Seriously though, I am not sure why you are wondering whether you can get a doctor's appt. Aren't they treating us old codgers now? Personally I prefer to be on my own. I haven't had the flu in over 27 years, never had a flu shot and have learned of several ways to knock the stuffings out of the flu virus.
The last time I went to the doctor because I was sick was when I had pneumonia about 15 years ago. Like clockwork my fever would spike to 104 each day around 4 pm. The fever would go down after taking Tylenol. I would feel almost as good as new with a low grade fever (I never considered a 100 a fever) the next morning. It took me 4 days to decide to get to the doctor's office.
An interesting study would be an examination of the medical records of children who have had documented H1N1 to see how many were prescribed antibiotics in the past “just in case.” My hunch is that many of these kids have not developed a strong immune system (not talking about the high risk kids).