thank you both for your replies.
last night-no big cold sweat like before, but i felt that the pain was going into my right ear. the throat pain is on both sides but a bit worse on the right. the threat of ear ache gone by morning but the pain on swallowing still there. i think i feel better after sleep.
definitely thirstier than usual, but i'm usually not a very thirsty person.my throat feels like i've been walking through a sand storm for weeks and its parched and rough and grazed or even burnt at the back.
i think from what you say i could try Lac can - what dosage should i take??
is it a fever blister? i occasionally get them when i'm run down or stressed. idid sit in the sun the first day i felkt bad which can bring the sores out.
this illness reminds me of two things- 1stly that for about 4 months prior to january, i had been feeling lousy, every morning a slight sore throat which i felt had to do with breast feeding in the night and not drinking enough water...but perhaps not.and generally tired, to do with having to get up every few hours because my little girl wakes up wanting breast milk.
2ndly, this constant urge to bring up catarhh/mucous that i have now all day is very similar to the condition that i have had now for as long as i can remember- at least 10 years- every morning i have to bring up mucous and spit it out. i've never known what it was or what to do about it, could it be related?