To my absolute astonishment, cough is slowly beginning to abate, and I am able to climb stairs without puffing. I think it's MD horsepills, not Paris - or possibly even the "gouttes aux essences" that my friend Aviva made me buy yesterday at the pharmacy (where, here, they stock all things homepathic right along with the aspirin-with-codeine etc.): containing oils of peppermint, cloves, thyme, lavender & Ceylonese Cinnamon, it's yummy in a glass of water, even if that's all!

Thank you for your good wishes, my dear. Hope all's well with you, too.