Just want to whinge but WHEN WILL THIS COLD END

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I feel like crap but not ill enough to be off work
2 weeks now with what started as a dry cough and now my eyes and nose are streaming and I have a dreadful productive cough
Ears are also blocked and I cant hear a thing
DC and DH had it, both over it fairly quickly and I just feel rough. Every day I wake up hoping to be better and I feel the same!
I've got 2 events this weekend I really want to go to but I won't if I'm still coughing my guts up as dont want to pass it on. But bleeeugh!!
Tips for getting better asap?

Three weeks, from experience.

Noooo another week?? Send help!

I’m a week in but felt like a zombie the week before too. I have had enough now but just need to keep on top of flu tablets and let it pass.

Took me three weeks and two rounds of antibiotics to get over a bad cold that went into a chest infection. Three weeks beyond that and I still have a bit of a dry cough, which is only finally reducing this week. Hope you feel better soon.

I'm so sorry to those ill for weeks it is rough.

I have realised today after eating a very bland tasting lunch and now sipping on tea that tastes of nothing that I've lost my sense of smell and taste! So perhaps its Covid

what flu tablets?

does anyone have a temp?

I have a nasty cough but mostly am very tired and poor appetite

sorry, but over here it's 3 weeks of cold, then so far 2 months of coughing. Ugh!

I’m off work with it. Throat is killing and every time I breathe in I start coughing and can’t stop

Mine's on four weeks now, had two weeks of greeny-brown throat gack in the middle. Approaching okay now, but still occasional coughing bouts. So fucking tedious.

I’m at the debating if I need to see the GP point
my dad is on antibiotics
I’m coughing up yellow gunk but also coughing so hard I’m vomiting with it

God we all are struggling! I havent vomitted but been coughing to the point of drool pouring out my mouth (never had that before?!)

I remember being told by my biology teacher/deputy head at school that colds only last a week but that if you're run down you can pick up another one straight after so it seems longer. I've no idea if that's correct though

I’m back from the doctors, got clarithromycin

Omg I read this as I was complaining to my husband about how fed up I am of being ill and this damn cold! His went really quickly but I've just spent days and days being ill so totally sympathise