Ughh...we qualified for NCAA's yesterday and I was sky high. Last night started feeling kinda weird, and this morning woke up with full blown flu symptoms. Two of my three other roommates have had H1N1 in the past two weeks so I'm pretty sure I'm screwed. Is all hope lost? I'm not in a category to get tamiflu? Anything else to do but pray? Do some cases clear up in a couple of days or is that wishful thinking. My two roommates were totally knocked out of commission so I'm not optimistic.
How bad is your fever? I got hammered by it, but others I know had milder symptoms and were over it in a few days.
It could be pretty bad, or you could recover in time, depending on how sick you are for the next few days. I coached a guy this year who came down with the flu on a Friday, won the district meet Monday while sick with the flu, got a little better Tuesday-Thursday, then won state on Saturday.
However, I also know of guys from other schools who did much worse; some of them were weakened the whole second half of the season.
Sleep a lot and drink plenty of water, and good luck.
I have to say, you're seriously doomed. You may get really lucky and get a milder version, but its likely this means you are in trouble for cross NCAA. Almost everyone I know who has gotten this has gone back too soon to running, relapsed and put themselves out of commission for much longer. You may feel better by the end of this week, and you can likely run next Monday. That said, if you do I predict you get one of those two to three month bronchial dog like coughs that won't go away, thus ruining your indoor season. Sorry, dude. Sucks.
Don't have any expectations for a quality performance. If it's H1N1, you'll be out of it for a while.
No worries, man. It's the flu. Get some Tamiflu from your Dr. drink lots of fluids and stay off your feet. Once your fever breaks you'll be fine. You wont have the best performance of your life but you're not dying and you'll be back to 100% in 6 weeks. Nats will be over, but its not the end of the world.
Swine Flu Info:
Not hopeless. Stay hydrated--and remember, no matter what, you're an NCAA finalist. Congratulations.
UPDATE:
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday - in bed, chicken soup, toast, massive hydration, Nyquil...sleeping all day and night
Wednesday - feeling well enough to go back to class, fell asleep in the afternoon
Thursday - feeling better. 4 miles
Friday - feeling much better 8 miles + strides
Saturday - 6 miles
Sunday - 3 miles, stretching
Monday - Let's Roll. Nothing to lose.