re: #411 FurryOldGuyJeans

and now has settled into a chest congestion bad enough to make me gasp for breath at times

If you haven’t, you should see a doc, pronto. No reason to let that go on.

Drink LOTS AND LOTS of fluids in the meantime. Overhydrate. Fill a liter bottle of water in the morning with the goal of finishing it by midday at the latest, then fill again with the goal of finishing again by 5 pm, then again with goal of “before bedtime”. It really helps thin the cough.

And, Mucinex… good stuff.