I’ve been feeling terrible ever since I woke up this week. I felt sore all weekend, but just figured I was sleeping wrong. Monday morning, however, I nearly puked during the night and came down with an awful sore throat, fever, and feeling very fatigued.
Swine Flu (H1N1) Symptoms
So, I checked into swine flu symptoms, just to be sure, from WebMD:
“Symptoms of swine flu are like regular flu symptoms and include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, body aches, headache, chills, and fatigue. Many people with swine flu have had diarrhea and vomiting. Nearly everyone with flu has at least two of these symptoms. But these symptoms can also be caused by many other conditions. That means that you and your doctor can’t know, just based on your symptoms, if you’ve got swine flu. Health care professionals may offer a rapid flu test, although a negative result doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t have the flu.”
I haven’t been vomiting, but fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue, chills….check, check and check.
I’ve still been able to work this week, but it’s been a bear. I kind of hope I do have swine flu, just so I can say I had it! But, I don’t have any plans to see the doctor yet, unless I still feel awful come Thursday maybe. So, maybe I’ll never know.
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I know I’m weird for wanting to have the swine flu. I guess, If I’m gonna have the flu, at least have a story, right?
I take this comment back. It’s now nearly 2:30am and I can’t sleep. Feel like I want to throw up…just trying to avoid it.
You’re not the only one announcing this tonight haha Brad at Enemyofdebt.com has it too and I had it a few weeks ago. Not as bad as everyone makes it out to be, I actually prefer it to the regular flu!
I’m glad there are levelheaded people in the world. It’s great that you are willing to ride it out and wait before running to a doctor.
I work in a downtown emergency room in Houston, Texas. The ER is packed every night with people who are scared they have “swine flu”. It’s just the flu, it’s been around since the 70’s.
Hope you get to feeling better soon.