SKF NOTE: Putting on a happy face on Day It-Seems-Like-Forever with (bronchitis)? Coughing until my middle-back hurts. Then coughing until my lower back hurts.

Whatever this is, it’s getting better. These last two days I slept through the night. Mucinex DM? Benadryl?

Robitussin Maximum Strength Nighttime Cough DM works best. 20 mL of the dark red liquid right before bed is the magic.

My spirit-mind-body doctor recommended “Throat Coat” tea. The original “Throat Coat” slippery elm tastes great, feels great on throat and chest, and causes a coughing “time out.”

Years ago, when I was 26 years old, the great drummer Mel Lewis told me, “If you have your health, you have everything.”

I thought, at the time, Mel’s advice was something old people say. (Mel was age 48.)

But the older I get, the more times I slip in-and-out of sickness, the wiser Mel’s words become.