Subj : FWIW - Shingrix To : Nancy Backus From : Barry Martin Date : Fri May 01 2020 09:05:00 Hi Nancy! 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. NB> Depending on the call, sometimes I can do something else besides NB> just talk (once in a while, I'll get started on doing a bbs run NB> when a call is running late; sometimes I'll be sitting doing NB> solitaire), but usually, I need to focus on just the call... Yes, I almost always need to concentrate on the conversation going on, though I will admit sometimes portions aren't that interesting and a game of Solitaire is popped up. BM> At the apartment I would start sitting and then start slowly pacing. BM> It helped the phone had a realllly long coil-cord! NB> I've been known to do that.... haven't lately, though... And even NB> better than a really long coil-cord is a cordless handset... I don't know if I could afford one back then! When I first moved in I think it was still illegal or at least not allowed for people to work on their own phone lines. The phone in the apartment was hardwired. At the time answering machines had a mechanical contraption to lift the headset to answer the call. 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). NB> I use celery seed instead of gout medications, and cinnamon in NB> various forms (one also has vit D added) to help control blood NB> sugars... for my bones I'm taking a calcium chew which has added NB> vit D and K... also a magnesium supplement as my levels were NB> low... all doctor approved and/or suggested... Hmmm: making a note on the celery seed and gout. I don't have problems but don't recall that usage. As for calcium, I take the old-fashioned pill, though one looks like a mispackaged suppository!! Very elongated oval! Is the 'softgel' version which I accidentally picked up. Admittedly goes down easily! :) NB> I do, though, sanitize the cart handles and such as I get it at NB> the entrance to the store.... either with the wipes they have NB> available or the hand sanitizer with a paper towel... whichever NB> is there... I would do the same except I get the cart from the cart corral in the parking lot and bring it in. Combination of helping by bringing in a cart I'm going to use anyway, the small cart which I prefer isn't always available in the vestibule (all in use or outside), and when walking in winter through slush, etc., the cart helps steady me. 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. NB> Makes plenty of sense... and as I said (probably in response to NB> your earlier message), when I asked here, I got a similar NB> response, but without any estimate of when they expect to do NB> shots regularly again... Wegmans may not have known, or decided not to give a date as too many people heard "May 5" instead of "hopefully starting May 5". Plus you're New York and I'm Iowa and there are different state regulations. Both of us will just continue the periodic casual asking. 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!! NB> There are a lot of those, actually... Some haven been strung along so long they're becomeing ropes! (I couldn't figure out how to use 'string' reaosnably properly so had to go with the past tense.) 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! NB> And you didn't get the coffee-flavored M&Ms at the same time...? NB> I'm guessing that when you do click on them (if still appearing, NB> anyway) that they'll be unavailable after all.... Need to check Amazon again - was on last night to order another Raspberry Pi 4 (4GB) kit -- didn't need anything to get me to the free shipping! At Hy-Vee yesterday did pick up a bag of Fudge Brownie flavoured M&Ms -- haven't had any yet. NB> ... A new country song: If I'd Shot You Sooner, I'd Be Out of NB> Jail by Now. Oddly true! ¯ ® ¯ Barry_Martin_3@ ® ¯ @Q.COM ® ¯ ® .... RAISIN: Grape with a sunburn. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.47 þ wcECHO 4.2 ÷ ILink: The Safe BBS þ Bettendorf, IA --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .