On being sick

Ack...it's July and I've come down with something. I thought my immune system was better than this!! I've been gradually getting better with some strange variations of wellness: flooding it out by drinking many gallons of water.....burning it out by eating some very spicy chipotle peppers....having hacking fits lasting more than a few minutes...end up feeling and sounding like a thirty-year/two-pack-a-day smoker.