Bwoy, what an interesting week I have had... 
Come last week, I woke up on Wednesday with this massive thirst!! Irregardless of the copious amounts of water that I drank, the parching was never quenched!! From then on, the day went downhill. By the end of the day, I was in a state of eternal shivering. I got home, hugged the radiator like I have never done before - and still felt cold. Wana had been planning a 'shin-dig' that evening, so I needed to make sure that I was there.
A couple of hours later, the terrible feeling was not going away and started to feel much, much worse! Anyways, what followed was a night of coldness, hallucination and body-aches. The following morning, I spoke with the NHS Pandemic Helpline, who confirmed that I have Swine-flu. It was accompanied by bright yellow phlegm (eewwww, I know...) and a runny nose! Thank goodness I did not experience the diarrhoea. A couple of Tamiflu tablets later, I felt much, much better - only to be attacked by a wave of cold sores on my lips. (Info: Did you know, cold sores are caused by a virus called herpes simplex 1 or 2 HSV-1/HSV-2). Now, now, let's not confuse this type of oral herpes with the other kind of herpes we are most familiar with...
Cut a long story short - I am better now, but still have a bunged-up nose and cold sores! Oh, oh, oh, not to forget the tickly cough that keeps me awake quite a lot!
