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I had H1N1 week before last, at least, my doctor thought that's what it was. It could just as easily have been the regular seasonal flu, however.

It started on Wednesday morning; I woke up with a bit of a cough and scratchy throat. I felt fine otherwise, and assumed I must have kicked up some dust or something while cleaning Tuesday night. I left for work at 8:10, feeling fine. By 9:00, muscle aches had set in and the cough was much worse. By 10:00 my head was splitting and throat had escalated from scratching to burning, so I decided I needed to go home. By the time I got home and located a thermometer, at around 10:40, my temperature was already above 101.

My doctor's office managed to fit me in at 4, and kindly hooked me up with some Tamiflu. My doc stressed the importance of water, vitamin c, rest, and positive visualization. "Think of a time when you were well and life was good, and you really will get well faster," he said.

Positive visualization was admittedly difficult Wednesday night, which was the closest thing to hell I can imagine in recent memory. I couldn't sleep; everything hurt too much. I watched some Firefly and some MST3K, but giggling made me cough more, which just made me more miserable. raistlinbrown made some quip like, "Your love of pigs finally caught up with you," which was funny once I felt better, but not at the time.

Things steadily improved Thursday and Friday, thanks mainly to notasthewolf making sure I ate and drank constantly, and my consuming epic amounts of Vitamin C and Advil Cold and Sinus. My fever broke late Thursday and never spiked back up. I was still a little tired and grumpy throughout the weekend and sneezy till the end of Monday.

Overall, it wasn't a big deal. I ended up missing a screening of The Road attended by Viggo himself and a read/signing of Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer, both of which bummed me out. I was more bummed about the huge price tag on the Tamiflu and the lost wages from staying home for two days, but now I'm mostly just grateful it wasn't longer.

Kevin Smith!

It's a crappy picture of me, but who cares!!! 

And we're going to his q & a later tonight... what should I ask him?