Subj : Re: FWIW - Shingrix To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Thu Apr 30 2020 16:56:36 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 22-Apr-2020 07:45 <=- NB>>> One could say that... ;) With everyone in isolation of one sort or NB>>> another, seems there are more of those long calls, too.... It's good NB>>> to be in contact, though... :) BM>> True: one doesn't realize how much communication is done just through BM>> pass-by contacts! Now all those pent-up mini-conversations burst BM>> through! NB>> And they might not normally have been directed all to that person, NB>> but with other contacts cut off, there's more need to talk... ;) My NB>> one sister has a habit of multitasking with phone calls... used to be, NB>> she'd call while she was in transit between places, now she calls NB>> while she's busy sewing up face masks... one can hear the whirring of NB>> the machine in the background... ;) BM> Some people can do need to do some other task while talking on the BM> phone (don't do videochat!), others need to sit and only talk. Depending on the call, sometimes I can do something else besides just talk (once in a while, I'll get started on doing a bbs run when a call is running late; sometimes I'll be sitting doing solitaire), but usually, I need to focus on just the call... BM> At the apartment I would start sitting and then start slowly pacing. BM> It helped the phone had a realllly long coil-cord! I've been known to do that.... haven't lately, though... And even better than a really long coil-cord is a cordless handset... NB>>> Some supplements can be helpful in boosting one's immune system, in NB>>> one way or another... :) BM>> True, though may be skewed: someone taking supplements is probably BM>> more likely to eat healthier, and do healthier activities including BM>> washing hands, which would help stay healthy. I do take a small BM>> assortment of supplements, seem to help which is good enough for me. NB>> It still depends on the person... I've known some that take loads of NB>> supplements and then expect that alone to keep them healthy... ;) BM> The overall base diet needs to be decent; supplements are just that: BM> supplemental and not primary. And some may help with disease control: BM> when I broke my femur they found my blood serum Vitamin D was low so BM> said I needed to take supplements; a couple/few years later I had too BM> much floating through so told to stop the Vit D specific but continue BM> with the 'with D' (such as Calcium with D as opposed to just Calcium). I use celery seed instead of gout medications, and cinnamon in various forms (one also has vit D added) to help control blood sugars... for my bones I'm taking a calcium chew which has added vit D and K... also a magnesium supplement as my levels were low... all doctor approved and/or suggested... BM>>> I will admit to bringing hand sanitizer with me (and using it!) when I BM>>> go out lately. (That activity highly curtailed.) Rarely used it until BM>>> now as didn't feel a need to. Now - just a little extra layer of BM>>> protection. BTW I did find some time back hand sanitizer makes a BM>>> pretty good remover for ink jet printer ink spills! NB>>> Hmmm... that almost sounds like an argument against using it on one's NB>>> sensitive hands... Just like suggesting one not drink CocaCola NB>>> judging on its ability to peel paint off a car... ;) BM>> I thought it was rust but the concept is the same. :) My guess is BM>> the hand sanitizer's alcohol broke down the ink in a way water or BM>> window cleaner did not. NB>> Yeah, maybe it was rust... right, same difference... But I NB>> thought that window cleaner might have had some alcohol in it, too... NB>> well, ammonia and/or vinegar for sure... but it's supposed to cut NB>> grease as well as grime, so I'd think it would be more like the hand NB>> sanitizer than water anyway.... BM> Either the brand of window cleaner had at the time didn't have too BM> much of the grease-cutting agent/s or was the wrong type for ink. Could be... ;) BM>> ...Looking at a label: "stop and ask a doctor BM>> if skin irritation develops". Gee, I wonder what I would be told?! NB>> Apparently, that you were allergic to one or more of the ingredients NB>> in the hand sanitizer... My skin can't take much of the sanitizer, NB>> actually... so I'm not using much of it even though it's put out NB>> everywhere now.... BM> I very rarely use any hand sanitizer that has been set out for general BM> use: either have done where I haven't touched anything or have seen BM> where it has just been cleaned. I do, though, sanitize the cart handles and such as I get it at the entrance to the store.... either with the wipes they have available or the hand sanitizer with a paper towel... whichever is there... NB>>> Perhaps.... but definitely would check on the advisability of the NB>>> timing.... possible that the pharmacy would just as soon postpone to NB>>> later in the effective period, given the pandemic situation... BM>> I'm thinking yes, though will ask: I have a prescription to pick up in BM>> I think two weeks which is the the first week of my two to six months. NB>> At least you have a good window still for it... :) BM> Yes. As I said in an earlier message, the Pharmacy is not doing any BM> shots currently unless absolutely required; if someone was near the BM> end of their six month period they would receive their second shot but BM> those of us with plenty of time will be delayed. The Pharmacy Tech BM> said the earliest would be May 1st but she also indicated probably BM> another several weeks after that; still plenty of time on my schedule. Makes plenty of sense... and as I said (probably in response to your earlier message), when I asked here, I got a similar response, but without any estimate of when they expect to do shots regularly again... BM>>>> Will ask and do some on-line checking; probably put a note in my BM>>>> calendar to inquire in four or five years -- what is said now may BM>>>> not be accurate later. NB>>>> And you might be conflating with the older vaccine, too.... BM>>> True. May be if the patient had the Zostavax plus Shingrix at certain BM>>> ages does one thing or 'early Shingrix' (before they ran out) has one BM>>> rule and 'new Shingrix' (the one currently) has a different rule BM>>> because of the way it was produced. NB>>> Lots of variables... BM>> So this thread will be continued in five years!! NB>> Or at least picked up again... BM> The Thread That Would Not Die!! There are a lot of those, actually... NB>>> Right... I did see that... :) Like I've been saying, quite possible NB>>> you were a test market for the coffee-flavored M&Ms, and now you'll NB>>> just have to wait until they decide to bring them out for real... or NB>>> never see them again, when they decide not to do so... ;/ BM>> Too bad I don't need something inexpensive at Amazon: combine that BM>> purchase with the ones I had seen there! ...Wonder if still BM>> available?! NB>> Maybe... but quite possibly not.... unless they happened to still NB>> have some of a stock left over... BM> I need to check again; did buy some HDMI cables from Amazon (better BM> deal than eBay for what I wanted) -- bought four at $25.99. Needed BM> one, wanted at least one spare, so that was two and possibly three. BM> Another spare was stretching that a bit but getting over the #25 for BM> free shipping helped the decision! And you didn't get the coffee-flavored M&Ms at the same time...? I'm guessing that when you do click on them (if still appearing, anyway) that they'll be unavailable after all.... ttyl neb .... A new country song: If I'd Shot You Sooner, I'd Be Out of Jail by Now. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .