Friday, 14 January 2022

Winter is hellish for me

I've long known that there is something physically wrong with me. Throughout my life I've been sick every winter of my life. My nose gets blocked, after a few days I start coughing and spitting out phlegm (I've never been able to find out why phlegm is formed). I also develop a mild fever, my whole body aches and most of the times I keep thinking whether or not I should kill myself. And even though I spend a fortune every year (besides refraining from consuming cold drinks and cold water), every year it happens. This year is no different.

Sometimes I think it's due to old age. Often I believe it's in the food, but what is certain is that it's something in the cold weather that causes my nose block. Sometimes I can't sleep at all and feel terrible the next day. In my thirties and forties, I used to get up and walk for half an hour before my nose cleared. But in recent years I've not been able to do that as I can't even think about getting up in the extremely cold weather. Actually the temperature is the same as in past years but I am feeling the cold. Maybe it's the humidity that has decreased this year, and that's what causes my nose block and the phlegm. 

I do wish I had enough money to go to a country like Sri Lanka or Malaysia, where the temperature remains constant throughout the year. But even if I did, it's impossible this year, with the Covid virus rampant in almost all countries. 

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