tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-02:2704035bunnbunnbunn2025-12-22T17:12:16Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2017-01-02:2704035:704302Colds in the dose...2025-12-22T00:54:30Z2025-12-22T17:12:16Zpublic3September 12th, Pp went to a do with some ex-work colleagues, and picked up a cold, which he promptly gave to me. He had it for a week. I had it for September, and October, and December... I got royally peed off with it. Kept thinking it was clearing up. It did Not. Either I was streaming, or I was bunged up, or I was an ectoplasmic nightmare of green goo. When you can't breathe at all through your nose, your tongue shrivels overnight into a horrible leather strip, which is just no fun even if you can rehydrate it in the morning. <br /><br />Eventually, I made an appointment to see a pharmacist (even though I was thinking: well, it's a cold, it's viral, what can they do?) But pharmacy appointments for minor ailments in Wales are free and easy (unlike doctor's appointments which are hen's teeth) so I thought it was worth a go, specially since there was a specific 'sinusitis' appointment type available under the Common Ailments program. <div> </div><div> Pharmacist heard my woes, said I had chronic sinusitis and gave me a steroid spray with a built-in antihistamine (because, he said dubiously, scanning my history of allergies, It Might Be That Again.) <br /><br />Anyway, the spray fixed it within a couple of days. Amazing. Brilliant. What a relief. Modern medicine, I love it. </div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=bunn&ditemid=704302" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments