Finally cold-less string broken; starting a new one!

I finally came down with a minor respiratory crud the last week in March:

This for the first time in around 3 years! And timing really stunk: I was playing in a national bridge final!

I coped with two over-the-counter aids:

and ...

This worked! The first day I had this crud was the day I did well in the national tournament I was playing in ..  But one side effect of the Ricola:

I couldn't understand why I was having this effect until I realized that a bunch of Ricola lozenges was an extra load of sugar! So I just added some more potassium to my regimen for a couple of days, and that handled it.

Here's to three more years (or more!) with robust health!