I had a bad case of mono and severe strep at the same time. Ya wanna talk about pain! They put me on 100% pure codeine. I was so high it took me 10 minutes to walk down the steps because I thought I was inside of a cloud!

I lost 10 pounds in 2 weeks. It hurt to even eat a popsicle. After 2 weeks though, my throat started getting better and I could start eating again. After a couple more weeks, I was 100% again.

A few years later it seemed like I was coming down with it again and I remember the doctor saying "well, you've already had mono, so it must not be that", and they diagnosed me with acute tonsilitis. This time I was out for 3 weeks and lost another 10 pounds. I still have my tonsils.

If you are in pain that is even remotely as bad as I remember it, call your doc and get some decent pain meds. Advil isn't going to cut it for this.And don't worry about sleeping so much, your body heals while you sleep.