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I did it. I challlenge you guys ot do the same.
Last Post 09/12/2020 04:43 PM by Cosmic Kid. 27 Replies.
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79pmooney
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| 09/03/2020 02:01 PM |
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Got my flu shot yesterday. Woman who administered it warned me of pain at the shot location and flu-like symptoms for the next day. She was right. Also said to take any pain killer I had on hand! (Never heard that before!) I felt like I got slugged and when I went to bed last night, I took 2 aspirin. Less than 3 hours later 2 more. And so on through the night. 10 hours later, got up feeling not too bad. Almost fine now. I never consume aspirin like that !
I spent a fair amount of time thinking about those who won't get vaccines for whatever reason. My thought - there are those who step up, get them and don't complain. Do it again next year. Real men, There are those who step, complain but still do it again next year. Lesser men, but men still. And there are those who won't, defending their choice with "personal freedom", government oversight, or whatever. ****ies. (Think female pet.)
Believing the talk out there that these "rights" or whatever that mean we don't have to be responsible citizens of the world and our species (never mind our government) is simply refusing to pull the blinders off one''s eyes, see what is and do the right thing.
Last night convinced me I had the flu last winter, Same - no specific symptoms, just the "got run over by a truck" feeling with all the actual injuries so drugged I couldn't feel them, But all the rest of my body! 12 hours is manageable.. And aspirin worked. Last year's got really old. And set me back at least a month and a half on the bike.
So, this wasn't a double blind study, just a double whammy study, But I can vouch that the shot, as much as it sucks, is by far the lesser of the two. And with our medical situation now, clearly the only "right" thing to do (unless you have real health issues that prevent it). Now, when I see the "my rights and freedom" folk (often laden with armament) I am going to be thinking of those pets. Keeping a straight face might be a challenge. Hope it doesn't get me in hot water.
Ben
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2020 02:56 PM |
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I had the first Shingles vaccine shot just when the pandemic hit....knocked me on my ass. In fact, I was concerned it was CVOID at the time.
Now due for the second half and I will double up with my flu shot as well. Probably next week sometime because I know it will knock me down again. |
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Dale
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| 09/03/2020 03:11 PM |
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Just got my flu shot. Hoping it doesn't knock me on my backside, I've got a bike to ride in a couple hours
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79pmooney
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| 09/03/2020 05:23 PM |
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Posted By Cosmic Kid on 09/03/2020 02:56 PM
I had the first Shingles vaccine shot just when the pandemic hit....knocked me on my ass. In fact, I was concerned it was CVOID at the time.
Now due for the second half and I will double up with my flu shot as well. Probably next week sometime because I know it will knock me down again.
I probably should go do the Shingles. I know first hand what it is like if you take the medication in time when it it shows up and 3rd hand what happens if you don't. 2010 I got the medication 26 hours after I first saw the symptoms. Wasn't fun but not end of the world. I missed no work. My mon's mom and aunt both got it years ago. Her aunt first, She'd had a badly botched surgery and didn't trust the medical world. Passed on the medicine and lived though months of hell. Her sis knew this and promptly got on board when she got singles and had a mild experience like mine.
The nurse at work diagnosed me in seconds when I stopped by to ask about the spots I'd just discovered. She wouldn't let me leave her office until I'd called my doc and made an appointment for the next day. Doc told me to cancel any plans I had (It was Friday afternoon) until I'd filled the prescription and taken the first dose before leaving the pharmacy.
That was when I was 59. Not yet eligible for the vaccine. (And when I hit eligibility, it was very expensive and probably out of my deductible when I was struggling to get out of 2nd mortgage debt.) Now I have no excuses. So thank you for the reminder.
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/03/2020 05:37 PM |
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I've got a bike to ride in a couple hours
That's why I am not getting my shots until after this weekend!  |
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79pmooney
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| 09/03/2020 06:01 PM |
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A couple of hours have passed and Dale is or isn't riding. I kept my mouth shut because I was thinking just like you, CK!
Today is my normal riding day. I could, but nah. I'm still having odd pains here and there. Still feel like I stepped in front of Marshawn Lynch. Just three days ago, not yesterday. (Not true. He would have busted more than a few bones!) |
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Dale
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| 09/03/2020 06:21 PM |
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Dale is not riding. Holy buckets! This flu shot is like a mule kick. My wife said this years batch is four different strains to cover more bases in light of COVID-19 and the side effect is not going for a ride  |
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79pmooney
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| 09/03/2020 06:45 PM |
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| Dale, you're the man! |
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79pmooney
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| 09/03/2020 06:50 PM |
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| This year, there are runners on every base and that little prick is just feeding the batter a fat pitch. Grand slam. |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/03/2020 07:24 PM |
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Oye this sounds more exciting than others years I may just have to try it. Seems the Canuckistan rollout will only be in Oct though.
And maybe also look into shingles. Our roof is looking rather ratty. |
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longslowdistance
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| 09/03/2020 11:06 PM |
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| I rejoice when I get a clear systemic immune response after a vaccine. That means it's working. Ben's flu shot reaction is uncommon, frankly very rare. The good news is that his unpleasantness implies a robust immune response. That is the whole point of the immunization! Context: there are dozens of flu variants, so it's a bit of a guess each year. The experts pick three and the vaccines for each year are prepared. That said, even a miss can still help, as a near miss still provides some immunity, can be the difference between sick as snot and not so bad. Or for us geezers, ICU vs. some home in bed time. |
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thinline
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| 09/09/2020 02:24 PM |
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I have gotten one every year going on 15 or so years now. The very first time I did feel kinda punky the next day, definitely sore and swollen some at the injection site. Since then, no issues to speak of other than maybe a little fatigue and a little sore at the injection site.
The upside, I typically don't get the flue, or as LSD says, the vaccine was a near miss and I got kinda sick but bad. The exception was last year, late December. In bed and on my ass for a week. After that, it took another two weeks for my lungs to clear and the coughing to stop. Bad, bad coughing, like ouch did I maybe just crack a rib style coughing for day after day after day. Then, my honey got it and same symptoms. Some friends have since suggested that perhaps COVID showed up a month or two earlier than we recognized. That was a nasty chunk of time that took me by surprise because I had gotten my annual flu shot. I have never come close to feeling that awful when I have had a shot but still caught a little something later that season.
Definitely getting one again this year. Heck, my employer gives 'em out to us, though I am not sure how that will work this season. It's usually a "clinic" with folks streaming through all day. Not sure that will fly right now. |
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Orange Crush
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| 09/09/2020 03:02 PM |
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Posted By thinline . on 09/09/2020 02:24 PM
Heck, my employer gives 'em out to us, though I am not sure how that will work this season. It's usually a "clinic" with folks streaming through all day. Not sure that will fly right now.
As a risk to employees, the at work option would still seem safer than having them join an even larger and less controlled public line up. My employer does same but haven't yet heard about this year (vaccines only get released in Oct up here in Canada).
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Cosmic Kid
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| 09/10/2020 01:12 PM |
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Both shingles and flu shots taken care of today.....pharmacist said if I had a bad reaction to the last shingles shot, I should expect the same since it is the same dosage.
The countdown to feeling schitty begins!!! |
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Dale
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| 09/10/2020 01:32 PM |
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| Shingles shot? CK, I thought that was the domain of the AARP crowd. Didn't think you were in that cohort. I got mine half dozen or so years ago by talking my primary care doc into letting me jump the gun a couple of years. |
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