bonnaroo gave me the gift that keeps on giving...

I'm so sorry. you will recover but you are going to feel like crap for awhile. the good news is that you can never get hepatitis A again since you will have immunity (little consolation now, I know)

now as to your other comments. I have some experience in treating hepatitis as I worked with a GI practice for awhile. So I'm not just pulling this out of my butt, no pun intended.

according to the CDC the incubation period for hep A is 15-45 days. With this being 6/23, the likelihood that you picked it up during Bonnaroo is low. I will not totally discount it, as there seem to be exceptions to every rule. But the likelihood is low.

now some bad news, well sort of. The virus is contagious during the incubation period. (incubation period is just that time between when you become infected and when you display symptoms of the disease). So hopefully you were fastidious with using hand sanitizer. the transmission of hep A is fecal-oral which means that typically poor sanitation is the culprit. But you could have picked it up anywhere you ate in the few days prior to Roo, including home if you ate unwashed fresh produce, for instance.

as far as vaccinations, it won't help to get vaccinated after the fact. hepatitis A vaccine is a series of 2 injections 6 months apart. the vaccine essentially is dead virus that triggers the body to make antibodies. If you have already been exposed to the virus and infected it wont help you.

Bottom line, you will come out of this OK, especially if you are otherwise healthy. It doesn't seem so now and you may be weak for awhile but you WILL be OK. Unlike hepatitis B and C (which are borne by blood and body fluids), hepatitis A runs its course and thats it, with no chronic hepatitis or risk of other future liver problems.

hepatitis A is also a reportable disease in most all states - I know it is in GA - so a postive test result gets reported to the state public health agency and they look for outbreak patterns.

and a reminder to frequent festival goers and those who travel especially (but anyone really) vaccination is a good idea and is available usually for low cost at health departments if your insurance won't cover it.

hope you feel better soon

Ouch, that sucks! and your first post! that is crappy.
Just for the record, Herpes is the gift that keeps on giving.
Hope you feel better!

(insert drum beat and cymbals) That was pretty clever.

Hey, lay off the crappy puns already! You guys are so insensitive.

...or an STD.

I like how the guys user name is "poopsoup" like he knew without really knowing.

Poor fellow makes me feel a little better about the last couple of days in my life!

Thanks a million for sharing and hope you get well soon.

turns out it wasnt hep a.the doctor has no idea what it is,but bloodwork came back negative....i showed every sign and symptom of it....some kind of freaky one week viral thing because friday,a week to the day i started feeling bad,i woke up from dreaming of hamburgers and hot dogs (i had eaten a 12 inch subway sandwich since sunday)i woke up and felt great and started nomming immediately on anything could put in my face.i guess im over it...still got some more...ahem..."samples" to gather they say, but i dont think those will produce any new insight at this point.

It's probably the gonnasyphiherpelaids.

There was a raid at Bonnaroo?

No, the bonnaraids are what you get on your ankles from the insecticide. You're probably thinking of the bonnarrhoids.

rub some dirt on it.

"it was definately something jacking up my liver,"

"Alex, What is Alcohol?"

my bad