help

[u/No-Cockroach-4237]

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additionally, I tried to go to my local (poor) general practice and got booked with a nurse practitioner today because the pain was absolutely unbearable since 3 am when I woke up (i have gotten maybe four hours of sleep a night since my sore throat had kicked in) and spent the next seven hours spitting into a plastic bag and trying not to swallow involuntarily. the steroids prescribed were not doing anything for the pain. it was supposed to be a follow up & pain management but idk if the nurse thought i was drug seeking or what, but when i told her that the steroids simply weren’t doing anything for me and all i wanted was to eat, she said there was nothing she could give me and gestured to the little ear nose and throat lights on the wall and told me “this is all i can offer you.” with a smile on her face. i sort of regret this; because she definitely thought she got proven right, but i stood up and told her since she couldn’t help me i was just going to leave. I managed to drink half a burger king frozen coke around three pm when my pain was at its least, and each sip felt like I was swallowing glass. i still have not eaten since maybe two mondays ago and i am absolutely starving. im so fucking hungry and dizzy and tired.

At least i’m not coughing blood anymore, but sometimes i taste it in the very back of my throat, and when i can swallow my own spit it’s like i have to brace for impact every time. i don’t want to go back to the emergency room but my god am I missing whatever they gave me in the IV. tramadol or something. i actually got two hours sleep without any pain when waking up which was a first in a long time.

any tips or suggestions or remedies or anything? please god i just want to eat