OT: Flu shot redux

[sledog]

"Zeka"? LOL! What is Zeka? I think you just invented a new virus! Nobel Prize to you!

Glad I got your attention with the 'e'. Spoke to CDC last week, and let's say they're concerned with the number of infected / inocculated people arriving in US. Border states are worried about outbreaks. Hopefully it won't be ebola.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll book a flight to Stockholm. But it will be tuff to wrestle it from Allison and Honjo. The board favors immuno-suppression tech lately.

 

[huskymedic]

So I woke up with what felt like the flu this morning and just confirmed that it is influenza A, the strain that is most common right now. I had the flu shot for this strain a couple months ago so I am hopeful that I have a relatively mild bout, which is what has happened the few times I have had it over the years. Fingers crossed, but I will say that, although I feel like crap, I don’t feel as bad as I feared I would when I felt it coming on. Put me squarely in the flu shot camp.

>>According to the state Department of Public Health, flu season in Connecticut in continuing to intensify. As of Dec. 29, the state reported, four deaths have been linked to the flu this season — an increase of one death since the week before. Of those flu-associated deaths, three were in people older than 65 and one was in a person aged 50 to 64.

A total of 787 people have tested positive for the flu — up from 527 the week before. The number of people hospitalized due to the contagious respiratory illness has also jumped, to 268 from 162 the week before.

Hartford County has seen the highest number of flu cases, at 242, with New Haven County close behind with 240 and Fairfield County a somewhat distant third with 140 cases

Influenza A viruses are the predominate type of flu circulating, with very few B viruses circulating.<<

 

[Devland]

>>According to the state Department of Public Health, flu season in Connecticut in continuing to intensify. As of Dec. 29, the state reported, four deaths have been linked to the flu this season — an increase of one death since the week before. Of those flu-associated deaths, three were in people older than 65 and one was in a person aged 50 to 64.

A total of 787 people have tested positive for the flu — up from 527 the week before. The number of people hospitalized due to the contagious respiratory illness has also jumped, to 268 from 162 the week before.

Hartford County has seen the highest number of flu cases, at 242, with New Haven County close behind with 240 and Fairfield County a somewhat distant third with 140 cases

Influenza A viruses are the predominate type of flu circulating, with very few B viruses circulating.<<

787 out of approximately 3.6 million in CT. I'd say he's in an exclusive club. Joking aside I hope 8893 feels better soon.

 

[Chin Diesel]

If there's nothing they can do for a virus there's no reason to do the test. My guess is it's for epidemiological purposes and I'm not going through that so they can count cases.

The first question I ask when a doctor wants to do a test is, "how will the result help treat what's wrong."

First question I ask when a doc wants to run a test is, "Will you at least give me a courtesy preemptive 'cough' "?

 

[8893]

787 out of approximately 3.6 million in CT. I'd say he's in an exclusive club. Joking aside I hope 8893 feels better soon.

I thought that at first, too; but that’s only the number who got tested. I doubt many people do. I only did because my wife brought the kit home and made clear that she really wanted to know.

As it turns out, it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. I don’t feel great, but I been quarantined in the man cave for the weekend without much interaction with anyone. With a wife and three teen daughters, this has been like being in a resort.

 

[CL82]

I thought that at first, too; but that’s only the number who got tested. I doubt many people do. I only did because my wife brought the kit home and made clear that she really wanted to know.

As it turns out, it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. I don’t feel great, but I been quarantined in the man cave for the weekend without much interaction with anyone. With a wife and three teen daughters, this has been like being in a resort.

I'm curious to see how long it runs and whether you think this year's vaccine helped.

FWIW, when we got seriously sick as kids isolation was the drill. Go to your room and let us know if you need anything. My mother would cater to us, making whatever we wanted, etc. Dad called it "bed rest" but in retrospect our room became a mini isolation ward.

 

[8893]

I'm curious to see how long it runs and whether you think this year's vaccine helped.

FWIW, when we got seriously sick as kids isolation was the drill. Go to your room and let us know if you need anything. My mother would cater to us, making whatever we wanted, etc. Dad called it "bed rest" but in retrospect our room became a mini isolation ward.

