I want to stop coughing

I received an assignment to visit a ward relief society. Seems easy, right? I just got home after coughing myself right out of the meeting. I got up once and left, all the while sucking hard on my cough drop, but going outside didn't help. It seemed to subside, I went back in thinking I might make it through the rest of the meeting, but no I could NOT stop coughing (like the I'm-going-to-throw-up kind of cough). So I just gathered my things and came home. If passed experience holds true, I could do this for another couple of weeks. I hate it!