Val is not better--for the record

I believe I led my readers to believe that I was starting to get better from my cold.  That must have been the night my throat pain started.  My throat pain from whatever in the world this is is as bad (or almost as bad, who can compare) as when I had mono in high school.  (That throat pain is the gold standard against which I measure all throat pain.)  Anyway, I feel the need to broadcast this unrealistic pain.  It is not strep, I got tested on Friday.  I wonder at what point self-pity will eclipse actual pain.  They're neck on neck at this point.