'Serenity'
[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.
My mom had scarlet fever. She told us that she almost died and her hair changed from curly to straight (is the latter really a thing?).
I got a bunch of boosters in '08, along with some tropics-specific shots. I had to stagger them over three visits and my arm still hurt like the dickens. I never considered not getting them, though. Avoiding pertussis: all the cool kids are doing it.
I had scarlet fever but, thanks to penicillin, it wasn't a huge health crisis.
I went to the coffe shop for the first time in over a month because I was avoiding that guy who I mentioned who seems too eager to be my friend. And of course he shows up as I'm waiting for my coffee. However, he ignored me so maybe he got the hint?
Just bog standard strep. A lot. A lot a lot. Annoyingly often.
I used to have it at least monthly. Finally was told to suck it up or get my tonsils out when I was 23. Recovery was hell but I haven't had strep since. Really regret I was able to talk my way out of surgery when I was little. But that, as I recall, was just that they were inflamed a lot but not phrased as a great reservoir for strep. Weird when a chronic health thing is just fixed. Nice. But weird.
Had a second round of the NSB procedure on Friday. It was a little worse off. Still a bit of pain. But still, NSB.
NSB?
Speaking of epidemics, when we gave Ryan his shower last night, we discovered that he's contracted hand, foot and mouth disease (caused by the not at all hilariously named coxsackie virus). He's home for the rest of the week, and feeling a bit miserable. (We are very lucky that his grandparents are still staying with us.)
I admit, I've never had a flu shot because injecting myself with virus freaks me out. But I can accept that I've been fortunate/ well-protected by y'all that do it.
Poor Ryan.
After restricting myself to mostly white food, I'm better today, although the alien baby is still making a lot of noise. It's a good thing I only live with a dog.
I'd better get my shot at my doctor's appointment next month.
I work for a public health org, so I get a free flu shot every year. I go down a light of stairs, fill out a form, get jabbed, and go back upstairs. It's 10 minutes away from my desk, including three minutes of chatting with a coworker. It seems like such a good investment for the company compared to the cost of lost work if flu swept through the office.