Survival

  Well apparently some germs or a virus has gotten through my defenses. My wife has already purchased the ginger ale and chicken soup. I will not be rushing off to seek any professional services for what is a simple coronavirus, also known as the common cold. I'm reminded of a commercial I used to hear. aspirin and sucrets. Not sure what year(s) that would have been but it is one of those jingles stuck in my head. Sniffling, sneezing, stuffy head so you can sleep medicine is another. Nyquil I believe. 

 That has changed over time, these ads I mean. Now I'm urged to seek medical advice, get tested and be quick about it! These symptoms could be a cold, the flu, covid or rsv, the latest kid on the block. I should be very worried and concerned. In this litigious society we find ourselves in I'm certain the pharmaceutical companies are forced to include all of that. I hear the ads from the lawyers. If you have been injured or die, you may be entitled to compensation. You don't have to be alive to sue, your family can do that for you afterward. 

  I have a cold. That's what I have and that is all it is. You feed a fever and starve a cold. I've got a bit of both, so I'll do a bit of each. It isn't much of a fever so I'll just eat a little bit starving the cold side. Now that's a medical plan. I can diagnosis this illness as a cold quite easily. I have a runny nose, a bit of a cough and a small headache. That's a cold. I can go about my business as usual, although I don't feel quite as energetic as I normally do. Might have something to do with being 71 years old as well. I did sleep in this morning. 

  I realize by not getting tested, getting that diagnosis, I won't be able to claim survivor status when it passes. That appears to be important to a lot of folks these days, being a survivor I mean. They are surviving colds, flu, rsv, elections and having their feelings hurt. They are surviving living in a world with people like me. Those people that aren't all paranoid and rushing off to the doctors, isolating themselves and protecting the world! Yes, it's true I have not gotten any flu shots whatsoever in over twenty years. And my attitude is, I'll survive. I'm not a survivor, I'm simply surviving. It's an ongoing thing and one we will all lose at some point. I don't think it will be this time.