I think flu is the most likely. It's been a bit migratory through my head so far.

The skin hurty thing is awful! It feels like someone... idk, scraping a bruise or something, when really it's just "ah, my shirt lightly brushed against my arm hair." Insulting.

I did not ever get my tonsils out, yet I really wish I had. Sore throats are literally my least favorite way to be sick, and the ones I get seem to be severe. The swelling got a bit better when I remembered that anti-inflammatories exist, ha, though it's still pretty unrelentingly painful.