There have been a couple dozen people who died from the flu out here so far this season. I think that is what your doctor is trying to avoid.
Terrible you have such a negative reaction though.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[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.
le nubian - Jan 21, 2014 5:56:37 am PST #8443 of 30002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2014 6:04:33 am PST #8444 of 30002
brillig
Hubby and I are in the high-risk populations, so we get the shot. And a woman in our town died of the flu two weeks ago. So it's very bad around here. But a yearly sickfest is no fun either.
msbelle - Jan 21, 2014 6:12:38 am PST #8445 of 30002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Yes flu has been very bad down here, H1N1 is what is hitting. I have known 3 people hit thus far and they were all out of commission for 2 weeks minimum. Also know about 3 people hit with pneumonia this year which is scary.
lisah - Jan 21, 2014 6:42:22 am PST #8446 of 30002
Punishingly Intricate
yikes, that reminds me to gently nag my husband about getting a gd flu shot! (I worry about him because he flies so much.) I get a flu shot every year and have fortunately never had a bad reaction or coincidentally gotten sick right after (knock wood).
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 21, 2014 7:58:26 am PST #8447 of 30002
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Oh, H1N1 is horrible. I had it a few years ago. The antiviral drugs saved me from much nastiness, although I still had some nastiness.
Lots and lots of ~ma for you and the hubby, Connie.
Nice one on the interview, Hil. May a great job come out of one of these!
I think of 'heuristic' as more of a technical term than an obscure one, since I use it in my sociology writing, but I only learnt it during my studies.
Trudy Booth - Jan 21, 2014 8:00:52 am PST #8448 of 30002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I (probably) H1N1d once (had the shot, it wasn't in the shot, I was around a person who was confirmed as having it just before I got sick with the flu). It wasn't any fun.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 21, 2014 8:09:39 am PST #8449 of 30002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
I got my flu shot immediately upon figuring out Tom had the flue last week. I had a sore upper arm for a couple days, but I haven't gotten the flu! Which is a miracle - I seem to be picking up every bug that floats around this winter.
Connie Neil - Jan 21, 2014 10:47:44 am PST #8450 of 30002
brillig
And Hubby's home from Day 2 of chemo. I fucking hate having to let him go through this without me next to him. How am I supposed to protect him! Grr. He said he liked having a she-wolf watching over him, it let him relax better in hospitals.
brenda m - Jan 21, 2014 1:00:39 pm PST #8451 of 30002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, there have been about a dozen deaths in Illinois from H1n1 this year.
Ginger - Jan 21, 2014 1:31:22 pm PST #8452 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
How's he feeling, Connie?