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Post by trailboss on Jan 19, 2018 15:55:21 GMT -5
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Post by Darin on Jan 19, 2018 16:08:55 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Jan 19, 2018 16:23:33 GMT -5
Yeah, Dr. Miller said that the success rate is below 30% in this years. concoction, not good.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 17:50:35 GMT -5
Despite getting the Senior Booster shot, I got it for the first 8 days of December. It's serious and will kill you. 30% edge is better then none and I did avoid a trip to the Emergency Clinic.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jan 19, 2018 20:19:46 GMT -5
I got it around January 3. Over the next 4 or 5 days I coughed until I passed out several times. It was always an interesting experience coming to my senses after one of these episodes, like I imagine being born. Darkness, disorientation, flashes of light and images that I couldn't make sense of. This phase eventually stopped and I slept and coughed a lot. 16 days later I still have a light cough and headaches. I really want to get out of the house.
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Jan 19, 2018 20:27:30 GMT -5
...I always take the flu shot... and the last two years the stronger senior version...even if there is a small edge...I'll take it, as my wife is a transplant patient and is immuno-suppressed.
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Post by papipeguy on Jan 19, 2018 21:43:54 GMT -5
The flu is pretty bad in our part pf Pa. My wife has not left the house in 10 days. The last time she got the flu she was in the hospital for 50 days and was an induced coma for 2 weeks. Stage 4 COPD so we don't mess around this time of year. She's lucky to be alive.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 21:50:11 GMT -5
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Post by sablebrush52 on Jan 19, 2018 22:21:19 GMT -5
I never used to get sick, but age has caught up with me. After beating off two attacks of the flu, one right after the other, in the fall of 2016, I made sure that I got a flu shot last November. It isn't any kind of guarantee, since it's composed of strains that are judged to be potential problems, and it doesn't work against mutations, but it's better than nothing.
People around me are dropping like flies. This year I bring along a respirator with me when I have to go out. It may not be pretty, and some may be offended, but too bad. People are out and about, coughing up bits of lung and I'd just as soon not fall victim to their selfishness. If you're sick, stay home, and get well.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 22:28:20 GMT -5
My last flu shot was in Dec 2014. Right after that I was gravely ill for six weeks. I fell twice. I don't have the strength in my arms to get up. The wife came running to me and I was speaking of aliens or something. I had no idea how I got on the floor. At one point I had nine blankets and the furnace up to 90. Xuan was miserable from the heat. She nursed me back with broth. I just got done refusing another flu shot from my MD. Never again
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Post by JDunbar on Jan 20, 2018 12:19:56 GMT -5
Everyone in my house has been sick in the last few months except me. I have began to wonder if my pipe smoke is killing or driving away the germs before they get to me. Could it be?? Fingers crossed.  |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jan 20, 2018 12:59:32 GMT -5
  Wife had the flu, went to Dr, he gave her 2 boxes of Tamriflu, told her to tell me to start taking it even though I had the shot. 3 days into it, a severe rash on right thigh erupted, stopped taking it, rash got worse, couldn't see Dr, went to one of those care units, on severe antibotics, had not eaten nothing but cracker for 2 weeks, lost 16 lbs, that might be the only thing good out of this. F<>k Tamriflu !
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Post by Matthew on Jan 20, 2018 14:33:47 GMT -5
I haven't had a flu shot since 1985. I've only had the flu 3 times since then
and that only knocked me down for about 4 days each time. I'm not saying that
people shouldn't get the shots,but for me I've always had an adverse reaction.
The last shot I got, put me down for almost two weeks. Can't do pain killers
either, quarter dose of demerol puts me out for a week. So around here medicine
is old school, for colds or flu it's bed and soup, for pain it's cold packs.
And for recovery it's SCOTCH.
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Post by toshtego on Jan 21, 2018 8:44:27 GMT -5
I may have mentioned my pneumonia incident in November. That was a bad one, twice in the ER. An MD here I know ended up with septic shock from the virus and almost kicked the bucket. Bad this year with just about everyone I know sick. No vaccine can be found here, neither the Flu nor the Pneumonia vaccines.
