It started on sunday; I woke up with a sore throat. It wasn't that bad though and I figured it would go away later that day. No, the following day it was still there, only slightly worse, and today when I woke up it felt like I had swallowed a billiard ball. My throat is swollen and hurts like a, well, it hurts a lot. I can't speak properly and trying to swallow is really painful.

Typical. I ran out of smokes yesterday and thought I'd buy more today, but now my throat might be forcing me to quit. We'll see what happens once my throat is better. I just took a panodil (advil) so I think it will feel better soon; at least enough so that I can eat.