ouch.  my throat hurts really badly again.  need to kill a few minutes before i can take any more advil (still gonna be taking it about 30 min before I’m supposed to, but I can’t sleep with it hurting, and it hurts).  anyway…  I went to the doctor (didn’t see Sarah’s message about a free clinic till after I had done that, but I may check that out next time) and it ended up costing less than they had said it might….  apparently the $100 or so fee they gave at first was what their normal price would be without insurance, however, they ended up giving me a pretty big discount, and only charged me $48 for the appointment and the strep test.  oh yes, and the strep test was in fact positive.  so i have medicine for it now… which… thus far….  doesn’t seem to be doing an extreme amount of good.  but i guess it will take a day or 2.  Though I guess, it doesn’t feel like my head is being crushed anymore….  just from my lower jaw down through my throat still hurts an excessive amount.

anyway, i took the advil just a minute ago… so i think i’ll go lay down and wait for it to kick in so i can go back to sleep for the rest of the night.

Man… I wish someone could knock me unconcious right now….. my head and throat hurt horribly.  I can’t take advil for another hour…. so i have at least that much pain left….  i almost wish i was at work so i could at least be getting paid while i was in pain, but, i needed to figure out a doctor situation cuz of the whole lack of insurance thing.  So it turns out I will just be going to my regular doctor and they will adjust my bill some due to my not having insurance, and just they will need to be paid in full today….  it’s going to be something like $100…. which sucks.  But I am pretty convinced it’s strep, and it hurts real bad… so.. yeah.

Anyway, I am gonna go lay down or something now….  maybe that will help a little until i can take some advil.