A colleague came into work on Fri 29th May to enquire about some ongoing cases.
On Sunday I started experiencing flu like symptoms (sore throat, tight chest, runny nose, blocked nasal passages etc).
I soldier on at work Monday and Tuesday taking Paracetamol and Sudafed to ease my condition.
On Tuesday evening I advised my colleagues that I'd be taking Wednesday off as a lieu day to see if I could shake off my condition.
Approximately an hour ago I receive a call on my Blackberry from a work colleague advising me that the colleague who visited on Friday had recently returned from a cruise to America and Mexico and was showing symptoms of a flu like illness. They were currently in quarantine like conditions at hospital undergoing tests for possible swine flu.
Furthermore, some kind, considerate git had advised the authorities of the Friday visit and the fact I was off work trying to shake of suspiciously similar symptoms.
My caller had been instructed to advise/order me that on the instructions of the Environmental Health Department I was to refrain from a planned return to work tomorow and await a home visit from a Doctor and District Nurse to take God only knows what samples from me.
In the meantime I am watching the World Twenty 20 Cricket Championships on Sky Sports and my wife and daughter are keeping a constant vigil on me for signs of the early growth of a curly tail.
