Down with the Sickness

So, on Monday morning, as I was leaving to go to Albany, GA for business trip, I noticed I had a bit of chest congestion. By Tuesday I was sick as a dog with nasal and chest congestion, fever, headache, and backache. I spent all of Wednesday in the hotel room with Sudafed not doing its job. I tried to go back to the base Thursday when I was feeling better to do my part for the field work,but I got benched. Friday I drove home and saw a doctor. After a white blood cell count and a chest x-ray, he told me I had the flu, to take Mucinex and rest for a day and I would be fine. The Mucinex didn't work. Nothing came up. "Mucinex in, Mucus out" my ass. I still cough and it feels like steel wool polka dancing in my chest.Stupid doctor.