My office just announced our company health fair for the end of October. If my department is put up for sale before then, do you think they'll still give me a flu shot?
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Jessica - Oct 02, 2009 10:15:57 am PDT #25147 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Calli - Oct 02, 2009 10:16:09 am PDT #25148 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Our office usually has a mass flu jab fest in the fall. I hope they'll get it going soon, before the current flu makes the rounds and renders getting jabbed moot.
beth b - Oct 02, 2009 10:24:40 am PDT #25149 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
This year you could use two jabs. one for the expected and one for the swine.
yay?
smonster - Oct 02, 2009 10:26:06 am PDT #25150 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Our office usually has a mass flu jab fest in the fall.
We've had one but I missed it. But even if I had had it, it wouldn't have had time to take effect.
::sigh:: I can try and convince KBD to go to the doctor, but I think it's going to be tough, especially b/c he's unemployed and uninsured.
Atropa - Oct 02, 2009 10:26:31 am PDT #25151 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
If you are going to hang, you might take some Purell and clean your hands frequently, just to be extra safe.
This. Also, take 6000 IU of Vitamin D for the next few days.
Bother. My recruiter just emailed me to let me know that I've been turned down for the job she submitted me for last night. Pete and I have decided that the only appropriate response is to go see Zombieland this afternoon.
smonster - Oct 02, 2009 10:33:13 am PDT #25152 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
More from CDC: This flu season, antiviral drugs are being used mainly to treat people who are very sick, such as people who need to be hospitalized, and to treat sick people who are more likely to get serious flu complications.
Okay. I've made a shopping list and I'm going to warn him that I'm going to act as if he has the flu.
Thanks for your thoughts, all. It really helps me to talk type it out.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 02, 2009 10:41:49 am PDT #25153 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
More from CDC: This flu season, antiviral drugs are being used mainly to treat people who are very sick, such as people who need to be hospitalized, and to treat sick people who are more likely to get serious flu complications.
Hmm. I think they're being given out a bit more widely over here. Still, I fall into the 'potential serious complications' bracket, so that might be why I got the Tamiflu.
amych - Oct 02, 2009 10:54:04 am PDT #25154 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I can try and convince KBD to go to the doctor, but I think it's going to be tough, especially b/c he's unemployed and uninsured.
Let him rest. Unless he's sicker-than-usual, that's really what he's going to need anyway.
Burrell - Oct 02, 2009 11:20:29 am PDT #25155 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I'm sorry Erin, that's rough.
Also echoing the "sounds like the flu" meme, smonster. I hope KBD gets well soon.
Hil R. - Oct 02, 2009 11:27:47 am PDT #25156 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I went to PT today for the eval on my ankle. That was interesting, as usual. Several confused looks from the physical therapist and she tested a joint to find the range of motion, and it turned way further than she expected. One of the movements, usually the upper limit for what you'd expect is 30 degrees. I had 35 degrees on my left foot, and 50 degrees on the right foot. Another test, she said she couldn't actually do the test, because the test was to press on my heel and see how far a certain bone would move before it stopped, and she was pushing it into what she said was way out of where it should be possible to go, and there wasn't any resistance.
So, next week, I'm going to have to see a different therapist, because my usual one will be out of town, so a whole new person to give me confused looks.