I’m curious, too! I thought I would feel better yesterday and I didn’t, so I’m missing work today, which is an extreme rarity for me. I woke up today feeling better than I did yesterday, but still symptomatic enough with body aches and congestion to give me pause. My wife is not big on sympathy for sick family members, especially me. But because of the quarantine she has grudgingly catered much more than would otherwise be the case.

I didn’t treat the syptoms at all on day one, except for ibuprofen every six hours, which definitely helped. The congestion kept me from sleeping much that night so yesterday I started taking Sudafed and Afrin, which also definitely helped—and I slept much better last night. I just don’t want to be fooled by the symptoms lessening now that I am treating them, because I don’t know how much of my improvement is attributable to that as opposed to the flu clearing. My secretary, who also got the flu shot, got the flu two weeks later and she’s been freaking me out a bit with her warnings because she said she got fooled into thinking she was better and then it moved into her lungs and she ended up being treated with antibiotics and it lasted some 2 1/2 weeks from onset until she was done with it. I am praying that she developed something different while she had the flu, because that would really bum me out and screw up a lot of plans.

 

[temery]

Chickenpox Outbreak Hits North Carolina School With High Vaccination Exemption Rate

 

[8893]

Was feeling a bit better yesterday and thought I'd be back at work today. Turns out I must have been mostly masking the symptoms because last night was crazy. Insane chills like I've never had before, fever and really crazy dreams that bordered on hallucinations. Wondering if the Afrin and Sudafed combo contributed to that. In any event, I still have a fever this morning and Mrs. 8893 says that means that I am still contagious and shouldn't go to work because I will risk infecting others; and I still don't feel great. I don't think I've ever missed two days of work being sick. I'm going stir crazy at home and haven't gone this many days (four) without exercise in years. Feeling a little weak and light headed but think some of that is from not exercising.

Mrs. 8893 insists it would be considerably worse if I hadn't gotten the shot. Her office is swamped with flu patients right now and she said many of them are in bed for days or a week. I only spent the first day in bed and have been able to get some work done at home, so I guess that's the upside.

 

[CL82]

Wondering if the Afrin and Sudafed combo contributed to that.

Are you kidding me? You really took those two together? NEVER do that. If you still are stop immediately. You may want go see your doctor. He can give you stuff to moderate the effects. Does your heart feel okay?

Warning: Afrin Nasal Spray and Sudafed Decongestant Should Never Be Taken at the Same Time.

 

[8893]

Are you kidding me? You really took those two together? NEVER do that. If you still are stop immediately. You may want go see your doctor. He can give you stuff to moderate the effects. Does your heart feel okay?

Warning: Afrin Nasal Spray and Sudafed Decongestant Should Never Be Taken at the Same Time.

Got me hook, line and sinker. I was ready to call Mrs. 8893 because I cleared it with her several times yesterday and again this morning after that crazy night. I rarely take medication so these decongestants definitely mess with my head. My heart was already racing! That combined with the lack of exercise is making me feel like a caged animal.

 

[whaler11]

Got me hook, line and sinker. I was ready to call Mrs. 8893 because I cleared it with her several times yesterday and again this morning after that crazy night. I rarely take medication so these decongestants definitely mess with my head. My heart was already racing! That combined with the lack of exercise is making me feel like a caged animal.

yikes. friend told me today it’s the sickest they have been in as long as they can remember - sounds like a horrible year. good year to be blind and avoid people i guess.

btw you ended up being correct the other night. they are telling me not a re-detachment but cataract.

One view on google and it’s def a horrible cataract - but I’m not sold it’s not re-detached - so many flashes still and just other weird things when i look in certain directions.

 

[8893]

yikes. friend told me today it’s the sickest they have been in as long as they can remember - sounds like a horrible year. good year to be blind and avoid people i guess.

btw you ended up being correct the other night. they are telling me not a re-detachment but cataract.

One view on google and it’s def a horrible cataract - but I’m not sold it’s not re-detached - so many flashes still and just other weird things when i look in certain directions.

Yeah apparently there are quite a few people in the hospital for it, so I really have no idea if the flu shot is helping me or not. No temperature at last reading so fingers crossed. I continue to be amazed at how much better I feel after having chicken and rice soup from our local Chinese place. I have had a quart every day for lunch and it’s the highlight of my day.

