Re: Re: introduction, flu shots.

[Guest guest]

Welcome and Lance, Joanie from CA here

I know you will enjoy all the many letters that appear here.

Flu shots. I am sort of surprised at the comments about flu shots. It is

routine here, even given out for free. I take them every year, and also got the

pneumonia shot when I turned 65 , as I have had pneumonia twice and figured I

needed the protection. Haven't had any bad results from the flu shots, except

for a sore arm for a day. I do always get some kind of " flu " anyway, in Jan or

Feb. This year I got sick two days after Christmas. I thought someone was

sitting on my chest and I was coughing up a bunch of stuff. Fortunately my son,

where I was visiting, gave me antibiotics as he determined it was a bacteria

infection on top of the virus. I was sick for two weeks. It was very nice that

I was taken care of. Wouldn't have been so, if I had been home. My son said

that the flu shot probably kept me out of the hospital, as I was pretty sick.

This was in NC and their hospitals were 100% full. Flu hit NC really hard.d

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From: & Lance

onelist

Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 10:21 AM

Subject: [] Re: introduction, flu shots.

From: & Lance <kolw@...>

Hi List folks,

My name is , I live in , B.C., Canada and I've been reading

your emails for

some time now, and have really enjoyed all your comments, and personal

histories. This

is a very friendly and caring list. Thanks Gretchen for organizing it and

thanks all of you who

share so much!

I have CMT type 1, diagnosed Jan. 99. I am 45 yrs old and have been most

affected by

CMT symptoms for the past 3 years. I think the stress of having abdominal

surgery and being

bumped from a union position in a hospital(all within a year) accelerated

my symptoms. My main symptoms are very painful deformed feet and weakness

in my hands and forearms. I also have

chronic back pain which makes sitting for long periods(one hour or more)

very uncomfortable. So far,(and hopefully never), I don't experience the

awful nerve pain that many of you have.

I do have a wonderful chiropractor who really helps with my back problems,

and also go for

weekly massages to help loosen all the tight muscles. I have had physio

for tennis elbow and

back pain also.

I used to do weight lifting because it was recommended to me by the

Canadian Back Institute

to strengthen my muscles. I worked out at a gym faithfully, whenever I had

the energy to do so.

Unfortunately, I believe I overdid the weight lifting because it gave me

chronic tennis elbow and

tighter back muscles, but didn't understand why. Now, I know that you can

easily overdo

weightlifting( and I did) with a neurological condition such as CMT, so I

don't do it any more.

If they knew about my CMT I don't think they would have reccommeded

weightlifting. But I

believe exercise in some form is so important to prevent further atrophy of

muscles.

I am writing to comment about flu shots. I was somewhat distressed to

learn that flu shots aren't

appropriate for neurological diseases. I had one in November to prevent

me from getting the

flu again this year. Last Feb.(99) I got a very bad bout of the flu and

it knocked out my energy levels

for months. So I didn't want a repeat episode of that! Therefore, I

ASKED my doctor to give

me a flu shot, and she agreed. Guess what, I got the flu last week and was

very sick for 1 day,

and weak for 3 days, but it wasn't as bad as last year. So I don't know

how I would have been

without the shot.

Thanks for listening,

.

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In a message dated 3/11/2000 5:35:38 PM Pacific Standard Time,

bilmiller@... writes:

<< Forgot to mention that my son is a doctor. He didn't run out and rob the

nearest pharmacy. Joanie >>

FUNNY Joanie, I was thinking he must be a DR. Haha

[Guest guest]

Forgot to mention that my son is a doctor. He didn't run out and rob the

nearest pharmacy. Joanie

----- Original Message -----

From: " Joanie " <bilmiller@...>

<onelist>

Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 11:58 AM

Subject: Re: [] Re: introduction, flu shots.

> From: " Joanie " <bilmiller@...>

>

> Welcome and Lance, Joanie from CA here

> I know you will enjoy all the many letters that appear here.

