The Vent and Rant Thread

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Well, I'm not 100% sure it was food based. But we don't know what else it could have been from.

Got some pads so I could sleep without worry. And at the time, we only had one bathroom. But fortunately there was no issue with getting to the bathroom.

Now we have two full bathrooms. So if anything like that was to happen again we'd be OK.

Sepsis perhaps - which can be caused by any infection.

I developed sepsis in 2019, probably from a mild UTI. It advanced to septic shock within an hour of symptom onset (shivering). After emptying my bowels majorly, I collapsed onto the floor unable to move. My mobile phone was where it always is - on my desk. It was hours before I could make enough noise to attract the attention of neighbours, which included a nurse who called for an ambulance.

I was in hospital for just over 3 weeks, starting with 12 days in an ICU where they pumped me full of antibiotics to clear the infection - strong antibiotics give me the runs. After discharge, it took several months to get my bowels back to 'once-day in-the-morning' normalcy.

Lessons: a) don't ignore mild infections, b) if you live alone make sure you can raise an alarm - had I not had a washing machine to bang on and open windows to shout through who knows…

What I want is a wearable alarm that doesn't need to be within a Bluetooth signal of a mobile phone that can be worn on the wrist that isn't the size of a golf ball.

BR

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by issybird

I'm sorry for the loss of your father.

As for the masks.... I still wear one indoors in public places; why not? It's not that bad and it might do me some good and it might do someone else some good. But I'm part of a tiny minority these days.

Yes, we're part of a minority. But I still wear a full N-95 one any time I'm indoors outside of my own home.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Sadly, one-way masking isn't quite as effective. I think I likely got my case of COVID-19 from an unmasked neighbour in the lobby when going to fetch the mail.

A real N-95 is fairly effective even one-way, as long as you replace them every 8 hours or less.

Originally Posted by ApK

Some of the healthcare facilities near me have recently gone from mandatory to optional. Even when it was mandatory, most of the staff wore the mask pulled down below their noses, so it was nothing but performative theater.

The local health care facilities still have it mandatory. And I've never seen an employee with it down below their nose. Patients, yes. But the employees are good with it.

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

YMMV - my second shingrix shot has worse side effects than a tetanus shot - I can't move my very sore arm, have absolutely no energy, can't focus ... just a warning - I'd still rather go through this than have shingles

Yeah, I lost a day to a day and a half with the second one. Felt generally punk, no energy, brain fog, etc. But beats shingles!

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by poohbear_nc

My doctor warned me that shingrix shots could hit me very hard - to be prepared to lose a day or two afterwards. I tolerate vaccines fairly well - sore but movable arm and sometimes mild fever/lassitude. I barely noticed the first shingrix shot - mild soreness only. But the second one has hit me hard - which I'm interpreting as my body launching one heck of an immune response.

Just wanted to warn folks that they might need a day off for their second shots.

I'm getting my second shot next Friday. So I'll have the weekend to recover! I'll report back on how I found it.

[John F]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Sepsis perhaps - which can be caused by any infection.

I developed sepsis in 2019, probably from a mild UTI. It advanced to septic shock within an hour of symptom onset (shivering). After emptying my bowels majorly, I collapsed onto the floor unable to move. My mobile phone was where it always is - on my desk. It was hours before I could make enough noise to attract the attention of neighbours, which included a nurse who called for an ambulance.

I was in hospital for just over 3 weeks, starting with 12 days in an ICU where they pumped me full of antibiotics to clear the infection - strong antibiotics give me the runs. After discharge, it took several months to get my bowels back to 'once-day in-the-morning' normalcy.

Lessons: a) don't ignore mild infections, b) if you live alone make sure you can raise an alarm - had I not had a washing machine to bang on and open windows to shout through who knows…

What I want is a wearable alarm that doesn't need to be within a Bluetooth signal of a mobile phone that can be worn on the wrist that isn't the size of a golf ball.

BR

Do you use any smart devices (Google Home, Amazon Echo, ...)? Maybe you could setup a panic phrase?

[poohbear_nc]

*snip*

Yeah, I lost a day to a day and a half with the second one. Felt generally punk, no energy, brain fog, etc. But beats shingles!

Going to be the same here - woke up with very sore arm with rock hard lump at the injection site - going to take it easy today -

*if you hear a scream, it's me trying to raise my arm above the shoulder*

[Hitch]

Mr. Wonderful is getting his 2nd one today.

