I see your uhhhhhhhhhhh and raise you a gnyeh.

Buffy ,'Potential'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Ginger - Jun 22, 2013 6:18:25 pm PDT #26842 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Cat scratches often cause infections, but not so much tetanus. While it can enter the body through a scratch, tetanus is an anaerobic bacteria, so it's happiest in a puncture wound or dead tissue.

I keep my tetanus shots up to date because of my uneasy relationship with gravity and inanimate objects.


Zenkitty - Jun 22, 2013 6:28:43 pm PDT #26843 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

The non-latex use an adhesive that jacks my skin up worse than latex usually. Good times.

Cass, yes, that seems to be my skin also. Good times.

WS, having it uncovered for a few hours has been enough to stop the painful itching. I'll probably take a Benadryl when I finally go to bed. I'll ask for T-DAP, thanks for the info.

Zen, I was going to apologizing for bringing up Corpse Bride so soon after you were worried about your arm becoming all zombiefied and rotting

I didn't mind! It seemed an appropriate segue.

aurelia, I want to Like your post about the young essayist.

What is bartonella, if not a case of Hawkeye?

Ginger knows more about tetanus than I do, which is comforting. All I know is that the first time I got a really deep scratch from a cat, the doctor told me to get a tetanus shot.


Cass - Jun 22, 2013 6:50:00 pm PDT #26844 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

What is bartonella, if not a case of Hawkeye?

Cat scratch fever. Which is a real thing.

I just figured that because we are discussing an actual cat scratch and those really do lead to nasty infections sometimes, we should focus on what is likely.

But staying up-to-date on tetanus is really a good idea anyway.


Lee - Jun 22, 2013 6:59:37 pm PDT #26845 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

The last time a doctor told me to get a tetanus shot, it was because of cat related injuries, but those were bites, not just scratches.


Zenkitty - Jun 22, 2013 7:16:38 pm PDT #26846 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I have band-aid-itis.


SuziQ - Jun 22, 2013 7:21:41 pm PDT #26847 of 30001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

Cat scratch fever.

My dad got this when I was little. His hand swelled up to the size of a football. I was just old enough to learn how to cut my own food and I got to get extra practice cutting his for a while.


shrift - Jun 22, 2013 7:39:24 pm PDT #26848 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Went to sports bar! Did not kill anyone! Ate fish tacos. Ears still kinda ringing. Assholes who come into packed sports bar halfway through second period and don't seem to notice they're blocking your view of a play probably deserve some kind of dire punishment.

But hey, HAWKS WIN.


Burrell - Jun 22, 2013 8:02:18 pm PDT #26849 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

Ugh, I hate that the wind up to a vacation in our house is always massive anxiety. I've been stressed to the gills for days just because everyone else is stressed out, throwing tantrums, etc. And doing kooky things.


Kat - Jun 22, 2013 8:19:29 pm PDT #26850 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

I hear you, Burrell.

We are halfway through our trip. We spent the AM of the day at the beach during low tide looking at cool stuff. Then the friends with whom we are staying had a BBQ tonight. Grace helped set up the sprinklers and had so much fun playing: [link]

It's so fun to see her run through water and enjoy it.


Atropa - Jun 22, 2013 8:23:05 pm PDT #26851 of 30001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Cat scratch fever. Which is a real thing.

It is! Which can sometimes be a co-illness with Lyme disease, and then you get the fun of taking handfuls of antibiotics for months.

Pete is coming home from the Magic: the Gathering event in Vegas that he was at. As in, coming home tonight, didn't go to his signing slot today, because he was down with a migraine and food poisoning. He sounded utterly miserable on the phone when he called and told me he was coming home.