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[pennyJo1960]

Not so bad here like 55

 

[microchick]

No flu shots for me due to the methotrexate. I'm basically in hibernation mode. If I go out to doctors office I wear a mask. If I go to Walmart, I wear a mask. Hand sanitizer? Got a bottle in each coat and car.

I hate it when folks won't get their kids vaccinated. They just don't realize how easily it gets spread around especially to old folks like us.. I love calling schools petri dishes. Very well put.

 

[Cynthia12]

I'm really worried about my sister Lisa. Long story short. Has had a cold for a long time...a long time. Its turned into bronchitis.. she gets pneumonia easy. In fact almost lost her to it years ago. Had x Ray's..found out she has an enlarged heart while looking at lungs. First her kidneys.. now her heart. This is my little sis that scg made the quilt for. It's coming in handy now! They have her on steroids and the Z Pack now.

 

[ronott1]

I'm really worried about my sister Lisa. Long story short. Has had a cold for a long time...a long time. Its turned into bronchitis.. she gets pneumonia easy. In fact almost lost her to it years ago. Had x Ray's..found out she has an enlarged heart while looking at lungs. First her kidneys.. now her heart. This is my little sis that scg made the quilt for. It's coming in handy now! They have her on steroids and the Z Pack now.

I hope they get it under control!

 

[getaclue]

Cynthia, I responded on the other thread, but I'm praying for your sister.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I'm really worried about my sister Lisa. Long story short. Has had a cold for a long time...a long time. Its turned into bronchitis.. she gets pneumonia easy. In fact almost lost her to it years ago. Had x Ray's..found out she has an enlarged heart while looking at lungs. First her kidneys.. now her heart. This is my little sis that scg made the quilt for. It's coming in handy now! They have her on steroids and the Z Pack now.

I am so sorry and will add her to my prayers

 

[1muttsfan]

Hope she feels better soon, Cynthia.

Interesting fact about Norovirus - alcohol hand sanitizers are ineffective against it. Only hand washing with soap and water helps prevent infection

 

[pennyJo1960]

Hand was soap and water here often never bought into hand sanitizers either

 

[ronott1]

Hand was soap and water here often never bought into hand sanitizers either

My Daughters, all three of them, can't use anti biotic soap of any kind. They break out something fierce from them. I have to by free and clear laundry soap too.

 

[CapricornFarm]

Once a year or so, DH and I will go to DQ and split a banana split. One dish, two spoons. He eats the strawberry part, I eat the chocolate part and we split the bananas and pineapple.


My neither of my DILs do, either. The one explained her reason this way: since the shot is different every year, there is no way to determine the long term effects of it on little ones. I can see her point. My DS is student teaching this semester, so he has gotten the flu shot, hoping to avoid bringing it home. My other DS with a kid is a paramedic. He also gets the shot. I also got it this year as my mom has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer and will likely need chemo. I work in our local Petri dish... er, school, so I want to avoid exposing her (or my step-dad who has lung issues) unnecessarily. Honestly, I don't have strong feelings toward or against the flu shot. It seems every year they guess wrong and it's not effective for the particular virus going around that year anyway.

I have not had the flu since i started getting vaccines, likely 15 years now. While it may not prevent every strain of flu, i do feel that it is helpful.