I now really want to see a super electrical lightning show
I now really want to see a super electrical lightning show
I see it says there's a new post here but the last post is mine....anyone else seeing that?
In reply to Antihero (Forum Supporter) :
Probably a spam post that was deleted.
In reply to captdownshift (Forum Supporter) :
That's just damn cool
Found this post from a search after it was mentioned on another zombie thread. How did this Topic not turn into a thousand pager?
I guess we ran out of berkeleys. But today for ridiculousness I am in a hospital ER during a full moon with my MIL. Place looks like the departure lounge for the last chopper out of Saigon, sounds like something out of Les Miserables. So, to paraphrase the AC/DC song, I'm back ina mask!
In reply to Marjorie Suddard :
Hope your MIL is good. Personally I've lost two people close to me to Covid. Berk all the bullE36 M3.
Very best wishes for a positive outcome with the absolute minimum of craziness.
Welp, we gave up after a few hours--full moon ER is not a place to get her aFib treated.
Heard in the ER: “this the blood you called for a cleanup?” “No, I dunno what that blood is. I called for a cleanup on the vomit that goes pretty much from there (far end of hallway) to here (15 feet away).”
Me at that moment: These shoes go in the fire as soon as I get home.
Margie
Went to our ER a few months back for something, I got there at 11pm and was told I would be waiting about 6 hours. Decided to go home and ride the pain out and harass my doctor when they opened the next morning.
I've heard the latest variant is ripping through the country like wildfire. For better or worse - and entirely by coincidence - I'm back to WFH and pretty much isolated, despite being not in any risk group and up to date with shots. For older folks (60+) I've heard of a few folks catching the RSV virus which appears to be equally non-fun.
I had the 'rona for the second time a few weeks ago. Another mild case, fortunately, but I can't seem to be able to shake the cough.
Our neighbor just got admitted - cancer - and unless she ever is allowed to come home, my wife and I will not get to say our goodbyes. Sucks.
In reply to 03Panther :
That, and cancer, do indeed suck. My BIL is in with stage 4 liver cancer (metastatic melanoma), and today they figured out he has also developed meningitis. I am not sure I will see him again, either. Berk cancer.
Margie
This COVID variant is pretty tough. DW just got over a bout of it and it held on pretty hard. She avoided the cough, though.
A coworker had a terrible cold for weeks and insisted that he had tested negative 3 times. But his cough was uncontrollable so he went to urgent care, where he tested positive.
Between the flu, RSV, Covid, and a rather long lasting version of the cold (with lots of bonus coughing), yeah, the ER is going to be an S-show.
Supposed to be ramping down though (at least out west).
WebMD has some hints as to which s-storm you got:
Common cold symptoms tend to come on fairly quickly, explained Chin-Hong. If you get RSV, on the other hand, it may take 4 to 6 days before symptoms show. Flu viruses are a totally different story.
“The special characteristic of flu is the abrupt onset of symptoms,” Chin-Hong said. “You might be minding your own business, feeling OK, and then all of the sudden you get in your car and you feel like you’ve been hit by a dump truck.”
COVID also has some unique symptomatic features. You may not have symptoms at all, or you might have mild, cold-like symptoms for a week before the symptoms worsen and the infection becomes more serious.
“COVID has this biphasic pattern, whereas colds and RSV don’t – it’s when you are kind of doing OK, and then you fall off a cliff,” said Chin-Hong. “That’s why early treatment with Paxlovid or remdesivir is so important because it can prevent that second phase from happening.”
https://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20231122/do-you-have-flu-rsv-covid-common-cold-what-to-know
In reply to Marjorie Suddard :
She had been doing so good. But cancer has sucked for my entire life. The current state of healthcare, and not even feeling safe to visit. Well, that's a new level of suck!
Marjorie Suddard said:Heard in the ER: “this the blood you called for a cleanup?” “No, I dunno what that blood is. I called for a cleanup on the vomit that goes pretty much from there (far end of hallway) to here (15 feet away).”
Me at that moment: These shoes go in the fire as soon as I get home.
Margie
sounds like the kind of place that should have a burn barrel at the exit.
In other news, felt like crap this morning and saw the GP. I can now confirm a striking similarity between the taste paxlovid leaves in your mouth and Jeppsons Malort.
Marjorie Suddard said:Welp, we gave up after a few hours--full moon ER is not a place to get her aFib treated.
Good grief. Usually if you mention a heart problem you jump to the front of the lie.
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