It's the Pollen, Stupid!
This sickness and semi-cold that I've had for going on two weeks is allergies. Duh...I should have realized that. It's just that I've had colds and bronchitis so many times that I didn't even think of allergies. I have taken Zyrtec off and on for allergies, but usually allergies make my hands and feet itch, rather than giving me all this congestion and head pain. So I'm taking the Zyrtec again regularly as well as some NasacortAQ spray. I'm not the only one in this area having this problem. The pollen levels here are very high right now.
I'm not one to get the stuffy nose and all that - - but I do get puffy eyes and have finally found a cure for them. They are only puffy in the morning so if when I go to bed if I wear one of those little "lone ranger" type masks they aren't puffy at all.