A month or so after the first one, the second one arrived. I hope it is not a repeat of last year, when I had repeated colds from October to January ending up with a skin infection around my nose. I guess my immune system takes a hit during cold and ‘flu season. My October was also a bit stressful and I didn’t eat all that well.
My mother always used to say that a cold is three days coming, three days full-blown, and three days going. But mine seem to take longer and longer to leave. These two have also really affected my throat. I try to work from home when I am in the midst of it to avoid infecting anyone else, but my voice disappeared for a day or so this time. Surprisingly for people of my age, I still have tonsils. When I was young, the policy was more or less to remove tonsils and adenoids before the age of five. I am not sure why.
I usually take ibuprofen when I have a cold, but this time I had to take a combination of ibuprofen and paracetamol once or twice. I am still loving the strawberry Strepsils though – this is my second box! I hope they don’t stop making them because I cannot stand the menthol or honey + lemon versions.
