Concentrate on getting better first...but you can stay careful about carbs if you want.

Sip hot tea if your throat is sore

Try putting a chicken with skin in a pot of water, salt, lots of garlic, onion, celery plus other veggies you like. Boil it up and eat when the chicken is fully cooked. Be sure to drink the broth!

There are sugar free cough drops. Jewell-Osco is a store that sells a "store brand" cough drop made with Splenda. (I think Jewell-Osco is called Albertsons in some parts of the country, Like Colorado.)

I hope you start feeling better!