Like someone hit me in the ribs with a baseball bat. I had a bad cold that I finally licked with some antibiotics but he persistent cough will not go away. I have coughed so much and so hard now that my right side just below my ribs is sore. It’s so sore now that every time I sneeze or cough it’s brutal pain. It’s happened once before a long time ago. I have been taking Musenex to thin out the mucus or so says the doctor. My goals these days are to control myself enough to let it heal. That and lots of advil.