Tara ,'Storyteller'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Both my folks had really bad cases of shingles. My dad all over his face and neck; My mom mostly on her torso. My dad was on pain meds for over a month and not able to do much; My mom pretty much couldn't wear a bra for the duration and had residual issues for the rest of her life.
Get the vaccine.
shingles in their eye
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO DO NOT WANT NO NO
I had shingles last year (boob/armpit area) and it was definitively The Worst. And the pain lasted for months.
I had chicken pox so bad as a kid -- down my throat, literally everywhere -- that if I get shingles, it will seem like a bad sign from the universe. That said, I should get the vaccine.
Amy, it was because I remember having chicken pox that I agreed to get the vaccine. Whole lot of nope at the thought of shingles.
I am growing to hate Bed Bath and Beyond. Their operational processes are cumbersome.
Speaking of immunizations, we are watching a series which I will not name so I don't spoil anyone, and a big plot point has to do with someone losing their spleen. There have been several scenes about how they now need prophylactic antibiotics and special immunizations. They are told that can live a normal life but they have to follow this regimen or they could face life-threatening consequences. I lost my spleen when I was 12 and not one doctor has ever said doodley squat to me about anything like that. Well, one did say I should get a pneumonia shot every few years, but that's it. HAVE I BEEN TEMPTING DEATH ALL THESE YEARS?
TV never lies about medical issues, so
Scrappy - defying death every day!
There have been several scenes about how they now need prophylactic antibiotics and special immunizations. They are told that can live a normal life but they have to follow this regimen or they could face life-threatening consequences.
I hope it's not spoilery to say the writers appear to have Googled "spleenectomy recovery time" roughly 5 minutes after putting that episode to bed.
So, I ran by Trader Joe's on my lunch break to stock up on lunches. One of the things I got was cabbage rolls, and I decided I'd have that today for lunch. It is only now, halfway through the second roll, that I realize that I am bemused and disappointed that they are not in tomato sauce even though they aren't in the picture and they are described accurately in the packaging, I just deep down was sure they'd be swimming in tomato sauce because that's what I'm used to.
Huh.