I am 70 years old and relative in good health...I rarely get sick I was sick with flu type symptoms (chills, aches, dry cough) from 7-17 to 7-24. I did all the right things and got better....so, I just didn t want to rush out to Urgent Care. However, that s a long time for me to be laid up and it s boring. I then had 6 days of feeling good again. Then, on 7-31, just the cough and chest congestion part came back. So, now (08/08) I have been laid up another week and debating whether to go to urgent care. My symptoms now are moderate cough (worse at night)...no real discharge/mucus or anything ...fatigue and loss of some appetite. I have been sleeping good (9hrs) and taking fluids and tyelenol....but, I wake up feeling tired (the run over by a steamroller feeling). How long should I go on like this ? If I thought this would go away after time, I rather not be taking meds I don t need or getting x-rays. I am not confined to bed...just mainly to watch TV. My question is ....should I give it a few more days (like I did the last time) or does it sound like I need to get to a doctor/facility. Had a pneumonia vaccine booster shot in 2013.