A Heavy Cold
All I could think about today was the fact that I have had a bloody awful heavy head cold since Wednesday.
I presume that having to sit with no heating on and windows open when the living room was being painted made me susceptible.
A niggly sore throat on Wednesday morning soon turned into hot watery eyes, sneezing, and occasional fits of coughing.
That night, it was hard to sleep, so I started taking regular doses of tablets to reduce the effect of the symptoms.
Three days later, and it shows no sign of improving, or going away. At least it isn’t Flu, as I don’t have any aches and pains.
What I was actually thinking about was how quickly we forget what it was like before the cold overwhelmed us.
It seems as if I have always had this, and it is impossible to remember when I felt perfectly fine on Tuesday.
I know, it’s just a cold. No big deal. It will pass soon, hopefully.
But it got me thinking.
I hope you have overcome the fierce cold by now, Pete. If not, I sincerely hope you will soon. x
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Thanks, dear Dina. I still have the cough, but the worst is over. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete. X
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🤗
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I hope you are feeling better now. The only advice i can give – my secret recipe, since Sally, Carol and Dolly told me – is eating a lot of onions and garlic. 😉
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I have onions and garlic in a lot of meals, Michael. Obviously not enough. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lol
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I had a bad one too that took ages to shake off.
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I’ve still got the cough, but the rest is a lot better.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sounds like you’re getting better, which is the main thing
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Humans are a funny lot-for we all do that. Then the day comes, when what ails us is gone and we feel like a million! We really feel the same as we always did, but after a sickness . . we can fly! Hope you stay well!
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Thanks, Michele. The worst is over, but I still have the cough! 🙂 x
Best wishes, Pete.
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feel better soon, Pete! i’m just getting out from a nasty cold and still coughing quite a bit. not fun stuff. 😦
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That cough is hanging on with me too. 🙂
Thanks, Wilma.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope you feel better soon, Pete. It seems that the older we get, the longer it takes to shake an illness.
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Thanks, Jennie. Still coughing like crazy tonight. 😦
Best wishes, Pete.
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It’s impossible to sleep when you have a bad cough. My best to you, Pete.
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I think we need a better name than ‘cold’ for this affliction. It doesn’t adequately describe the miserable experience. Hope you feel better soon.
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Thanks, Susanne. I did feel ‘cold’, so I suppose it is accurate. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I featured you in my blog. http://brotherscampfire.com/a-niggle/
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I left a message. (It didn’t appear, probably ‘awaiting moderation’.)
I am most honoured (correct spelling, if you are English) to be mentioned on your blog, and doubly delighted to read how well you used the word ‘Niggly’. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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It should be up now.
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🙂 🙂
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Get as much rest as you can. Colds are truly awful. I always think we just don’t appreciate the ability to breathe unhindered nearly enough!
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And forget how easily we could breathe last week. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wrap up warm and take it easy. I think I got the beginnings of a sore throat (it was very windy on Thursday, and I managed to misplace my mother and aunt somehow while our for a walk, so I was out in the cold wind for far too long. Not to worry, they are both fine and they had more common sense than to keep looking for me, but I must train my mother to check her phone every so often…)
Take care.
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Thanks, Olga. I rarely take my phone out with me, to be honest. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Feed a cold, starve a fever, get some scran down your neck, you’ll be right 🙂
Get well soon.
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I demolished a ham and mushroom pasta bake with almost a whole focaccia last night. Still woke up feeling like death warmed up. 😦
Cheers, Pete.
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So sorry to hear that you are not feeling well Pete 😦 I hope you get better 🙂 Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂
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Thanks, John. No doubt it will run its course in time.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Be well Pete 🙂
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Thanks, Arlene. Still got the cough, but it will hopefully go soon.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Actually I was just thinking (there goes Brexit) that if we signal a ‘like’ to this post, does that mean we like that you are sick?
-Dr. Crippen
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Hmm… I think it just means that you liked the fact I let you know.
Regards, Ethel Le Neve.
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A daily meditation so that you won’t feel so glum: at least you don’t have leprosy.
-Father Damien
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Meditate, cogitate, or ruminate? I’m never sure which works better. 🙂
Thanks, Father.
Best wishes, Anthony Zerbe.
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Bed rest — plenty of liquids — follow doctors instructions to the letter — wash hands often — avoid crowds — room moisturizer if available — hot towels from time to time for comfort — get well soon my friend …
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Thanks for the tips and kind words, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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We want you well and happy.
