Aww, thanks for all the sympathy. It really does help.
I am intimately familiar with colds (and allergies), a lifelong bane. I feel sure of what I’ve got, but covid has confused a lot of things, so I can’t claim 100% certainty. I can say I’m still in the very wet stage and getting very tired of it. As usual, I have developed a hard cough that will probably linger long after the cold is gone. Residual effects of pneumonia at two and whooping cough at fourteen—back when doctors still made house calls.
@canidmajor, your good thoughts feel like being tucked in, with a box of Kleenex and a book. Thanks.
@Pandora, since covid time, I check my temperature every morning. It typically runs low. For the past week, including today, it’s hovered around 98.1. Last Friday, about when this hit me, it was 97.9. So no fever. (Just cold!)
@JLeslie, thanks for the information. I don’t like the combination meds either, and my doctor once told me not to take them, saying they’re “very complicated.” I especially try to avoid the ones with acetaminophen, which blocks my options for pain relief. I would not ever take that plus ibuprofen.