There is a good chance, so try to use very good hand washing practices. There are some self assessment tools from the US and UK available online. See the related questions below for links to those tools.
The symptoms of swine flu and normal flu are very similar, even doctors cannot tell them apart without swabbing and testing. As a result a lot of people who think they have had swine flu have probably only had normal flu.
Your best option on finding out more information on symptoms of swine flu would be to visit your local physician or Doctor. If you have access to the internet, visiting a medical website such as WebMD will familiarize you with swine flu symptoms.
The only way to know for sure that it is the H1N1/09 (swine flu) is to have lab testing. Otherwise you can only tell by symptoms which are virtually the same as regular flu. See the related question for information about the symptoms of swine flu.
The kind of cough is not diagnostic of Swine Flu. The swine flu has many of the same symptoms as the regular flu. You cannot tell by the type of cough what type of flu you have. Your doctor cannot even tell that. If you are displaying actual flu symptoms, your doctor can order a laboratory test to confirm or rule out the swine flu. That is the only way to receive a proper diagnosis to which flu subtype you may or may not have. See the related question below for a more detailed description of the symptoms of swine flu.
The symptoms of swine flu are the same as other more common flu strains. There is no way of knowing if your flu was the swine flu without laboratory testing.
the cold a fever
Not necessarily.
The symptoms are similar to a normal influenza
The danger of Swine Flu is that it has almost the exact same symptoms as the regular flu which makes it hard to diagnose. Some common symptoms of both of these influenza viruses include fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, and headaches.
By symptoms only. Swine flu usually presents with diarrhea in addition to the usual symptoms. Additionally, the regular flu season has not started yet, so most cases are assumed to be swine flu. There is no test at this moment that a family doctor could order (at least not in Canada).
Each person usually may get three to four of the symptoms, but each individual can get a different combination of them and usually not all of them. See the related question below about all the different symptoms of swine flu.
Only pigs.