Wash your hands whenever you can or use that alcohol gel hand cleaner.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 21, 2018 11:07:54 GMT -5
I wash my hands regularly, and regularly grab a paper towel to open doors with, because there are so many dirtbags that I have seen come from a bathroom stall and walk by the sink.....What really takes the cake is hearing someone carrying on a conversation on the phone while taking a dump, never skipping a beat as they walk out of the restroom!
Now I have been propelled into being a germophobe...I had to use the ATM, and I grabbed a kleenex to use it as a fingertip barrier.
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Post by Matthew on Jan 21, 2018 13:52:10 GMT -5
I wash my hands regularly, and regularly grab a paper towel to open doors with, because there are so many dirtbags that I have seen come from a bathroom stall and walk by the sink.....What really takes the cake is hearing someone carrying on a conversation on the phone while taking a dump, never skipping a beat as they walk out of the restroom! Now I have been propelled into being a germophobe...I had to use the ATM, and I grabbed a kleenex to use it as a fingertip barrier. According to some reports, the money you grabbed out was "dirtier" than the buttons.  Thought I'ld put that out there for ya |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 21, 2018 14:11:55 GMT -5
I will take my chances with bills that have set idle for 24+ hours, over a guy that swabbed his bum five minutes ago.
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Post by sablebrush52 on Jan 21, 2018 18:14:29 GMT -5
Charlie, the problem is you're insufficiently motivated toward capitalism. Back in the 1980's I contracted with a high flying firm that produced spectacular, and expensive, ads for for television. They maintained a very hip and trendy studio on Highland Blvd in LA. Every stall in the men's room was outfitted with a phone and you were expected to answer if you were paged, because doing your business was no excuse for not doing their business.  |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 21, 2018 18:21:03 GMT -5
Charlie, the problem is you're insufficiently motivated toward capitalism. Back in the 1980's I contracted with a high flying firm that produced spectacular, and expensive, ads for for television. They maintained a very hip and trendy studio on Highland Blvd in LA. Every stall in the men's room was outfitted with a phone and you were expected to answer if you were paged, because doing your business was no excuse for not doing their business. I will go on the record... Whoever employed by, employees should not have to answer the phone while laying cable.😉 If they indeed were “trendy and hip”, and thinks that employees need to answer the phones while taking a dump, that is pretty progressive trailblazing... certainly, a change from societal norms.😉 |
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Post by sablebrush52 on Jan 21, 2018 23:35:11 GMT -5
Charlie, the problem is you're insufficiently motivated toward capitalism. Back in the 1980's I contracted with a high flying firm that produced spectacular, and expensive, ads for for television. They maintained a very hip and trendy studio on Highland Blvd in LA. Every stall in the men's room was outfitted with a phone and you were expected to answer if you were paged, because doing your business was no excuse for not doing their business. I will go on the record... Whoever employed by, employees should not have to answer the phone while laying cable.😉 If they indeed were “trendy and hip”, and thinks that employees need to answer the phones while taking a dump, that is pretty progressive trailblazing... certainly, a change from societal norms.😉 Charlie, it's not "trendy and hip", it's "hip and trendy". You have to get the jargon correct. The hip and trendy referred to the interior architecture of the front rooms and that was done to bring in the high paying clientele. They liked to see hip and trendy spaces because the business was one of selling trends to the public through advertising. The rest of the place was a cobbled together cross between a rabbit warren and an anthill. If you consider below decks on a Roman Trireme progressive, I'd hate to see what you think is moderate. The masters there cracked the whip and everyone scurried. At least we weren't paid in gruel. I never worked there as an in-house artist and no desire to do so. I was an independent contractor. To give you an idea how disfunctional the work environment was, one artist missed a deadline and committed suicide by hanging himself from an overhead girder, using his belt as a rope. His body was removed and the machine kept right on churning. And, I've seen worse. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 1:19:29 GMT -5
Well, my flu (actually lack thereof) story is more bittersweet and has nothing to do with the appreciation of "The Constitutional."
Dad and two brothers came over today. Dad is a 91 YO Vet. He's on dialysis a few times a week and a lot weaker. All of my life I always kissed my dad on the cheek when I would see him. Got back to me that one of his friends thought it unique that I never grew out of that.
Last time I saw dad was a few months ago on a high pain day. I was not able to get up to kiss him on the cheek, but he did all he could to bend down to let me.
