Pick Me Up!

LISTEN TO YOUR BODY

Sitting in the staff room at college, I felt the need to cough again.

In summer last year, I had a horrible chesty cough for what felt like ages.

I couldn’t seem to shake it and I felt a little embarrassed coughing all the time.

With no cold or flu symptoms, I hadn’t really paid much attention to it.

But my family – husband Ben, 46, and my daughters Libby, 20, Kitty, 17, Aoife, 13, and

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