I know my posts have been getting fewer and farther between, and I freely admit that I haven’t been doing all too great on the food front, but all of that just pales in comparison to what I’ve been going through this week.

The swine flu has hit home – more particularly, my home – even more particularly, me.  I started getting a very slight cough Friday night.  By Sunday morning, I barely had the energy to get out of bed.  I slept all day Sunday and called my doctor at about 11am on Monday.  Luckily, my doctor’s office has extended hours on Mondays, so they were able to get me an appointment at 7pm last night.  I slept all the rest of the day until my appointment.

At my doctor’s appointment, they gave me a flu test, and unfortunately, I tested positive for the Type A flu.  They said at this time of year, it is almost certain to be of the h1n1 type.  Even though it was over 48 hrs since my symptoms presented themselves, they started me on Tamiflu anyway in the hopes that it would get me past the contagious part and back to work a bit sooner.  The doctor also told me that I would have to be off work at least today and tomorrow.  It depends on if my fever goes down and stays down (unmedicated) whether I can go back on Thursday.

The worst part (other than the fact that I feel like crap) is that I used my last vacation/sick day on Monday and my company has a zero tolerance policy on this.  So the world’s most perfect employee (moi of course) is going to get written up in her file.  Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do about it at this point.  I’m sure I’ll be more concerned when I’m more alert.

Hope everyone is happy and healthy in your lives!