Winter is well and truly upon us and as if to remind me, I’ve got my first cold of the season already!

So as I sit at home with a lovely bowl of chicken soup wrapped in my dressing gown feeling sorry for myself, I’m trying remember that:

1.A cold is not the same as a flu – a flu is awful! and,

Decide whether or not it’s worthwhile going in and getting the flu vaccine from my GP or not this year

I did go and get the vaccine last year but I got the flu anyway and so I wasn’t totally convinced it was worth it (even if it made it not so bad as it would have otherwise…

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