Flu shot thoughts

I’ve been thinking about the flu vaccine. Specifically, the priority group expanded a couple of weeks ago to include those with chronic lung disease such as asthma, meaning that I’m now allowed to go and get my dose.
Actually, I really should go and get a script for my inhalers because I’m not sure my Becotide [...]

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There are good reasons why I nearly cried at work today

Today has been a Bad Day.
My back has been hurting a fair bit for the last couple of weeks and I’ve been waking up a lot through the night, finding myself lying flat on my back which only makes it worse. I’m suspecting that part of the reason for my back being so sore and [...]

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Yuck

Dear body,
I want a divorce.
No love,
AG

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Good and bad day

The good: the code for the project that I’ve been working on for nearly two months finally worked properly today. The data still needs to be validated, but this is the first time that it’s run through (twice!) without issues and produced data that looks good on a cursory inspection.
The bad: OMG, indigestion. And bloating. [...]

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Links and work insanity

To add to the debate on whether to get flu shots and which ones to get comes this: Does the seasonal flu vaccine increase the risk of catching swine flu?
On the one hand, it’s preliminary data that hasn’t been rigorously tested yet. Even one of the researchers admits this. OTOH, is it worth the risk [...]

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Tough decision

It’s time for the annual flu vaccination dilemma, compounded this year by the addition of the H1N1 flu vaccine. Now, normally I’m all for getting my shot. I’m in the high risk group (asthma) so it’s not a problem to get it and, while I know that it won’t provide 100% protection, I figure that [...]

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Insert meaningful title here ->

The good news: Mum arrived safely last night and, when I left for work this morning, she was happily planning how to rearrange my kitchen cupboards.
The bad: Due to a combination of the heat and stupidly reading Rowan 46 before I went to bed, I didn’t so much sleep as doze in ten minute increments. [...]

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Update on shoulder/back situation

I believe that I have identified the source of all that pain I had Thursday evening/Friday.
Sometime during Wednesday night I dislocated my left shoulder blade, trapping a nerve and straining the muscles and tendons in the area.
How did I know this? Well, on Friday afternoon I was trying to stretch and mobilise the shoulder so [...]

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OK, now I’m annoyed

So yesterday I felt achy and ick when I got up, my back was grumbling and I wasn’t happy.
The slight twinging in my upper back, just under the left shoulder blade, didn’t seem that important.
Things seemed to settle as the day went on and I got cocky enough to think that I’d make it to [...]

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Did anyone get the number of the truck that hit me?

My body has been so well behaved these last few months that I’d almost forgotten what it could do.
Damn.
My back isn’t actually excruciating yet, but I can feel pressure, inflammation and discomfort there. It’s not pleasant and it’s promising to get worse. Put together with pain in hips and knees, and the pain that’s just [...]

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