I went to the doctor and he gave me 3 pills (1 each day) of Zithromax. What the hell is that?! It made me feel better for those 3 days, and since i've had a runny nose, still sore throat, and in this state of purgatory. i think he just made an antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria. I will not be suprised if i get MRSA. Don't let doctors give you this 3 day crap! I've asked people from France, Belgium, America, and the Netherlands, and all of them agree with me that 3 days is not enough! (note, we are scientists working at a research centre)
My boyfriend is no longer sick... he was just coughing for a week or so. Today my throat feels really swollen and its mildly painful to swallow. I coughed up a bunch of solid yellow mucus this morning and my nose felt completely stuffed and full of chunky yellow mucus. I think I may go to the doctor soon to give in to antibiotics, because sinus irrigation, apple cider vinegar, and garlic don't seem to be doing the trick...
I've had strep before... believe me, if you had it, you wouldn't question if it were strep =) Strep usually gives you the white spots, so while it MAY be that, it's probably not. I suspect a lingering illness based on you being a smoker and recently having a sinus infection. Mucus can drip from your sinuses to your throat and cause all sorts of fun inflammation, and smoking would just irritate your throat further. Your lymph nodes are swollen because your body is trying to fight off whatever is wrong. Are you having any other symptoms of illness, like a fever, body aches, tiredness... ? Also, how is your BF doing? Sounds like he was already well into it when you caught it, so he should be at a different stage now (if not recovered completely).