I'm a Swine. Well a Swine Flu suffer!

Thanks for your kind words. Your right it should mean that I won't suffer if it get worse in the winter. But I'm actually in one of the at risk catergories as I have asthma and epilepsy. It's a bit annoying that the vaccine isn't being made available until Autumn in the UK as if it was available now I wouldn't have it. As you say at least I have the internet. But the relaxing is a bit annoying as I'm actually into the third week of my five weeks holidays as i work in education so I'm not gaining anything like a week of work. I'd been looking forward to a day out somewhere and there's lots of decoration and stuff to do in the house which I'm just to tired and lathargic to do. I suppose at least it gets me out of that!

I like to watch some of the oldies, like the original Bob Newhart, I think it was called Hart to Hart. I also like to watch All in the Family and The Jeffersons. I find just about any situation comedy humorous. One of the best gifts that anyone could get me would be a box set of just about any of the oldie but goodies!

Thanks for your kind words. Comedy is always my medicine but I seem to have been watchiing a lot recently so I've had a bit of an over kill. I love the sound of your idea about sleeping but for me even when I'm ill it's easier said then done. I suffer with insomnia and often struggle to sleep until the wee dark hours, or sometimes even when the sun is shining! I want take anything to make me sleep and I'm not even sure my doctor would prescribe me anything. I have epilepsy, which is tablet controlled, and I have to be careful that anything I take does not react with my medication. I have been told I cannot even, in any circumstances, use herbal remedies etc as they don't know what it would do. So most nights I have a winding down time before I go to bed. This is sitting in the dark watching comedies, hence the overkill. For enjoyment tonight I'm watching Dracula 2000. Very different from a comedy? What's your fave comedy to watch when you want to cheer yourself up? Mine is Frasier.

Thanks for your well wishes. Well I've decided to use this time wisely and make some money on MyLot and other sites that I'm with as I do have a trusty laptop. So hopefully some good will come of it. I don't personally know anyone that has had Swine Flu so it's been a very new, and scary, experience. I was very concerned at first as I have asthma, but luckily it hasn't really affected it. Will you get the vaccine if it is made available to you?

It took a bit longer then I expected to recover. Even after 4 weeks when I returned to work I was really tired by the afternoon, and never had any energy. I would go hope and either collapse on the sofa or go to bed for a bit. It took even longer to get my appetite back, everyone commented at work that I must still be ill as I was hardly eating anything. This also didn't help with the lack of energy. I was lucky that I didn't become worse with it as I have asthma so in a way I was very lucky.

Thank you for your kind words. They recommend that you are quarentined until you are fully recovered. The infectious stage is for five days, so I've stayed in for 7 days although I was feeling well before that. I think that I actually had it 2 days before I realised what it actually was. I am now recovered all though my energy levels are at an all time low as I've hardly been eating and have just been sat on the sofa or laying in bed. So I'm still not doing much yet. Luckly my boyfriend hasn't caught it so everything is well on that side. The sound of coconut water doesn't sound very nice to me, I really don't like coconut. Although I do like the coconut jelly they serve at Chinese restarants. I'm going to check out your comments on the review you mentioned, thanks.