welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
I know I had chicken pox and measles. Don't think I had mumps. Light rain here now stopped.
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PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
I may have had German measles (Rubella) as a child. I've certainly had "measles" (don't know which) as an adult. That was incredible. The only relief I could get was standing under a cold shower or laying in a cold bath for hours. Eventually I drove to Blackburn A&E in the middle of the night begging for help. A young woman doctor gave me a withering look and sleeping tablets which knocked me out for 48 hours and I woke up well again.
Thinking about it I had chicken pox and mumps as a child.
I think @welsh dragon and @Mo1959 are younger than me by a few years so you probably got shots which weren't available to me.
IaninSheffield
Veteran
- Location
- Sheffield, UK
That 'warm' air the weather bods were harping on about yesterday? Yeah, not arrived here yet. Still, although chilly in the wind, it's the first run I've managed over five miles in over six months. Steady is the watchword 🏃♂️
IaninSheffield
Veteran
- Location
- Sheffield, UK
Seem to remember having all the standard 'jabs' (and sugar lumps) as a child, but also contracted mumps and chicken pox. Maybe the vaccinations were for something else? Polio?
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Oh yes I had the polio vaccine
I had measles, mumps and chickenpox, also something called impetigo which is like a fungal infection. I caught it from wearing another boys cap at school. It's quite infectious. I did have the polio and diphtheria vaccines though. Sounds like I was quite a poorly kid, but I wasn't really.
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
I walked Molly for 1.30 hour and think I will watch the last episode of James May in Japan on Amazon Prime, then maybe clean the Allez.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
All I remember apart from being told I got the usual diptheria or whatever it was as a young child, was the Rubella one then the TB one in secondary school. I know it is frowned upon to be anti-vaccination but I‘m still not sure I like the modern way of being vaccinated against everything going.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I got a little 4.3 miles really early. Couldn’t even call it steady these days.......slow would be more accurate.
Notafettler
Guest
Do very little walking knee very bad arthritis. An infection doctor said I had to wait one year for the OP due to the infection. Wasn't able to walk at the time. Physio said when I asked, would ever be cycle again "that's the best thing you can do" bought an exercises bike plonked it in front of telly and became reaquinted with friends! Soon back on bike but still needed stick for walking. Year later "your cured" come back in 3 years!!
To be fair if I dose up with Neobrufen and walk slowly I can do 4 hours maybe more. But not daily. Dog needs 3 hours at least so I cycle for 3 hours. Lots of off road, dog never on a lead so she gets a decent run. I get a decent exercise and a bit of foraging. Life is sweet!
classic33
Leg End Member
Not had any of them, and not caught any of them either.
Notafettler
Guest
Chucking it down here, with very heavy rain later. Decent wind 22 to 41 miles per hour. Would like to fester on the sofa but tell that to the dog.
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Sugar lumps were for Polio if I remember correctly. I was around at the end of the epidemic and still remember kids who had been damaged by it.....sad to see how it affected people
Back from the dentists now. Not good really. Had an Xray and the root has cracked which means (her words) she is going to have to dig for it and it will take some time, so...............I had to re-book for a longer appointment and that is Jan 22nd. I have also lost a filling from a tooth RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE!!!! don't you just love that injection in the gum, directly under the nose......it hurts and the needle seems as though its going up into your eye.
PaulSB
Squire
- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Mrs P is spending money on the internet. Mrs P is very much better. I want some of whatever is in these steroids.
Now here is a solution looking for a problem. First world issue this. Mrs P has purchased "packing cubes." These go inside one's suitcase and divide it in to sections, knickers, socks, shirts etc.
Mrs P says it helps one to be organised. I have refrained from asking how difficult is it to keep a suitcase organised?
Apparently I will regret my decision to decline the offer to buy me some too.
i did offer to cut up some cardboard boxes. That was a mistake.
Now here is a solution looking for a problem. First world issue this. Mrs P has purchased "packing cubes." These go inside one's suitcase and divide it in to sections, knickers, socks, shirts etc.
Mrs P says it helps one to be organised. I have refrained from asking how difficult is it to keep a suitcase organised?
Apparently I will regret my decision to decline the offer to buy me some too.
i did offer to cut up some cardboard boxes. That was a mistake.