I’m a bit astounded that you could have had that much eye care in the past year with no one having picked up on the development of a huge cataract. From what I understand, they develop very gradually over time and do not come on suddenly. And they should be easily detected in a routine eye exam. In any event, it will likely be one of the best things to ever happen to you. There is a reason that it is the number one elective surgery in the country: it is relatively easy and painless (especially compared to the vitectomy), and once you remove the eye covering (a day or two following surgery iirc) it immediately results in a such a dramatic improvement in your vision that it will likely blow your mind. You won’t believe how different so many colors look once you are not looking through a cataract. And the best news is that they can now put progressive lenses in, so even the people with the most complicated prescriptions can often come away without the need for eyeglasses or contacts any more because the corrective lens is now inside your eye. When I got mine done they only had fixed lenses, so I went with monovision and it was perfect for about a year following the second cataract surgery. Then I had the successive detachments a year apart from each other and never came all the way back from the second one.

Yep, we have the same eyes, especially now that you have premature cataracts. At least this time it’s pretty good news.

Make sure you do your research on the doctor who does your cataract surgery and ask about any complications related to your detachments.

 

[whaler11]

Yeah apparently there are quite a few people in the hospital for it, so I really have no idea if the flu shot is helping me or not. No temperature at last reading so fingers crossed. I continue to be amazed at how much better I feel after having chicken and rice soup from our local Chinese place. I have had a quart every day for lunch and it’s the highlight of my day.

I’m a bit astounded that you could have had that much eye care in the past year with no one having picked up on the development of a huge cataract. From what I understand, they develop very gradually over time and do not come on suddenly. And they should be easily detected in a routine eye exam. In any event, it will likely be one of the best things to ever happen to you. There is a reason that it is the number one elective surgery in the country: it is relatively easy and painless (especially compared to the vitectomy), and once you remove the eye covering (a day or two following surgery iirc) it immediately results in a such a dramatic improvement in your vision that it will likely blow your mind. You won’t believe how different so many colors look once you are not looking through a cataract. And the best news is that they can now put progressive lenses in, so even the people with the most complicated prescriptions can often come away without the need for eyeglasses or contacts any more because the corrective lens is now inside your eye. When I got mine done they only had fixed lenses, so I went with monovision and it was perfect for about a year following the second cataract surgery. Then I had the successive detachments a year apart from each other and never came all the way back from the second one.

Yep, we have the same eyes, especially now that you have premature cataracts. At least this time it’s pretty good news.

Make sure you do your research on the doctor who does your cataract surgery and ask about any complications related to your detachments.

This came on 100% suddenly. I guess the surgery with the buckle can cause it.

So you had the cataracts first and then the detachments?

I happen to have a friend who is in the industry and says I should use this guy Edwards in Glastonbury, can’t even get in until 2/20.

 

[8893]

This came on 100% suddenly. I guess the surgery with the buckle can cause it.

So you had the cataracts first and then the detachments?

I happen to have a friend who is in the industry and says I should use this guy Edwards in Glastonbury, can’t even get in until 2/20.

A ha. Didn’t know that about the buckle; as I said the other day, I didn’t think they were still doing buckles.

Yes, I had the cataracts first, and cataract surgery itself is a risk factor for retinal detachment. Because I already had lattice and extreme myopia—both of which are also risk factors for detachment—I saw a retinal specialist before the first cataract surgery and he was the one who recommended prophylactic lasering of one eye and then got trigger happy while he was doing it. And lo and behold, that was the first eye to detach, a year following the cataract surgery.

If you trust that this is the guy, it’s worth the wait. Cataracts are not an emergency. The guy who did mine was my favorite doctor I’ve ever had, but he sold his practice.

 

[August_West]

Got me hook, line and sinker. I was ready to call Mrs. 8893 because I cleared it with her several times yesterday and again this morning after that crazy night. I rarely take medication so these decongestants definitely mess with my head. My heart was already racing! That combined with the lack of exercise is making me feel like a caged animal.

Ive got a natural home remedy for that.



















Morphine.

It will help with the flu symptoms too.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

I don’t feel great, but I been quarantined in the man cave for the weekend without much interaction with anyone. With a wife and three teen daughters, this has been like being in a resort.

