Might have been Swine Flu

Merry Christmas!  For most, and then there is a case of what might have been a mild dose of Christmas Swine Flu.  Here’s its story.

Tuesday had a suspicious wheezy throat.  Thursday whole windpipe felt inflamed on a brisk very cold walk.   Friday bad headache, sore throat that seemed to go well into my chest with a wheezy cough, sensitive to noises, a few aches, tired and cold in a warm room – just sat looking at the fire and slightly worried it might get worse or serious. 

 Saturday, Christmas Day, after a Beechams didn’t feel too bad but for the first time ever had no alcohol or Christmas Cake on Christmas Day.  Sunday it was back to a bad headache and tired all day, not been eating much. Monday, today, feel a lot better with just an occasional cough.  Might have been Swine Flu or maybe just something vaguely answering that description.

Update: Tuesday not so good, Wednesday went out and feel a lot better just for doing that.

So I guess it lasted a week but was hardly a fraction as bad as a dose I had 40 years ago that laid me well out of it for a whole day with my dad looking anxiously on for hours. Then I woke up and said can I have a bowl of hot milk with bread and sugar in it – so he said, something I had as a child.  Guess my dad was worried as he lost a brother from flu in 1919.

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