Last Monday, October 26, 2009, I came home early not feeling well.  This Monday, November 02, 2009, I do not feel much better and have had:

• Chills
• Night sweats
• Aches beyond aches
• Headaches
• Nausea
• Diarrhea
• Light-headedness
• Fatigue
• Sleep going on for hours a day
• And an abnormal appetite

The debate is “swine flu”. Do I have it? Did I have it? Was I contagious? If so, for how long? Where did I get it? Will my co-workers get it? Will my family get it?

Hold it. I do not have the swine flu. I have a bad cold.

Colds never act like the symptoms I had. I do have the swine flu.

No I don’t.

Yes I do.

It seems that everyone wants to know. I may find out this afternoon. After 8 days of the above, I am going to the doctor. And no I will not pay a co-pay. He’s a friend who does ENT work. He wants to listen to my lungs. He has always liked the sound of my lungs I guess.  

Why didn’t I go to the doctor a week ago and pay to find out? Because if I do or don’t, did or didn’t, the results and treatment remains the same - lots of rest and water. A visit to the doctor would have cost hundreds by the time the insurance industry was done doing their magic. Uncle Sam owes me for pain and suffering.