Your symptoms sound exactly like my symptoms and course. Started last Saturday, and, a week later, just have some sinus drainage. I did not use any paste, just toughed it out, with pain reliever, Nyquil, cough drops, and boosting my vit.C/zinc/d3. I did have a slight fever. The worst part, was the sore throat. Could hardly swallow for one day, even with all of the throat medicine. Today, I was a little weak mowing the yard, but, made it through, with some stops, every now and then, with plenty of water.
Yeah, the sore throat hurt like heck.
We didn’t have a working thermometer so I don’t know exactly what my temperature was, but my forehead nor body ever felt hot.