Health: Today, I'm very ill. My throat and glands are so swollen that...

By DirtyCharmed - 01/11/2011 06:29 - United States

Today, I'm very ill. My throat and glands are so swollen that whenever I fall asleep, I relax too much and cut off my own air. The doctor said it's a viral infection and there's nothing they can give me, so I can choose between trying to kill myself by sleeping or staying awake for the next few days. FML

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By Stephanie Kugelman - 27/04/2022 22:00

Today, I'd finally had enough of feeling awful and went to urgent care. As it turns out, the reason my throat was sore was because I have a sinus infection. The doctor explained my nose is producing pus, and that's what I'm swallowing and coughing up. Yuck. I also have pink eye on top of that. FML

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Tuesday 1 November 2011 11:54

I feel you should've consulted another doctor for a different opinion. Still, FYL.

lemon_phat 11

Tuesday 1 November 2011 12:08

Just go to sleep, the second your throat closes, you will automatically wake up. And if this were truly life or death, you'd be in a hospital, lol.

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KaanTech 0

Wednesday 2 November 2011 2:16

I think i got the same proplem Waking up in the middle of night, unable to breathe for some seconds. Having great panic in the meantime

eqa_fml 1

Wednesday 2 November 2011 3:02

buy a cpap machine. google it.

ATierney3 0

Wednesday 2 November 2011 3:15

To everyone who put "you deserved it".... THAT. IS. SO. PLAYED. :P

kate1238 9

Wednesday 2 November 2011 3:37

I have had problems wit breathing and my throat...but not that bad haha

wierdos_rule 0

Wednesday 2 November 2011 3:42

Omfg! The exact same kind of infection just happened to me! I hope you feel better, cause it does suck. It should go away by the end of the week. :)

jenno32 3

Wednesday 2 November 2011 3:46

That happened to me when I had pneumonia. I'd jerk awake every time I hit sleep because my lungs would stop breathing. It's a horrible feeling :(

wierdos_rule 0

Wednesday 2 November 2011 3:48

Btw what I had wasn't Mono, so it might not be for OP

csickcman 11

Wednesday 2 November 2011 4:00

OP. Is it a herpes viral infection?

Neopopulas 9

Wednesday 2 November 2011 4:04

or, instead of staying awake forever, you can sleep sitting up. It doesn't matter how "relaxed" you are, you aren't sitting there with tense neck muscles, when you fall asleep you are (assumedly) laying down, so its gravity that is trying to suffocate you. Just sleep sitting up.

vexis58 1

Wednesday 2 November 2011 4:13

Sounds like you need to get a new doctor. Sure, there's nothing they can give you to treat the viral infection itself, but they should be able to give you something to make the swelling go down. Every time I've gone to the doctor for a flu or something, they always prescribed me something to help with the symptoms so I wasn't quite so miserable in the week or so it took for my body to fight off the virus.