When

will I get rid of this accursed cold. I have had it (it feels like) for months (please remember that male British hets become excessively dramatic when discussing colds/flus). Well, weeks at least. It ebbs and flows. Why can I not just be ill for 2 or 3 days and then it's gone. And I'm not alone - nearly everyone at work, on the tube, bus, in Central London and in Ealing seems to have a cough and/or runny nose that they can't get rid of.