Dancing's Melissa Rycroft Bounces Back From Swine Flu

Thu., Oct. 15, 2009 1:50 PM PDT by Josh Grossberg

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Add Melissa Rycroft to the celebrity swine flu watch.

A rep for the former Bachelor babe and Dancing With the Stars finalist has confirmed to E! News that Rycroft is recovering from a bout with the swiftly spreading virus.

"Like most people who become infected I thought I had a mild case of the common flu but when my symptoms exacerbated I immediately went to the hospital where I was diagnosed with H1N1 and given the proper medications to cure the infection," the 26-year-old reality star said, calling the flu by its official name.

Talk about your jitterbugs.

Rycroft added that she was prompted to seek medical attention after consulting the mother of her fiancé, Ty Strickland, who's a nurse.

"I want to stress to people how easy it is to battle this flu when you take the proper steps such as seeking the care of a doctor," she said.

The ex-Dallas Cowboys cheerleader joins a group of such high-profile H1N1 patients as Harry Potter's Rupert Grint, shock rocker Marilyn Manson, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta.

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