I’m usually fine with colds, but this one’s a stinker, almost fluey, my wife says, we’ve all had it, ruined everybody’s Christmas
HerrrraaarCHAH! No, thanks, I should have a tissue somewhere, maybe not. Actually, I’m trying not to blow too much, my nose is so sore. No, honestly, I’ve been in with worse ones, I’m fine. Well, you know, soldiering on, you’ve got to come in, haven’t you, and I’m way better than I was last night – that thing when you’re breathing through your mouth: my nose was literally streaming, herrrrarrrCHAH! No worries, I’ll get some tissue from the loo in a sec. At least the sore throat’s finally going, mind – it was on fire two days back, I’m usually fine with colds, but this one’s a complete stinker, almost fluey, my wife says, we’ve all had it now, ruined everybody’s Christmas, my mother-in-law ended up in casualty with respiratory failure.
I blame the kids, but God knows where they got it, my wife’s been off for three weeks, can you believe, it turned to sinusitis and bronchitis. I thought I’d be lucky then, wham, I can’t stop sneezing, no, wait, this one starts with aching limbs and a blinding headache – I wouldn’t bother with that vitamin C, waste of time – then I got this raging temperature, tonsils doubled in size, I knew any minute my ears would start throbbing, colds always go to my ears, so I went to the doctor, can you believe she asked me to leave? No antibiotics, nothing, I thought, well, if this is just a paracetamol job, I may as well go in as sit around at home drinking tea.
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