Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™)
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@topspin said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@topspin said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@boomzilla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Jaloopa said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
Today I'm having my first vaccine in years. I know I had some at school but I've got no idea what you're meant to get as an adult
Flu (as you mentioned), tetanus boosters, eventually shingles and pneumonia. Or lots of stuff if you're traveling to exotic places.
I plan to get the shingles vaccine as soon as I turn 50. I've had too many friends suffer for months due to catching shingles.
My older daughter was 'lucky' to catch it while in college so it was very mild.
Is this something you only get with age or why not get vaccinated earlier?
I don't think I've got a vaccination for this, should I ask for one?Insurance won't pay for it until then because those are the guidelines.
Personally, I couldn't care less about that, but there's probably a reason for the guidelines, which brings me back to the question: is this only dangerous with age or what is the relation to age here?
Maybe weaker immune system with age, as @carnage mentioned?
Shingles is an issue for people when they get older (50 is the widely accepted age where risk really goes up), and generally only if you had chicken pox as a kid.
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@dcon said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Kamil-Podlesak said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
Yes, it's obvious that 10 years is (and always was) "better safe than sorry", but even 30 years is nowhere near "for life".
Depends how old you are...
And what you do for a living. If I worked in construction or some place where I run a far greater risk for being exposed to tetanus infection, I might make boosters more frequent. In my day to day life, though, I run a greater risk of getting carpal tunnel syndrome and there's no vaccine for that. Just silly looking gimmicky keyboards.
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@boomzilla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
if you had chicken pox as a kid.
I think I’ll consult my doctor about it next time I’m there for other reasons. Thanks for the info.
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@Jaloopa said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I never had chickenpox
I had it right at the end of a school year (4th grade I think?). Which really sucked for me because I liked school. I was out 2 weeks (as I remember) and just made it back for the last week.
Got my shingles shot (it's actually 2) when I was 54 or 55 after my pharmacist recommended it. (It was convenient as they could do that - I didn't need to go into the doctor's office)
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@dcon I have no recollection of having had chickenpox, nor do I remember having had a vaccination. However, I vaguely recall being tested for some reason relatively recently (maybe 20 years ago, or something;
) and I had antibodies, so I must have had one or the other. I remember having measles, but not chickenpox.I should probably get the shingles vaccine, eventually. I'm definitely due for a tetanus booster, and anything else that needs periodic boosters. Except for the COVID, I haven't had any vaccination in 30 years.
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@LaoC said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I plan to get the shingles vaccine as soon as I turn 50. I've had too many friends suffer for months due to catching shingles.
My older daughter was 'lucky' to catch it while in college so it was very mild.
Lucky indeed, I was out for like three weeks when I caught it at that age. It's supposedly OK up to your early teens.
Shingles, NOT chicken pox. If you got chicken pox at that age it would be rough.
Shingles in older people can be
effectedaffected for months.EDIT: It's affected right? Those two and passed/past always screw me up.
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@Jaloopa said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@boomzilla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Jaloopa said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
Today I'm having my first vaccine in years. I know I had some at school but I've got no idea what you're meant to get as an adult
Flu (as you mentioned), tetanus boosters, eventually shingles and pneumonia. Or lots of stuff if you're traveling to exotic places.
I plan to get the shingles vaccine as soon as I turn 50. I've had too many friends suffer for months due to catching shingles.
My older daughter was 'lucky' to catch it while in college so it was very mild.
I never had chickenpox and it's not routinely vaccinated for here, so I'm a bit worried about my kids catching it at school and passing it on to me. I really should talk to my doctor about that
My husband never had chicken pox though he did get mumps.
I think both boys got chicken pox (so my husband was exposed) and the girls were vaccinated. I guess chicken pox vax wasn't available at the time for the boys.
I had chicken pox at like 6 or 8. When my younger brother was ~15 and didn't catch it yet, my parents sent him to go get it from a neighbors kid. Chicken pox parties were definitely a thing.
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@boomzilla Yeah, however, it can also be an issue for children. Rarely, but it exists. The daughter of a friend of mine developed shingles at the age of 7.
