me. I saw a nurse practitioner and not my regular Doctor, which I probably will never do again. I guess antibiotics are gold at CentraCare. Maybe they wouldn't have helped my throat, but maybe they would have. They finally gave me a steroid drug to help with my throat and some pain meds. I felt better within 4 hours of taking the steroid. I am a little angry that it took some serious b****ing for me to feel better, but I'm glad I did because I was ready to go insane.