The Return of the Crud

I've been sick since Thursday night. I get this stuff every year around this time and through October. Last year I was sick for almost 2 months.

I starts with a sore throat due to severe post-nasal drip. Then there's a couple of days of head cold symptons - stuffy nose and the like. The final stage (and the one that can last forever) is the congested chest/coughing up phlem stage. In my family we call it "the crud".

Currently I'm in stage 3, hacking my lungs out. This will either clear up in a few days or it will linger until it's a bronchial infection and I'm coughing up green stuff. At that point I'm usually able to convince the doctor I'm sick when I hand him/her a tissue full and then I finally get the coveted antibiotic.

This year I'm not waiting 8 weeks until the green. If this isn't gone by the end of this week, I'm off to see the wizard, uh, er - doctor. And I WILL come home with drugs.