Having a cold - Part II

Wednesday - phase 3: Slime & mucus 

When arriving at school you see your friends and want to greet them. Sadly, you suddenly realize you aren't able to speak anymore. All that comes out of your mouth is an awkward, whispervoice skgiquehahdweo, because your throat is totally glued shut. Before you are able to speak in a normal way you first have to warm up your vocal chords by coughing a little. It is like a boy's voice breaking, but then ten times worse. This happens everytime you start talking and it is ridiculous. Furthermore you have to blow your nose every ten minutes and since it is awkward to blow your nose in class and you can't leave the classroom six times per hour you have to silently snort all the time, though this is maybe as awkard as blowing your nose.

The following three weeks - phase 4 - Where is my voice?

You keep having troubles with your voice. It slowly gets less, but it takes a long time before it is totally gone.

Relatable?

-OMG yes! This is my life, I have a cold like seven times a year and they are the worst periods in life. --> Yes, they totally are! Keep on reading, because I have thought of some miraculous solutions!

-Uhm no, you are such an exagerator. I mean, I sometimes have a cold too but it is not like that could ever affect my grades. --> I don't think you suffer from the same cold as I am talking about.

Solutions

It is hard to find a real solution, since this is a real disease and not just mentally, however, I found one.

To find a solution we have to take in consideration the main causes, which are a weak immune system and your fellow classmates who infect you with the disease. 

There are several medicines to strengthen your immune system, though I highly doubt their efficacy and think they are just a way for manufacturers to earn more money.

That's why we'll try to find a solution for the second cause, which has to do with your classmates. 

Whenever you sense someone is entering phase one of the cold, evade them. Phase one is the most infectious one and they are now one chunk of bacteria. Don't touch anything they have touched and whenever they coughed near you, try to hold you breath for a minute, so the bacteria in the air can slowly flow away. If it is one of your classmates who you don't really know, this is not hard. If it is one of your close friends, try to explain the situation you're in on whatsapp, and tell him next week you'll be their best friend again, but this week you really cannot deal with him. He will understand and you will stay free from catchy colds. :)