My problem was not so much my throat but my jaw. My jaw hurt for days which made me not want to open my mouth to eat. It still hurt to swallow though. I remember a lot of soup, jello, and pedialyte popsicles.

It was a week before I decided that I'd had enough mushy gunk and soft food and wanted something better. I had a little deep dish Red Baron pizza. Wasn't the easiest thing in the world to chew and I ate really small bites so I could swallow it but I swear, it was one of the best tasting things ever.