This time, with him going more downhill, the flu around, and my compromised immune system all we did was grab hands. Last time I saw him I thought it might be my last. Today I dunno, but thinking about last time, it was the last time I got to kiss the old man on the cheek. He looked at me like he knew, too. Again, not that he is going anywhere soon. He's a tough bird. But the time for customs are probably gone. I don't blame it all on the flu, as I mentioned other reasons, but that truly did play into my thinking.
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Post by trailboss on Jan 23, 2018 3:11:35 GMT -5
Your father must be very proud of his son, David.
Thank him for his service for me if you could.... It saddens me to see the greatest generation leaving us, but it brightens my day when I come in contact with one.
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Post by haebar on Jan 23, 2018 7:27:10 GMT -5
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but a fellow from my church died last night from complications from the flu. He was younger than me, probably in his early 50's. He got the flu and it led to pneumonia, then sepsis, and then bleeding on the brain. They couldn't save him.
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Post by toshtego on Jan 23, 2018 12:37:48 GMT -5
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but a fellow from my church died last night from complications from the flu. He was younger than me, probably in his early 50's. He got the flu and it led to pneumonia, then sepsis, and then bleeding on the brain. They couldn't save him. Sorry for the loss of your friend. That almost happened to one of our MDs in town. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 15:08:54 GMT -5
Your father must be very proud of his son, David. Thank him for his service for me if you could.... It saddens me to see the greatest generation leaving us, but it brightens my day when I come in contact with one. I sure will, Charlie. I was bragging (maybe not the right word) about this club yesterday and how it is like a loose and close (at the same time) family of friends. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jan 23, 2018 15:36:17 GMT -5
David a Cajun custom not always adhered to but in my family the men when away and came back home we kissed on the lips, my 50 yr old Paratrooper son has always kissed me on the lips, we think nothing of it, and it warms my heart to hear about you and your father. Yes cherish him always.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 15:44:20 GMT -5
David a Cajun custom not always adhered to but in my family the men when away and came back home we kissed on the lips, my 50 yr old Paratrooper son has always kissed me on the lips, we think nothing of it, and it warms my heart to hear about you and your father. Yes cherish him always. Thank you. Back in my childhood you didn't see all the customs of many Euro countries that kiss one or both cheeks. I know that some cultures kiss on the lips, but couldn't name one offhand, so thank you for that. I hold all these things in my heart. I believe we take our intelligence and memories with us. I've been an avid listener of dad's stories. I want family and friends (and pets) in my heart forever. Greedy, I know. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 23, 2018 15:56:45 GMT -5
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but a fellow from my church died last night from complications from the flu. He was younger than me, probably in his early 50's. He got the flu and it led to pneumonia, then sepsis, and then bleeding on the brain. They couldn't save him. Wow, what a bummer...sorry to hear this. Glad to hear he has a church family that can be there for his loved ones. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2018 16:13:08 GMT -5
Sorry to be a Debbie Downer but a fellow from my church died last night from complications from the flu. He was younger than me, probably in his early 50's. He got the flu and it led to pneumonia, then sepsis, and then bleeding on the brain. They couldn't save him. Wow, what a bummer...sorry to hear this. Glad to hear he has a church family that can be there for his loved ones. That's one of the things I miss being homebound, Charlie. A church family. |
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Post by toshtego on Jan 23, 2018 22:21:53 GMT -5
I wash my hands regularly, and regularly grab a paper towel to open doors with, because there are so many dirtbags that I have seen come from a bathroom stall and walk by the sink.....What really takes the cake is hearing someone carrying on a conversation on the phone while taking a dump, never skipping a beat as they walk out of the restroom! Now I have been propelled into being a germophobe...I had to use the ATM, and I grabbed a kleenex to use it as a fingertip barrier. I do the same or wear gloves. Germ-o-phobe is right! |
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Wife had the flu, went to Dr, he gave her 2 boxes of Tamriflu, told her to tell me to start taking it even though I had the shot. 3 days into it, a severe rash on right thigh erupted, stopped taking it, rash got worse, couldn't see Dr, went to one of those care units, on severe antibotics, had not eaten nothing but cracker for 2 weeks, lost 16 lbs, that might be the only thing good out of this. F<>k Tamriflu !
