I dreamed my nose was running and running. I am not so sure what was causing it but my breathing passages were definitely inflamed. I could not blow my nose enough to clear out enough space for the air to get past into my lungs.

in dawning horror I realized that even though my lungs were clear, I was going to suffocate while still conscious, becuase there was nothing I could do, between the mucous and the inflammation, to open up my breathing passages enough to get the air I needed. I was aware enough of what was happening to realize there was some sort of terrible irony here...