It was a terrible New Year holiday

It was the worst New Year holiday I have ever had in my life. I got sick with a cold and it lasted two weeks. I had a high temperature and I was coughing hard for ten days. Now I feel better.

Hello Alexandra,

I am glad you feel better now, if it is any consolation I was sick too and spent the whole evening sleeping so I missed all the fun and celebrations.

I have changed the first part to give it better sense and in the second line it is a temporary completed action in  the known completed past so we use a regular past form, here because we want to focus on the action the past continuous is best.

Hope this helps

Bob