Simon: You're out of your mind. Early: That's between me and my mind.

'Objects In Space'


Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


ChiKat - Feb 05, 2011 7:36:27 am PST #14931 of 30000
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?

I always get a flu shot and am glad I do. Last year, I got the regular one and the H1N1. I get it free at school.

I really want to know how to make that pear ginger cocktail. Calli, can you get the recipe from your friends??

I am exhausted today. I really shouldn't be. I only worked 2.5 days this week due to extreme blizzard.


smonster - Feb 05, 2011 7:49:24 am PST #14932 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Okay. Here's the thing, I have a total paranoia question. My left shoulder is still killing me, and the worrisome part is that it's not the muscle, it's the joint. I don't see how what I did at work could be causing this, but I also don't see how the flu shot could be. It feels like what I imagine arthritis would. She gave me the shot really high up on my shoulder, and I just wonder if it could have inflamed the joint somehow. Thoughts?


DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 8:03:35 am PST #14933 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

She gave me the shot really high up on my shoulder, and I just wonder if it could have inflamed the joint somehow. Thoughts?

Well, just from following baseball closely I'd say you could have tendonitis up there. Did she give you a cortisone shot? You'd know if it was a strain because you'd have felt a really sharp, painful pop.


Strix - Feb 05, 2011 8:04:21 am PST #14934 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

I think a flu shot could totally do that. I mean, think of how the flu sets your bones and joints to aching, anyway.

A nice shot o' flu could easily make the joint nearest achy. I'd give it a day and see, just baby it and take a hot shower or something.


smonster - Feb 05, 2011 8:06:16 am PST #14935 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

No, I'm talking about the flu shot. I have tendonitis in my right elbow, and it doesn't feel like this. Maybe it is just overuse. I reckon I can take an anti-inflammatory and if it still hurts Monday, call my doc. There was definitely no pop.


Calli - Feb 05, 2011 8:09:10 am PST #14936 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

That's an odd spot for a flu shot Smonster. (At least, mine have always been more at the top of the arm rather on high on the shoulder.) I hope your shoulder feels better soon.


Hil R. - Feb 05, 2011 8:11:18 am PST #14937 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

My shoulder hurt a lot after my flu shot, but that's the shoulder that I've dislocated a few dozen times, so it kind of always hurts. So I guess my data point isn't much help.


smonster - Feb 05, 2011 8:21:15 am PST #14938 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Well, fuck. I know to be leery of anecdata, but this thread has me worried. Most report the shot was given very high on the arm, and that it hurt much more than expected, and are reporting serious pain lasting MONTHS. [link] I'm finding other threads as well. And apparently the correct location is three fingers down from the shoulder - I'm feeling the site and it may have gone into my joint.

Thank god I have a week in the office to rest it.


SailAweigh - Feb 05, 2011 8:24:45 am PST #14939 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb

It didn't bother my shoulder, but it made my teeth super sensitive to hot and cold for about two months. Weirdest thing ever.


flea - Feb 05, 2011 8:30:23 am PST #14940 of 30000
information libertarian

Casper got the flu shot this year and it was top of the arm, and her arm was tender for a day but not longer, and she had nothing else. Dillo got the nose mist and had no reaction at all. (Casper asked for the shot - she likes to demonstrate how stoic she is.)