She's otherwise healthy so it's a bit weird.
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@Rhywden said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@boomzilla Yeah, however, it can also be an issue for children. Rarely, but it exists. The daughter of a friend of mine developed shingles at the age of 7.
She's otherwise healthy so it's a bit weird.
My daughter's case of shingles was unusual as well. The 7 is definitely an outlier.
There are always outliers, my Caucasian mother of 36 died from thymus cancer.
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Age
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@Kamil-Podlesak said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
How do you track your tetanus vaccination? It should be repeated every 10 years!
I'm fairly certain I haven't had that within the last 15 years, possibly 23...
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@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
So that limits my ability to walk into the office of a new doctor and say, "Here's everything you need to know about my medical history," although it's still much better than it used to be.
I absolutely hate new patient forms, because I honestly can't put anything there because I don't have any internal medical history tracking of any kind.
One of these days I'll try organizing something for when it actually matters...
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@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
Shingles in older people can be
effectedaffected for months.EDIT: It's affected right? Those two and passed/past always screw me up.
"effected" = substitute "caused" or "brought about"
"affected" = substitute "changed in some way"I don't think either one is what you mean unless you swap it out of passive voice: "Shingles can affect older people for months".
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@da-Doctah just because you don't get a lot of sudden old people doesn't mean it can't happen to other people.
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@Gribnit said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@da-Doctah just because you don't get a lot of sudden old people doesn't mean it can't happen to other people.
I have neither enough belts nor enough onions to begin to address your objection.
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@da-Doctah said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
Shingles in older people can be
effectedaffected for months.EDIT: It's affected right? Those two and passed/past always screw me up.
"effected" = substitute "caused" or "brought about"
"affected" = substitute "changed in some way"I don't think either one is what you mean unless you swap it out of passive voice: "Shingles can affect older people for months".
Shingles can change the body to be painful for a long time in older people?
More accurate without jumping through hoops for the grammar:
Older people with shingles may have symptoms that linger for months.
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@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
It's affected right? Those two and passed/past always screw me up.
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt. I almost posted a correction/complaint about another of your posts that had not one, but two
svs.'serrors, but I decided to just correct it silently in my head and not be pettily and snarkily
ic — it would have been dickweedy, though.
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@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@Karla said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
It's affected right? Those two and passed/past always screw me up.
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt. I almost posted a correction/complaint about another of your posts that had not one, but two
svs.'serrors, but I decided to just correct it silently in my head and not be pettily and snarkilyic — it would have been dickweedy, though.I do catch myself with that sometimes. Other times tired and
.
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@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt.
Lies!
Not the t-shirt wearing part, just the silent part.
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@topspin said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt.
Lies!
Not the t-shirt wearing part, just the silent part.
But the t-shirt is lying silently. And ibid does not state on the subject.
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@topspin said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt.
Lies!
Not the t-shirt wearing part, just the silent part.
It's only not-silent if he has a mechanical keyboard.
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@dcon said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@topspin said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt.
Lies!
Not the t-shirt wearing part, just the silent part.
It's only not-silent if he has a mechanical keyboard.
My son does; I do not.
My keyboard is not silent either, but it's significantly quieter.
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@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@dcon said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@topspin said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt.
Lies!
Not the t-shirt wearing part, just the silent part.
It's only not-silent if he has a mechanical keyboard.
My son does; I do not.
My keyboard is not silent either, but it's significantly quieter.Irregardless, its you're t-shirt making the claim, not you.
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@Gribnit said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@dcon said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@topspin said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
@HardwareGeek said in Multivaccines (Re: The Official Funny Stuff Thread™):
I'm wearing my "I'm silently correcting your grammar" t-shirt.
Lies!
Not the t-shirt wearing part, just the silent part.
It's only not-silent if he has a mechanical keyboard.
My son does; I do not.
My keyboard is not silent either, but it's significantly quieter.Irregardless, its you're t-shirt making the claim, not you.
He will now have to change to his "I'm silently cursing you" t-shirt.
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@JBert He's not worth the effort.
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@HardwareGeek fascist
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