Sure, but how were the meals in your mini isolation ward resort? Any enhancement @8893 ?

 

[JMick]

This came on 100% suddenly. I guess the surgery with the buckle can cause it.

So you had the cataracts first and then the detachments?

I happen to have a friend who is in the industry and says I should use this guy Edwards in Glastonbury, can’t even get in until 2/20.

I got a rec from a family member that's a doctor for a specialist for something unrelated to this. Wait time for an appointment was 4 months... Guy was good though.

 

[whaler11]

I got a rec from a family member that's a doctor for a specialist for something unrelated to this. Wait time for an appointment was 4 months... Guy was good though.

Yeah I was told shut and wait he is worth it.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Got me hook, line and sinker. I was ready to call Mrs. 8893 because I cleared it with her several times yesterday and again this morning after that crazy night. I rarely take medication so these decongestants definitely mess with my head. My heart was already racing!.

Next, your drug combo will kick you into rickastleydancemoves. Flu's never gonna give you up.

 

[8893]

Sure, but how were the meals in your mini isolation ward resort? Any enhancement @8893 ?

Sunday dinner was the highlight because Mrs. 8893 is an awards show nut so she made some fun apps and a good dinner (General Tso’s Chicken from Blue Apron) to enjoy with the Globes (I watched them in one room while they watched in another). Last night had great promise with a homemade beef stew, but the stew meat was disappointing.

I’ve been making myself a good breakfast every day because no one else is up and I can clean up (with disinfectant wipes!) and get out of the way before they start to come around. Lunches have been the aformentioned chicken and rice soup, which is just ducky with me.

Dinner tonight is currently the issue, as Mrs. 8893 had to work and is working late. She doesn’t want me touching food for others so I can’t make dinner. Debating takeout options presently.

 

[August_West]

Sunday dinner was the highlight because Mrs. 8893 is an awards show nut so she made some fun apps and a good dinner (General Tso’s Chicken from Blue Apron) to enjoy with the Globes (I watched them in one room while they watched in another). Last night had great promise with a homemade beef stew, but the stew meat was disappointing.

I’ve been making myself a good breakfast every day because no one else is up and I can clean up (with disinfectant wipes!) and get out of the way before they start to come around. Lunches have been the aformentioned chicken and rice soup, which is just ducky with me.

Dinner tonight is currently the issue, as Mrs. 8893 had to work and is working late. She doesn’t want me touching food for others so I can’t make dinner. Debating takeout options presently.

Does Bobby's Apizza deliver?

Thats the call.

If not use UberEats for it

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Debating takeout options presently.

Ah, beware of the inexplicable American dish named after a Qing dynasty leader and General Chao's Revenge. Deliveries: consider Thai curries and Tom Kha Gai soup for the ginger and lemongrass sinus benefits. Fire your flu away. Good luck feeling better soon. Kind of makes my current swimmer's ear infection pale in comparison; can't believe it wasn't prevented by my flu shot.

 

[8893]

Does Bobby's Apizza deliver?

Thats the call.

If not use UberEats for it

Grand Apizza was her first suggestion. I nixed it because I don’t feel like pizza. Doesn’t go well with congestion.

Ah, beware of the inexplicable American dish named after a Qing dynasty leader and General Chao's Revenge. Deliveries: consider Thai curries and Tom Kha Gai soup for the ginger and lemongrass sinus benefits. Fire your flu away. Good luck feeling better soon. Kind of makes my current swimmer's ear infection pale in comparison; can't believe it wasn't prevented by my flu shot.

Thai curries and soups are a great call. I’d love some Tom Yum soup.

But alas I took my temperature again and have convinced the missus that I am okay to cook. That’s how badly I need activity: I am begging to cook. Looks like Italian Beef & Fontina Sandwiches from Blue Apron tonight.

 

[uconnfan68]

Got me hook, line and sinker. I was ready to call Mrs. 8893 because I cleared it with her several times yesterday and again this morning after that crazy night. I rarely take medication so these decongestants definitely mess with my head. My heart was already racing! That combined with the lack of exercise is making me feel like a caged animal.

Watch out for rebound from them... wean off as soon as you can.