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Sorry you are feeling rough, Pete. A bad cold is miserable. I had one about three weeks ago. The congestion lingered for two weeks. Perhaps your wife might make you some chicken soup. I’ve even made my own a few times when I was sick. It does wonders.
Feel better soon,
Pam
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Thanks, Pam. As I do the cooking, maybe I should make some? 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I hope you feel better quickly Pete.
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Thanks, Kim. It’s just a bad cold, but the cough is wearing me out. 😦
Best wishes, Pete.
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I’m sorry to hear about your sufferings generally you are three days getting it three days with it and three days getting rid of it. I generally spend the worst time sleeping in an armchair as being upright eases the coughing. We were considered to be old enough to be vaccinated against pneumonia.
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I didn’t have the Flu jab, as I have bead memories of it making my Mum very ill. So I suppose I have to take some responsibility. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovelg
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Been there and done that, the feeling bad bit goes away quite quickly, but the cough and snot do not. Keep warm, and hot toddy’s make everything nice for a while!
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Thanks, FR. The headache has gone, but the cough is annoyingly stubborn.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sorry to hear Pete…I make sure to drink a glass of red wine every day, which keeps the bugs away from me – it works, because I haven’t been sick in more than a year!
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The amount of red I quaff, I should never get a thing! Obviously not working for me, John. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Colds are annoying. With the flu, you tell life’s responsibilities and obligations you need a time out. But with a cold, you plod through feeling ineffective and miserable because you aren’t sick enough. Hope your cold is over soon.
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You sum it up well. Thanks, Cindy.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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The cold may have got you thinking, but it also destroyed your memory!
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Exactly! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Indeed get well. Warmest regards, Theo
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Thanks, Theo. Just a cold, but they always seems to lay me flat. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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If warmth can defeat a cold, then “warmest regards” may be just the ticket!
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Thanks, David. As usual, I am hot one minute, and cold the next. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Googles Niggly!
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Yes, it is a rather ‘English’ expression, BC. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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It will be my driven purpose to use my expanded vocabulary choice in a sentence today! Get well soon.
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You can use ‘niggle’ too. As in “She always niggles me”. Or, “Is your backache bad? No, just a niggle”. 🙂
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Just a niggle? Don’t wiggle!
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Ha ha! I cannot wait to be a niggle to someone! 😈
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Sorry, you have a cold. It does feel like forever.
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Thanks, Herb. I think the way it makes you feel tired is why it seems to go on for so long.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hope you’re better soon. My dad always said you had to keep a cold for seven days – so you’re almost there. You say you forget how it felt before you had your cold and once you have shaken it off you’ll soon forget how miserable it made you feel.
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I hope that’s true. 🙂
Thanks, Mary.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Hope you feel better soon, Pete.
The easiest way I know if I have the flu or a cold is: with a cold, it comes on gradually & there is no fever. A flu comes on usually in 3 hours and brings a fever.
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That sounds about right to me, GP. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Wishing you a speedy cold-free time…
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Thanks, Sue. I hope to shift this next week. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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😊
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Get well soon🙏
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Thanks very much, Richa.
Best wishes, Pete. 🙂
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Ur welcome 🙏
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I hope you feel better soon =)
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Thanks, Tilly. Just a cold, but hard to shake. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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You’re on the right track, though. A cold should be shaken, not stirred.
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It is funny what you have said here, Pete, because it is true. We do remember cold easier than warmth, illness more clearly than healthy times and bad times more vividly than happy times. I think it is the way humans are wired.
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That’s what prompted the post, Robbie.
I can’t conjure up what it felt like before this cold. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Sucks being sick when it is cold outside just seems to make the symptoms worse…..take care and get plenty of rest and fluids…..take 2 aspirins and call me in the morning (sorry could not resist)…..chuq
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Thanks, chuq. If I could get rid of the cough, at least that would help me sleep better.
Best wishes, Pete.
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I dread colds as I have a reduced airway and then sometimes have to take steroids. I’ve helped myself this year by eating one or two oranges every day. This seems to have done the trick, as (touch wood) I’ve had no colds this year so far. Hope you feel better soon.
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Thanks, Stevie. It just dawned on me how soon I forget what it felt like to be okay. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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I try not to think back to what my neck felt like before the 15 years of treatments I had to get rid of thyroid cancer. It’s just too depressing, so I try to improve on what I’ve got left.
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