How long? This sounds exactly like what dd had last week and I have now. I am on day 3 here and starting to feel better this afternoon - I felt so bad this morning that I made DH take me to the clinic to get a strep test - it was negative. I cannot handle anything cold to drink. My tonsils are almost the size of golfballs, I have been doing my regular zinc lozenges, clo, extra vit d, honey/garlic/ginger/lemon tea, Throat Coat tea, bone broth, salt water gargle (this actually helped the most), ohh and a rice sock draped over my neck because yes, my neck has been unbelievably sore. DD's throat was better after day 3 and she complained of ear pain the evening of day 3, but then she had pink eye in one eye for a day and then the other eye for a day, so all told it was 5 days and she was about 75% better. Took a few more days of extra sleep to totally recover.
