Lindsay Robertson describes in New York Magazine what the swine flu feels like after her hellish experience with it.
The worst of it came in slowly on Saturday afternoon: an excruciating, horrifying, unimaginably painful sore throat, the likes of which you haven't experienced unless you've had strep as an adult. But, unlike strep, which quickly improves within the first few hours of antibiotics, this sore throat is caused by a virus, and it will last for a week. It will make you ask yourself questions like, "If I knew I would have this sore throat for the rest of my life, would I choose to go on living?" And the answer will be, "No."
The upside as one commenter pointed out is Vicodin and weight loss. Jokes, people. Lose weight the right way by healthy eating and exercising.