So, my morning routine was interrupted this morning by my unexpected encounter with the CMO (Crew Medical Officer), who I’ve been friendly with since the beginning of the season but thankfully have rarely had to see on a professional basis except to pick up lonsenges for my throat a week or so ago. Since this nasty cold that I’ve had has been clearing up on its own (albeit slowly) it just hasn’t seemed necessary to pay her a visit.
Until half-way through our morning chatter, I coughed. And it’s that cough you get when the cold is losing its grip so it sounds really rattling and awful even though you feel fine…
And she stops immediately and looks at me
You okay?
Aw, it’s just the tail end of that stupid cold, the cough is hanging on
Lee, it’s just a cold! It’s clearing up!
Do you want to get better faster or not?
Yes…I mean if you think it’ll make it go away faster you can put me on them if you want..
I do. Did you hear that cough? You come with me. Now.
Keep in mind that at this point Medical wasn’t even open for crew, and wouldn’t be for another hour. In fact it wouldn’t even be open for pax for another 10 minutes. That’s how good our CMO is, she sees (or in this case hears) something that needs fixing, she just fixes it – no questions asked. Also, no choice given apparently 
So now I’m on a week’s worth of super-strength killer cold meds.
I loathe being on meds, but hopefully she’s right and this will kill the darn cough faster, as it is getting rather annoying…