Dear Nurse JVrm1965, I am so sorry. Long COVID is so hard on the body. It seems everyone is so different. I have so many lingering issues from it (too many to mention), but, yours are harder than mine.

Just some thoughts; Vicks vapor rub on the soles of your feet at night and then put socks on has helped some folks with coughing. Also, the old lemon drops you use to buy at the General Store (Amazon has these). Lemon thins mucus as well.

Has your doctor put you on NAC (Pure Encapsulations on Amazon) or Guaifenesin? They both help thin out mucus. NAC can be very drying, but, it helps greatly. Also, drinking lots of water, a cool mist humidifier helped and lemon ginger tea.

I wonder if you have a lingering infection in your sinus or chest which can cause more mucus? The antibiotic that knocked the infections out for me was Levaquin. It cured the sinus infection, bronchitis & pneumonia that I had with COVID along with a steroid taper. Ask your doctor what he thinks about it. I was left with a lot of mucus afterwards in the back of my throat.....I still have that after almost 2 years post COVID. I gargle with warm salt water to help with that and use Listerine. I have to scrape my tongue every morning.

My immune system was already compromised before COVID, but, it is much worse since I had COVID.
I believe our immune system goes into overdrive to attack COVID and it just doesn't calm down for a while.

I am praying for you. Keep me posted. I care. Hugs & prayers....