I had been sort of dragging myself around for a month when my wife finally made me go to the doctor. Now this was several years ago so it wasn’t like my immediate fear was Covid. No, during that time, I suffered quite often with cold symptoms that just didn’t seem to ever fully resolve. I’d have a scratchy throat or sinus issue after sinus issue plaguing me. And it just dragged me down overall I suppose. There were days that all I wanted to do was lay around in the HVAC. So my wife finally forced me to the doctor and I found out that the HVAC was part of the problem and the solution as it turned out. When I went to the doctor, I was sort of prepared to hear the lectures about my weight and general lack of fitness. And I sure enough got reminded of that. But what I was not expecting was that the doctor suggested that the problem might have to do with my HVAC equipment. She suggested that I call the HVAC company and get them out to do ductwork cleaning and ductwork resealing. Additionally, once the ductwork cleaning was done, the doctor suggested that I use HEPA filters in place of the cheap air filters I used. Well, I followed her direction and it turned out she was one hundred percent on the money about the source of my respiratory problems. It was the air quality in my house all along. And I had never gotten around to the ductwork cleaning so there was more than a decade of ick in those air ducts. With the HEPA filter added to clean ductwork, I have to say that I’m breathing and feeling better than ever.