When you have a cold, how long are you sick for??

[shellbell3]

pre kids I'd be over it quick, post kids depending on how run down I am can last like you said 2 weeks or so.
Coughs I always find persist with me even when cold is better.
I reakon I get sick so much more often and for longer after having the girls. Rarely got sick prior.

[~Raven~]

I've just gotten over an awful one that laid me up for about 4 days of feeling totally cruddy, then another week on top of that with the snots and coughs (charming hey lol) so almost 2 weeks I guess.

Most don't linger that long though.

[AliBaby]

I am the same as most of you. Feel really sick for 2-4 days but the cough just seems to linger on. Annoys me to no end!

[Megan]

Usually about 2-3 days of feeling really crappy. DH on the other hand seems to get sick and it seems to last weeks. (or maybe it just feels like weeks the way he carries on about it!)

[Glamourcide]

A cold usually hangs around for 3-4 days, but I have a lingering cough that can take up to 3 months to go away. I'm a smoker, and have been prone to respiratory/sinus/throat infections since childhood (I was asthmatic until my late teens) so usually when I get a cold it turns into a chest infection, if it doesn't I still have a nasty cough.

Maybe pop into your GP to get it checked out and make sure it's nothing that needs antibiotics to get rid of?? Hope you feel better soon