Unless, Perhaps, it's Swine Flu

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HA! Wouldn't it kinda figure?

We actually do have all the listed symptoms, including episodes of pronounced dizziness, fever, nausea, terrible respiratory illness, and the rest.

Yet maybe - maybe - we've both been feeling minimally better. Tiny signs. Neither one of us can tell if it's just the periodic miniature ups and downs one goes through during a cold or flu bout; and of course, if there's any real recovery then we DON'T want to jinx it. heh!

Walter, IMO, has been a little sicker than me throughout. Unexpectedly. The immunocompromised person should be sicker, right? OTOH, I take high-dose antivirals: 3200 mg of acyclovir (Zovirax) per day. That's for the systemic "cold sore" disease, HSV-1, that gives me blood blisters on my tongue and palate and toes. Acyclovir isn't listed by the CDC as effective against swine flu, but it's in the same class as the antivirals they do recommend.

Dr. C's office just called. She says, --If we feel like that's what it is, go to the hospital.-- Do not pass Go, do not collect $200. And I know she'll continue to give this careful thought and research, for lots of reasons.

But...if we're starting to recover, after 2 weeks already --

and considering that my standing orders about hospitals are, --If I need one, just dump me by the side of the road instead --

not yet. Not me.

Third reason?

The flu is viral. Coincidentally, Dr. Dad happens to be a virologist by medical trade. Better yet, he's published a number of journal articles about flu epidemiology over the years, sort of as a flu hobbyist. I sent him an email. His feedback on such matters is generally...let's just say, *excellent.*

So I'll give it a little more Wait and See.

And in the meantime, all y'all be GOOD, and don't be running around getting all sunburned and such. sheesh! ;-)
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