Thanks for the commiseration, friends. I am congested and while I seem to be coming out of the worst of the malaise stage, I am just now starting to cough. This is almost always the most prolonged stage of a cold for me and the one I dread most. I hope this time it won't go on and on and on. I'm taking decongestants, which help some, and drinking lots of hot tea, but aside from walking, not doing anything physical. This has really been a bad year for colds for me -- this is my fourth! I usually don't get sick so often, but I think being around tourists from all over makes them more likely. I had a lot more than usual when we lived in Belize too.

So far DH hasn't caught it, and I am crossing fingers on that. He is a really terrible patient!