If I were a snail, or if I just took time to think carefully, I would have a greater appreciation of mucus and be more tolerant of it when I catch a cold. Mucus shields the body from so much harm, even against itself, as when mucus protects the throat and stomach from powerful acids that aid the digestive process.
This recent cold restarted the sneezy faucet stage all over again when it should have moved on to the thick and chewy stage instead. Saltwater rinse did not have as much power to ease symptoms this time around. The low point was on the airplane coming back from Boston, when I could not stop sneezing and the lady seated next to me dumped her cracker crumbs all over me and my laptop keyboard. Finally, however, the mucus production is beginning to slow to a crawl.
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