I am about 98% sure I had piggy flu in early October. I am rarely sick. I called the doc to basically just tell them if they were keeping count. That was on the third day when I finally realized what was going on. They asked me to stay away unless I felt I "really" needed to be seen, which I did not.

Symptoms -- HUGE headache for about 12 hours but I get headaches often, so I didn't think too much. Then I was nausiated. Not horribly though, and I attributed it to the headache, which is not uncommon for me. Then all hell broke lose. Every long bone in my body hurt and my elbows and knees, too. Then, I could not command my body to get up off the couch. My husband would leave at 7am and I would be right where he left me when he got home 12 hours later. I lost all interest in food and slept for 2 days straight. Then my throat got sore and I had a fever and very minor sniffles. Then the cough started and that's when I put it all together. Three weeks later and I am using an inhaler.

Three people where I work did go to the doctors and tested positive the next week. Apparently, a few people had it the week before I did. If I got it at work, it is pretty easy to spread because I wasn't anywhere near the ones that were sick the week before I was. For me, the worst part has been the cough/breathing involvement. Sleeping 48 hours straight was weird, but the dog enjoyed it. I haven't ridden my bike since getting ill because I am worried my inhaler won't be enough for exercising in the cool air, so you can imagine the respiratory involvement has been the worst aspect.

I have had "achy, sneezy, sniffly, feeling like you're gonna die" colds before and this was nothing at all like that. Every day was a new symptom. It was quite an odd little virus.