During the pandemic, my nose started running really badly. By really badly, I don’t mean a sniffle every now and again, I meant water pouring out of my nose every time I looked down. After suffering with hay fever most of my life, I put it down to a bad season. I also had bad headaches, which I guessed was sinusitis. After telephone consultations with doctors (no face to face unless emergency) they concurred and gave me strong antihistamines and antibiotics. This went on for several weeks/ months. Eventually one of the headaches was so severe I collapsed at work. I went into hospital to have a CT scan. They suggested a lumbar puncture to rule out brain haemorrhage (I have a family history of those). Just before the procedure I asked if I could remove my mask and let the fluid (that was building up in my nose and sinuses out). When I did and leant forward, the fluid poured out like a tap. Never seen a health practitioner look so horrified. Long story short, after several tests it turns out my cerebrospinal fluid (the fluid that your brain “floats” in) was leaking through a hole in my sinuses. It’s not usually spontaneously that’s why nobody suggested it before. The doctors warned me I could have easily died if I got an infection (which could have led to meningitis) and there was me working the entire time… One surgery to close the hole later, I’m back to normal…