Hitch

[CRussel]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Mr. Wonderful is getting his 2nd one today.

Hitch

Excellent. My DW is getting her second next week. (First week of the month is busy time for local pharmacist, so waiting a week is preferred. And still well within the range of protection.)

[isarl]

I'm just so pleased seeing all the responses from people taking Hitch's advice about getting vaccinated against shingles. Hoping that everybody's recoveries from the vaccines are quick and easy and the vaccines are effective in preventing you from developing shingles.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by CRussel

Excellent. My DW is getting her second next week. (First week of the month is busy time for local pharmacist, so waiting a week is preferred. And still well within the range of protection.)

Ah, excellent. I still have purple "spots" on my torso. Not rash, but...spots? I didn't scratch, truly, so I have no idea what on earth they are, but everything I've read about the Shingrix vaccine is, wait until your Shingles "rash" is gone so...? Hard to know. (What was that old song about the Purple-something People eater? Yup, that's me.)

Originally Posted by isarl

I'm just so pleased seeing all the responses from people taking Hitch's advice about getting vaccinated against shingles. Hoping that everybody's recoveries from the vaccines are quick and easy and the vaccines are effective in preventing you from developing shingles.

Yup, that's me, the Vaccine Heroine du jour. MWAHAHAHA!


Truly, I'm glad to see it, too. As I've said and bored everyone here with for 3 months now, GOD, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy.

Hitch

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by John F

Do you use any smart devices (Google Home, Amazon Echo, ...)? Maybe you could setup a panic phrase?

No, I dont have any smart devices of any sort, seems a bit like overkill for this.

And, I'd prefer something I can wear when I leave home, better yet, a 5G pacemaker with an NFC alarm button. I'm seeing my cardiologist in a couple of weeks, if I remember I'll ask him if such a thing exists.

BR

[mlewis78]

I fell almost 7 weeks ago and landed on my back. It wasn't so bad the first two weeks, but the pain has gotten very bad at times. My bad knees are worse. Today I made appointments with two doctors. The knee doctor will be a return visit. I want to get cortisone shots (on the chance that my knees will feel good the next day) and to discuss a knee replacement of the right one. The day after that I will see a back doctor in the same office. Will probably have an x-ray to find out what the damage was to my back.

[Rumpelteazer]

Across the street a man dressed as Spongebob playing the theme song loudly. It looks like it’s for some game for primary school aged kids (probably organised by a daycare) since groups of overexcited screaming kids come by to get a stamp.

It hasn’t even been half an hour and I’m ready to yeet his Bluetooth speaker in the canal.


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[John F]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

No, I dont have any smart devices of any sort, seems a bit like overkill for this.

Personally, if I was very worried and thought I needed something like a life alert, any backup device (that I already had) would be welcome.

And, I'd prefer something I can wear when I leave home, better yet, a 5G pacemaker with an NFC alarm button. I'm seeing my cardiologist in a couple of weeks, if I remember I'll ask him if such a thing exists.

BR

Coincidentally, my cousin just passed out and fell and was unconscious, and he was wearing a device that contacted some service that sent an ambulance.

[Hitch]

Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer

Across the street a man dressed as Spongebob playing the theme song loudly. It looks like it’s for some game for primary school aged kids (probably organised by a daycare) since groups of overexcited screaming kids come by to get a stamp.

It hasn’t even been half an hour and I’m ready to yeet his Bluetooth speaker in the canal.


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Yeet?

Hitch

[Rumpelteazer]

Originally Posted by Hitch

Yeet?

Hitch

"Yeet is a slang word that functions broadly with the meaning “to throw,” but is especially used to emphasize forcefulness and a lack of concern for the thing being thrown." Merriam-Webster

It turned out to be an interesting morning. One of the kiddies ran into a cyclist (the adults minding each group were often better at keeping an eye on their phone than on the kids), knocking her to the ground, splitting her knee open. We called an ambulance for her because not only was it a very deep cut but she couldn't put any weight on her leg, so it might be a bigger injury. She was taking to the hospital. Hopefully she's okay.

Spongebob called the police because according to him the lady wasn't allowed to cycle there (not true). So the police came, a neighbor showed their security camera footage to the police and Spongebob and the other adults were sternly told off because they weren't minding the kids and letting them play on the road (which is pedestrian only from noon until 7 or 8pm, but this was before noon). Spongebob also had to give all the details of the daycare he works for to both the police and the injured lady for insurance reasons.