so wash your hands....

When public health officials start talking about 'standard operating procedures' it makes me a little nervous. Swine flu is in the beginning stages having killed 100 people in Mexico and with outbreaks already discovered in the U.S. and Canada. While they have yet to create a vaccine to deal with this new strain, there is website offering advice to those concerned. Contact with anyone that has been in Mexico tops the list, along with staying home if you feel ill and covering your mouth when you sneeze or cough.

I've had the good ole American kind of flu. It was the sickest I have ever been. Deep fatigue and severe body aches are the symptoms I most remember - that along with being home for over 8 days and sleeping around the clock. It was awful. You forgot what feeling good feels like.

While I don't like to worry, I will heed the advice of those health officials.