Cold vs. mediation: no one wins

I’m not sure what’s worse -- a cold or the medicine to treat the cold.

It’s bad enough to have gotten a summer cold, but for me it’s always tough trying to decide whether or not to suffer it out or give in a take some medication.

If I don’t take the medication, I have to deal with the constant head pounding, sneezing, sore throat, coughing and overall ickiness I feel when I get a cold.

However, if I take the medication, then I feel as though I am watching my own life pass me by in slow motion. It’s really weird. All I usually take for a cold is some variation of Tylenol, Advil,...