Thank you Bex for your reply. I will try your honey and vinegar drink, what kind of vinegar do you mean, cider vinegar or just regular table vinegar that you put on chips etc?

I am going to see if there is any improvement by tomorrow morning if not I think I may go the Dr cos I don't want it to get worse over the weekend. I had the cold a month ago, and although I got over it without anything other than vitamins etc, I think I must have been pretty low to catch it so soon again, I have made homemade chicken and vegetable soup today and am taking that together with loads of hot drinks to try and fight the infection but like you said it may not be enough. Having a cold or anything on top of this mercury lark is a nightmare, bad enough dealing with all that it throws up let alone all these other infections. Anways hope you are feeling better yourself and thanks again for the info <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />lizbet