argh. my throat is affected my mood, my focus, my everything!

it feels like i have a dozen of centipedes, spiders, red ants and hornets in my throat! and everytime i cough out phlegm, there would be blood in them - horrendous!

the antibiotic does not seem to be doing its duties well. and my mom is going crazy and giving me a bunch of 'ancient remedies'

first she applies the soil/mud over my throat, my forehead and on my back. i had to wait for the soil/mud to dry so that it would become 'sand' form. she said it is a cooling agent and it will bring down the heatiness. but it failed. miserably.

ok. this one was repulsive. first, my mom grinds the grass (that she had plucked from somewhere. i wonder where). she mixes it with huge amounts of salt and water, and pinches it into a pill form the size of a fishball - i'm serious. then she tells me to put it in my throat area. and slowly let the grass dissolve. i gagged a few times at this point and almost puked. but i endured. and endured. and endured. but in the end. it failed. miserably -again.

this one was the worse. i know my mom, being all religious and all that, loves consulting mediums when anything happens. so she got this amulet from somewhere, burns it and mixes it with water, along with some ginger. she makes me drinks it. the mixture now is apparently a mixture of water and ashes and dust perhaps - burnt products maybe. it will certainly going to make my throat worse. but i trusted it - i gave it the benefit of doubt. i drank three spoonfuls. the next day, i almost died of the pain.

i know that many family and relatives are wanting to see me recover. i thank all of you for your concerns. i really hope i would recover soon so that i can take my examinations. thank you for tolerating my tantrums and all. i thank you.