Swine Flu??? Oh God, No!

It started yesterday, dry and itchy throat, loss of appetite, nausea and a hint of diarrhoea. Later followed headaches, chills, and me feeling muscles I hadnt previously acknowledged existed.

I had been telling my sister that i was steering clear of anybody sniffling, sneezing or coughing in a ten-yard radius, saying that since many of those who were said to die from swine flu had immunity compromising conditions, i didnt want it to be said in reference to me that 'she had an underlying medical condition' a la my sickle cell genotype.

Anyway, yesterday, i found that despite my best efforts- which included covering my nose with a tissue and banishing politeness when on the train, a woman sneezed next to me- i matched about six of eight swine flu symptoms.

I am fine still and hope to remain so. And i have called my GP who advised me to monitor it today and not use tamiflu too soon because it might cause me to puke my intestines. I do not plan to let swine flu or whatever this nonsense is get the better of me; at least i havent started racking up my lungs in coughing fits yet, and neither have i started blowing my brains out of my nostrils, so i'll be fine!

But to all my friends (who needs enemies, when they've got you. lol!) who have been laughing at me, crowing that i have swine flu, refusing to visit like planned, and threatening to not let me into their houses if i show up on their doorsteps this week; what can i say... watch your backs oh! the way this swine flu thing is flying around you may not be crowing for much longer or be lucky enough to get my kind, which for now seems to be as gentle as swine flu goes.

But despite all, i pray that God rids my body of this flu and brings me back to health again.