[meyer]

I just got over (about 2 weeks ago) what you are describing. It was a nasty bronchial chest cold and I coughed up lots of sticky, stringy white stuff. I caught it from my dentist's assistant. My elderly mother just got over it, too. We are all fine again. So while I understand your worries in light of SARS, I think you are going to be ok soon. Good luck.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that I'll pull through. :^) I'm wondering, since this SARS thing is a virus, I would think that it would have varying affect on different people depending on how their individual immunities and condition. I'm not saying that I have it, but I suspect that some will get it and treat it like a common cold while others will deteriorate quickly.

Oh well, as for me, I was due. I skirted 2 colds that were going around through the winter. This one caught me.

[riri]

We had something particulary nasty about 6 weeks ago. High fever, aches, terrible cough, headache and an intense pain throughout your entire back. After about three days it seemed like you were recovering and then the next day-bam!-sick again...

I rarely ever get an illness with a cough. Maybe, I have gotten 6 in my 33 years. I was hacking up a lung with whatever this was. Strange thing was, it seemed to hit my little guy, 2, the least.