Meh...Dean, you are one of my favorite people here. Sorry to hear you got sick dude but glad you are on the mend. Sounds like a bad virus, eh?

Flus tend to attack the respiratory system and it sounds maybe a bit like what you may have had. Most people confuse the flu with various forms of gastrointestinal problems...ie "I got the stomach flu" and write of symptoms such as yours as colds. Where in truth stomach flus are usually things like food poisoning or other matters, and those nasty colds are actually the more dangerous forms of Influenza.

Glad you're back. I watched the Pac fight for you. In case you can't remember it, Pac knocked Diaz silly, and then looked at the camera and shouted in an amazing Filipino sounding David Haye impression, "You're Next Wladimir Klitschko!!"

(get better soon buddy)