I Am Fully Sick
I last reported on a sudden illness and its disappearance. Now later in the week, different symptoms have erupted and I now have an actual disease. I have a productive cough (coughing up phlegm), swollen lymph nodes, and a very sore throat without white exudates (pus, which would be a sign of strep throat). I'm thinking it's a viral infection, which means I can't do all that much about it.
There's a slight possibility that it's the dreaded H1N1. In April, a few students at Harvard Dental School were verified to have H1N1. The (unverified) story goes that a student's boyfriend had visited Mexico, returned, and the two of them visited parties without showing symptoms. In response the school was shut down for several days.
The H1N1 flu is common enough now that cases do not need to be sent to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for verification, but it is still a looming threat in the coming flu season.
In any case, I'm going to take it easy for a while until I recover more.
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October 9th, 2009 - 17:39
H1N1 is so prevalent now; anybody tests positive for influenza A on the RVAP test is automatically assumed to have swine flu. The distinction is largely academic anyway, you treat both of them the same way (i.e. not much you can do other than supportive care)