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Rte66,
Am so sorry you’re feeling so rough. I had something similar last week, and felt lousy. The symptoms sound like a cold, but it didn’t feel like a cold, but my chest felt really tight and congested, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe too good. It ended up being sinus trouble plus the congestion. I used Mucinex-D and Afrin...knowing I would get a nosebleed from using the Afrin, but the same thing happens with Flonase. When I had trouble getting the cough to be productive, I took a swallow of Peppermint Schnaaps. I ran a temperature for about 3 days, so I slept a good bit. I wish you lived closer to me so I could help you. Is there anything I can do from a distance to help you?

Thank you! Sorry you had it, too.

I think maybe I lucked out - knock on wood. It started as a little dry cough and a throat tickle on Friday overnight into Saturday morning.

Then, all day Sat it kept getting just a little worse - the most exasperating part being that throat aggravation that just couldn’t be calmed. And that made the cough worse and worse and then “wet” instead of dry.

THEN, I watched the Barbaro documentary, for which I had saved up all my Derby tears till the race was over, and just bawled my eyes out - which made my nose run. As soon as that started, it felt like an all-out head cold.

I was already feeling feverish, so I started some Airborne that afternoon. I do think it helped a bunch. I only had 2 daytime ones and a bunch of sleepy-time ones that don’t make me sleepy, but you can’t take them every 4 hours like the others.

Anyway, all day Sunday and all day Monday, I was m-i-s-e-r-a-b-l-e. Nose completely stopped up. Sinus headache. Couldn’t hold my head up - that’s why I couldn’t post. All I wanted to do was lie down. Wasn’t sleepy, just weak. Also hot, even with A/C going full blast. Just couldn’t ever get comfy.

Then sometime this evening, Tuesday, it all sort of went away, except for this blasted cough, which just erupts without warning.