And It Continues

Still ill and it's not getting any better.  In fact, it's getting worse.  It started in my nose, a little congestion that I could blow out and it would be gone for several hours.  I didn't think anything of it.  Then... it took over my nose and before I knew it, I was blowing every 15 minutes.  Today, I woke from bed to find myself in excruciating pain.  I couldn't feel but the chapped skin around my nostrils and the dryness of the back of my throat.  I could feel the congestion in my chest and every time I coughed, it felt like the fire from a thousand dragons.  My voice, deeper than usual, a bit more scratchy and definitely more hoarse, but at least I still have it.  Right?

All day I've been popping pills like it's my job.  Every 4 hours I reevaluate the situation and determine the worthiness of increasing the dosage of medication.  Is it worth it?  will I get better from this?  "1 pill every 4-6 hours. do not exceed 4 pills in 24 hours"  Do that mean after 4 for the day I should switch to another brand?  will that work?

I took a tablespoon of NyQuil.  I thought it was supposed to make  you drowsy and want to sleep.  Quite the opposite for me, wouldn't you say?  Here I am, laying in bed, trying to get a little shut eye and nurse myself back to health, but all I can do is open my eyes, and run my fingers across my keyboard in hopes that the words being formed from my fingertips makes sense when it's all finished.