Thanks for the timely thread!
I thought I had made it unscathed through the winter season without getting a cold/flu !

Terrible lower back and hip pain sent me to E.R. two weeks ago...then last Monday I started sounding like a German Shepherd..husky voice, a sore throat which felt as though I had swallowed chunks of glass, and sinus congestion, which had me wanting to eat a jar of Vick's..( I may have picked up the virus that day in E.R.)

It all got progressively worse, missed more days of work...I finally had to go to urgent care...(my own doctor was booked!!) where I was prescribed an anti-biotic (which has given me Montezuma's revenge, only I haven't crossed the border...)

The symptoms were extreme and severe, and I was wondering if this had anything to do with good 'ol RSD...The sore throat pain, sinus pain and chest pain were more severe than I had ever experienced. I am coughing up green chunks of stuff ......(sorry, too graphic)
I couldn't take sudafed because I recall that in the past it would make me feel jittery....adrenaline rush..)

I really needed to take a decongestant but I didn't want to make my nervous system cranky......So I have spent the last few days slathered in Vick's and inhaling steam...the cough is relentless at night...AND my RSD limb is joining in on the fun by flaring with a deep ache and the dreaded burning pain.

(...and oh, ..the anti-biotic which the doc presribed was a one inch pill!!!! I have to take two of these horse pills a day for 10 days.. with a sore throat from hell!! Lesson Learned: ask for a liquid anti-biotic!! Couldn't the esteemed doc have figured that one out...
Mike, thanks for the info on the Zicam cough suppressant which I'll remember NOT to take as it might melt my larynx

Abbie, I hope you feel better soon..can I join you in a full body transplant? This time I want long piano fingers and a beautiful voice....
Much love
Hope4thebest