Is it the 19th century?

So I have been really tired and on and off sick for bout 6 weeks. I have been to the doctor 4 times in this time. I have had I think 3 different courses of antibiotic. I was told I had strep once. Then this past Thursday the fever was getting ridiculous. It was going up every night and I was up to 103.8 when my mother finally decided to take me in again ( I had finished taking my latest antibiotic the night before) when I got there my temp was up to 104. The nurse practitioner I saw Thursday took one look at me and said I had a bad case of Strep and that it was on its way to rheumatic fever. She gave me tons of tylenol and ibprophin to bring my fever down and a shot of penicillin and a prescription for double dose of antibiotic. She said she had had it 5 times that year and saw it every day all day long constantly. Her sister had died of it 4 years ago. A 20 year old had died of strep 2 weeks prior and several 17 year olds had died of it over the winter months. Now my thought it OH MY GOSH! Is it 1800?! I made my husband go to the doctor who felt fine and just had a few random symptoms like achenes. He had a bad case and also had to get the same treatment as me. Apparently families are passing it around between them and not getting the doses of antibiotics that are needed. If strep goes untreated it can cause heart murmurs, kidney and liver failure, brain damage and death. So take this seriously. I just felt the need to get this out there so other people know what to expect unlike me.