I got up yesterday with a sore throat and instantly knew I am developing a cold. My wife had it last week and she is just recovering and so it was my turn now. Getting cough and cold is nothing unusual. I get it once or twice every year in spite of the flu jab. So why I am writing about it?
This is first time I am having this in retirement. And certainly it feels different. Previously I used to panic and stressed at the first sign of cold. As you know the common cold is not thought to be that serious that you need to be off work. And even if I felt like that I could not because I had patients booked in the clinic and in the operating theatre. Cancelling patients' operations, I felt like committing a crime. People had taken leave, made arrangements for the household affairs and above all mentally prepared themselves to go under the knife. They would feel so disappointed along with the anxiety that they would have to live with the cancer that much longer till the next appointment for surgery.
But now it is different. I have the cold, a bit of fever and headache yet I am not stressed at all. I can just lie in the bed without the guilt or panic. Bibha made some hot tea with ginger and I am almost enjoying my cold! She got better in three days, so I know I will be alright by Tuesday. And now if you do not mind I am going to have some more of that ginger tea.
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