UPDATE - 20th September 2006

Two weeks ago, I had a sore throat, which a doctor gave me two weeks of penicillin (2 twice a day).
The throat got better but I did came down with shingles in the duration of the antibiotics.
The antibiotics ran out on a Wednesday and was fine until Friday evening, when the sore throat re-appeared.

I went to the doctor yesterday as my sore throat has started again.
He gave me 10 more days of penicillin (2 four times a day).

I asked him if it's anything serious, and he said no (no signs of ulcers, tumors or cancer).
He then said they don't investigae the throat any further until an 8 week period.

As you can tell, I have been going through a very bad time at the moment and I'm trying not to google.

The throat is ok to swallow but it's a constand soreness throughout the day.

I'm beginning to think it is something serious and life threatening.