That's really tough Trailrunner. The sickest I've ever been I think was when I got a Bladder Infection many years ago. I lost about 25 pounds because I just didn't want to eat anything and was weak and generally miserable. Plus I had to pee constantly and when I went to.... couldn't. To top it off, I was in Nursing School at the time and couldn't miss class or Clinicals. About 2 weeks worth of suffering before I got over it. I feel for you man.
Thanks for the positive thoughts. Yeah, those sudden urges to pee are powerful.
My "sickest I've ever been" story is similar to yours. Winter quarter, junior year of engineering undergrad. Every class is a weed-out class. I'm doing OK, but then I get chicken pox. When you get them as an adult, you get very sick, and I was very sick. One of my classes had homework 3 times a week, which is unusual. I asked the teacher if I could defer my homework for just a week given my dire condition, and he refused. So as sick as I was, I did my homework as scheduled,, and my girlfriend (now my wife) visited me to pick them up, and turned them in for me.