Originally Posted by Man like Monkey

I get this every autumn.

In the morning, my breathing is quite bad, like I can feel it all in my chest and I am wheezing. The first couple of coughs are painful. Go and make some hot Ribena (blackcurrant flavour) and the feeling of the hot liquid going down my throat is amazing. It seems to loosen up the **** in my chest and soothe my throat, then I cough all the **** up.

It looks like little pieces of sponge in the sink.

After about 10/20 minutes I'm fine.