Blogaroo

Working on the premise that you need to spend money to panic solve problems, I haded over ten of my finest British pounds to various chemists yesterday in a bid to solve two niggling - and not so niggling - problems.

The first problem is Migraine. These are new for me, and while I have a prescription medication for these, it doesn’t appear to be helping. Seduced by the advertising, I went looking for 4head Quickstrips (£4.99 for 8, so 1p cheaper for the same quantity of the Boots own brand alternative). If these help, I will let you know - and attempt to have them nominated for a Knighthood. These headaches need all the help they can get.

The other problem, the nigglier one of the two, is a generally feeling of irritation in my ears. After my sister kindly gave me an ear infection almost 10 years ago, I’ve had constant ear problems, infections and itchiness/irritation. After seeing Audiclean, an ear cleansing wash, on the shelves in Superdrug, I bought it in the hope it will help. It is essentially just purified seawater (so I could just take a few dips in the North Sea and save myself a fiver), but if it helps things feel better, I will sing the praises of it high and low!

It’s hard for me to spend out on unproven items, but I figure that if they even start to help, they’re worth it.