Pave,
What's this with getting sick on long Holiday weekends?
Yeah, two weeks holiday and two days in I wake up coughing and spluttering like I'm on my last legs. 
Sounds like you and I may have had something similar Fruss, though mine doesn't sound quite so bad.
Just plenty of fluids and bed rest for me. ( I'm not sure playing soccer could be considered bed rest though
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It really made me feel for those with chronic respiratory problems such as asthma like a few people I know.
Beleieve me I would not want what I had if I still suffered from asthma. Fortunately for me I stopped needing asthma meds a few years ago.
"Nuclear war can ruin your whole compile."
-- Karl Lehenbauer