Posts by Gerald Scott5

So, I've been sick since Wednesday—about three days now. At first, it was just a really bad sore throat and feeling totally wiped out. I had this weird pressure in my head and ears for a bit, but then it went away. I went to see my doctor, and he prescribed some pills, which I started taking. But then things just took a turn for the worse overnight. My throat was killing me, my ears started aching, and I ran a fever. So, I went back to the doctor, and he gave me Augmentin and some Probiotics so I wouldn't get diarrhea from the antibiotics. He also gave me some ear drops, nasal spray, and told me to take something for the pain, like Tylenol. Honestly, though, I felt even worse that night. It felt like mucus was building up in my nose, and when I tried to blow it the next day, I ended up coughing up blood. I was spitting up blood all night. My ears still hurt like crazy, too. The only thing is, my throat feels slightly better, but now swallowing is getting difficult. For the pain, I tried Advil, but it doesn't seem to be working as well as it used to. I tried Neofen, but that messes with my stomach, so now I'm just taking some clear stuff, but I still have to deal with ear pain all day until I can take something at night just to try and sleep. I guess... has anyone else dealt with symptoms like this? If so, what did you do?

I forgot to mention, during the day I'm also coughing up mucus with a little bit of blood in it.