Lava lamps are hypnotic, fun objects you stare at as the gelatinous coloured blobs of stuff gradually float up and down in the glass tube. I'm not entirely sure how they work or what the goo inside them is made of. All I know is that for a week, I had something similar in my head.
I'm lucky really - this was my first experience of Covid despite the virus being around in the UK since 2020. Being in my 50s, getting Covid back then, pre-vaccinations, might have been far more serious. It certainly sounded horrendous, and the idea of being hooked up to a ventilator unable to breathe - it's enough to terrify anyone.
My Covid tale is rather less dramatic - but perhaps familiar to many who are getting the virus now - with our better prepared immune systems. Prepared, that is, but not armed to the teeth. This virus still has bigger guns and it's prepared to use them. My body's natural protection will hopefully win out in the end, but I'm the battlefield, and I'm feeling it. You can get more health news and other story updates by subscribing to our newsletters here.
