I got my dose of 2025 flu a couple of weeks back. It took me by surprise. Only a month previously I had got my annual flu injection.
Don’t get me wrong. Today’s flu injections a lot more effective than they once were. They actually stop flu instead of causing it. In fact I’d already gone several years without a severe cold or flu.
As a registered asthmatic, I can sense immediately when an infection is about to go down onto my chest. So I don’t wait until it gets worse before booking my doctor’s appointment. I got that appointment within an hour of making my telephone call. In fact there was scarcely a wheeze as the medic checked me over with her stethoscope; checked my blood pressure and gave me a peak flow test. Next morning, I picked up my penicillin from the pharmacy at the end of my road, by which time the congestion was already beginning to kick in and I took the first capsule immediately. 5 days Later I had finished the course but there was still some residual congestion waking me up at night.
Against media advice, I didn’t spend 2 weeks lying in bed. What would have been the point of that? I got up and switched on my computer and did a couple of hours work before the weariness caught up with me. I suppose I’m lucky in being able to work from home in this way.
BRUCE AND HOLLY 