Emergency Rainbow. Houston we really have a problem
Multicoloured emergency OK, it is 17.13, my fever is back as is my crippling spinal pain. The most worrying thing is that my phlegm has loosened and has become a multi-coloured rainbow. That is probably too much information for the masses but it indicates a serious chest inf

Day 3. All Change for the Miss Piggy Double Duvet
Swineflu Accessory I woke up at 5.30 as usual. Spent 2 hours under a steam pot filled with water and Vicks. Used up endless tissue paper - I am building a tissue mountain.I keep thinking that everyone arou

Dreaming of Delphino
Dreaming of Delphino I have just woken up from a deep slumber that lasted for about 7 hours. In that time, I had to again untangle myself from my duvet, fall out of bed, drink on jug full of iced water as I was getting severely dehydrated aga

Silence
OK, my voice has now gone. It is 15.02 and I cannot phonate any longer. I am reduced to minor squeaks and oinks. I have also now developed wheeze intermittently. I am though still alive [ Liam Donaldson may like to make a note]. I have secured some Merocaine throat lozenges. Fat

Severe Pain
The onset of severe unbearable spinal pain commenced at about 09.15. That and the coughing became so bad that I had to think of something better to control my symptoms. My solution was Co-Codamol [30/500]. Codeine is often associated with cough syrups and can control coughs. There isn't any dir