Help... ;___;

[Sam]

Okay, I have an issue.

...I have strep throat. It's been killing me for 2-3 days now. I've been trying my damnest to ignore it and pass it off as allergies, but I just checked my throat and it's definitely strep (I've had it 9 times so I can recognize it).

It's really painful enough that my eyes have been watering, and spending the past 6 hours running around in 80+ degrees (literally, sprinting a lot of the time) in Rockefeller Center and Times Square did not help.

So I go get treatment tomorrow and all is well, right?


Not quite. Prom is tomorrow. I have invested 292 non-refundable dollars into this night. I've actually finally been looking forward to going. I can't miss it... I can't.  I went broke for this and the sheer amount of effort I put into making this night entertaining has been enough for me to keel over.

But if I go... I risk making all my friends sick. Not to mention how uncomfortable I'll be... I currently have a 102 degree fever aside from my unbelievable sore throat.

I don't fucking know what to do. I'm honestly sobbing weighing my options. Someone help.

[Mettalik]

Take some medicine, hope you'll wake up better tomorrow

[Daddy]

Drink like 100000000 things of OJ to boost your immune system then take anti-biotics.

[Samus Aran]

Can you really do anything other than taking antibiotics, getting rest, and hoping that you feel better tomorrow?

[ME##]

Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to pass it off earlier, eh? 


But perhaps you should just not go to school tomorrow and rest, idk really and then just brave through it, I mean strep throat isn't the end of the world so if you do get people sick it's not like they'll die.

Drink like 100000000 things of OJ to boost your immune system then take anti-biotics.

That's what I would do as well.

[superclucky]

eat mucilage <3

[Sam]

Take some medicine, hope you'll wake up better tomorrow

For strep I need amoxocillin (sp?)

I'm almost positive it's by prescription only. There's very little I can take to make myself feel better, and nothing i can take to make myself non-contagious, which I'm most worried about.

[Sam]

Perhaps you shouldn't have tried to pass it off earlier, eh? 


But perhaps you should just not go to school tomorrow and rest, idk really and then just brave through it, I mean strep throat isn't the end of the world so if you do get people sick it's not like they'll die. That's what I would do as well.

I need to go to school to be allowed into prom, that's a rule.

[ME##]

I need to go to school to be allowed into prom, that's a rule.

lol you silly new englanders with your proms on fridays

[Oh]

 I'm sure a forum of teens would be the best place to seek advice.

[Sam]

I'm sure a forum of teens would be the best place to seek advice.

...I don't see why it wouldn't be helpful in this case

[Paul]

You don't know it's strep until you get lab tests confirmed. You don't know it and doctors can't even tell just by looking at it. You're screwed, no prom for you tomorrow. Stay home.

[Sam]

You don't know it's strep until you get lab tests confirmed. You don't know it and doctors can't even tell just by looking at it. You're screwed, no prom for you tomorrow. Stay home.

...You can make a damn good (I'd say 99.5%) guess. Well, you can't tell if a person doesn't have it. But you can tell if a person does. Very distinctive white blotches on the back of the throat.

[Travis]

that sucks. i'd estimate i've had strep throat 20 times since third grade

[Sam]

that sucks. i'd estimate i've had strep throat 20 times since third grade

The more you get it the easier it is to get. Sucks.