Oh, poor Baby!  I was wondering what happened to you.
The best thing besides the chicken soup is to get some rest, drink lots of hot lemonade (made with real lemons!) & take zinc.
There's also some potent stuff called Buckley's Cough Mixture.  You have to ask for it at Walmart.  We affectionately call it Human Draino because it burns all the way down, has a strong odor & some say it tastes awful (think strong pine needles & eucalyptus & stuff like that)  I rather like the taste, tho.  But it does the job!  Years ago it was all natural ingredients but now they've changed the formula so it isn't quite as strong & I don't like it as well but it still works wonders for coughs & colds.  It's a Canadian company so sometimes hard to find.

Tele, Honey is a great soother, and kills bacteria I believe. If I ever feel a sore throat coming on, I take a teaspoon of honey and try to keep it in my throat for as long as I can. I works to stave of progression of the bug that's the cause of the discomfort.

As a preventative, chop a clove of garlic and put in on a spoon, drizzle a teaspoon of honey over the top to help cover the taste, and down the hatch! Garlic is a natural anti-biotic.

You'll soon be  :boxer: ing fit, I hope!

Thank you for the suggestions.  I went to the doctor today and was prescribed Tamiflu and cheratussin.  The fever broke this afternoon while I was sleeping, I woke up covered in sweat.

I'm sorry to hear you are under the weather, Tele. It's sounds like you're coming around the corner, though, so that's good. :) For future reference, Nadir had good advice with the honey and garlic. It tastes terrible, though. When all natural remedies fail, I unapologetically resign myself to lots of rest and very little physical exertion. You'll get better much quicker that way.

I just got over something like what you described. For about 4 days I was perfectly miserable. Usually when I see the first symptoms (sore throat, runny nose), I down 1/2 cup of apple cider vinegar once in the morning and again in the evening. The taste alone is enough to make me want to pass out momentarily, haha. But often times the next day I wake up symptom free and back to normal, so it's worth it. Swigging some while you are feeling sick can't hurt, either. Vinegar is amazing.

Speaking of garlic, a few days ago a terrible earache accompanied my sickness and I mixed some pureed garlic with some heated olive oil and put it in my ear. It helped a lot.

Unfortunately the cough hasn't gone away and the fever came back 103 F today.

So now I'm taking antibiotics.  Hopefully this thing will die down soon.

for a cough I recommend you go to a bodega or a spanish grocery store and get a pack of eucaliptus leaves. Take one of them and brew it in water like tea for @ 30minutes or until the leaf sinks and the water changes color slightly.