My head was pounding, light hurt my eyes. Just a candle at the far end of a dark room was too painful to look at. I had my head wrapped in a pillow while waiting in the ER. I lost about 20lbs in the 2 weeks before hospitalization from night sweats. I was in the hospital for 2 straight weeks on IV penicillin. Felt great after the 3rd day. Lots of stories as my party animal friends came in to visit, they brought a couple cases of beer (the doctor had allowed me 1 beer per day so I only had a couple because it could hinder the penicillin). The next day the morning nurse saw the empties under my bed (and no doubt smelled the beer), wrote me up for being an alcoholic. Lol!