My First Flu

Since my transplant, I've been very lucky that I haven't gotten sick... not even once. Not even so much as a cold. But the last few days of cold, wet, miserable weather have been trying very hard to end that streak. I've have the chills and a funny throat since Monday, and no matter how many vitamins I take or prayers I say, it doesn't seem to be going away. Nobody wants to get sick, but part of me would like to see how my body would handle it. Obviously I've got some ways to go in that department, as I would have usually nipped this thing in the bud.

I haven't made any announcements about Team Tony in the last week or so since we broke the Top 2000 teams. Since then, our team has been like the spaceprobe Voyager, continuing to progress and explore long after the initial mission was accomplished.

Now that we are in the big leagues, our progress has slowed down somewhat. We are currently hanging around 1300th place, but slowly moving towards the top 1000 teams (now that will be an accomplishment).

I have to apologize -- Historically, I've generated a large percentage of points for the team, but in the last week I've had some computer problems, which put some of my machines offline. As a result, our output has slowed down a bit. My bad. I hope to be back to my old output soon.

So, here's another recruitment drive for the Amyloidosis Awareness team. Tell your family, your friends, your pets -- and get them on the bus! There are currently 32 members, and there's plenty of room for more! When you run Folding@Home, your efforts are not wasted. And once you starting cranking out the units, here's some secrets to improving your score.