> Flu shots. I am sort of surprised at the comments about flu shots. It is

routine here, even given out for free. I take them every year, and also got

the pneumonia shot when I turned 65 , as I have had pneumonia twice and

figured I needed the protection. Haven't had any bad results from the flu

shots, except for a sore arm for a day. I do always get some kind of " flu "

anyway, in Jan or Feb. This year I got sick two days after Christmas. I

thought someone was sitting on my chest and I was coughing up a bunch of

stuff. Fortunately my son, where I was visiting, gave me antibiotics as he

determined it was a bacteria infection on top of the virus. I was sick for

two weeks. It was very nice that I was taken care of. Wouldn't have been

so, if I had been home. My son said that the flu shot probably kept me out

of the hospital, as I was pretty sick. This was in NC and their hospitals

were 100% full. Flu hit NC really hard.d

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: & Lance

> onelist

> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 10:21 AM

> Subject: [] Re: introduction, flu shots.

>

>

> From: & Lance <kolw@...>

>

> Hi List folks,

> My name is , I live in , B.C., Canada and I've been reading

> your emails for

> some time now, and have really enjoyed all your comments, and personal

> histories. This

> is a very friendly and caring list. Thanks Gretchen for organizing it

and

> thanks all of you who

> share so much!

>

> I have CMT type 1, diagnosed Jan. 99. I am 45 yrs old and have been

most

> affected by

> CMT symptoms for the past 3 years. I think the stress of having

abdominal

> surgery and being

> bumped from a union position in a hospital(all within a year)

accelerated

> my symptoms. My main symptoms are very painful deformed feet and

weakness

> in my hands and forearms. I also have

> chronic back pain which makes sitting for long periods(one hour or more)

> very uncomfortable. So far,(and hopefully never), I don't experience

the

> awful nerve pain that many of you have.

>

> I do have a wonderful chiropractor who really helps with my back

problems,

> and also go for

> weekly massages to help loosen all the tight muscles. I have had physio

> for tennis elbow and

> back pain also.

>

> I used to do weight lifting because it was recommended to me by the

> Canadian Back Institute

> to strengthen my muscles. I worked out at a gym faithfully, whenever I

had

> the energy to do so.

> Unfortunately, I believe I overdid the weight lifting because it gave me

> chronic tennis elbow and

> tighter back muscles, but didn't understand why. Now, I know that you

can

> easily overdo

> weightlifting( and I did) with a neurological condition such as CMT, so

I

> don't do it any more.

> If they knew about my CMT I don't think they would have reccommeded

> weightlifting. But I

> believe exercise in some form is so important to prevent further atrophy

of

> muscles.

>

> I am writing to comment about flu shots. I was somewhat distressed to

> learn that flu shots aren't

> appropriate for neurological diseases. I had one in November to

prevent

> me from getting the

> flu again this year. Last Feb.(99) I got a very bad bout of the flu

and

> it knocked out my energy levels

> for months. So I didn't want a repeat episode of that! Therefore, I

> ASKED my doctor to give

> me a flu shot, and she agreed. Guess what, I got the flu last week and

was

> very sick for 1 day,

> and weak for 3 days, but it wasn't as bad as last year. So I don't

know

> how I would have been

> without the shot.

>

> Thanks for listening,

> .

>

>

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[Guest guest]

what is this <<flu shot>>?

thanks

dimitrios

& Lance wrote:

> From: & Lance <kolw@...>

>

> Hi List folks,

> My name is , I live in , B.C., Canada and I've been reading

> your emails for

> some time now, and have really enjoyed all your comments, and personal

> histories. This

> is a very friendly and caring list. Thanks Gretchen for organizing it and

> thanks all of you who

> share so much!

>

> I have CMT type 1, diagnosed Jan. 99. I am 45 yrs old and have been most

> affected by

> CMT symptoms for the past 3 years. I think the stress of having abdominal

> surgery and being

> bumped from a union position in a hospital(all within a year) accelerated

> my symptoms. My main symptoms are very painful deformed feet and weakness

> in my hands and forearms. I also have

> chronic back pain which makes sitting for long periods(one hour or more)

> very uncomfortable. So far,(and hopefully never), I don't experience the

> awful nerve pain that many of you have.

>

> I do have a wonderful chiropractor who really helps with my back problems,

> and also go for

> weekly massages to help loosen all the tight muscles. I have had physio

> for tennis elbow and

> back pain also.

>

> I used to do weight lifting because it was recommended to me by the

> Canadian Back Institute

> to strengthen my muscles. I worked out at a gym faithfully, whenever I had

> the energy to do so.

> Unfortunately, I believe I overdid the weight lifting because it gave me

> chronic tennis elbow and

> tighter back muscles, but didn't understand why. Now, I know that you can

> easily overdo

> weightlifting( and I did) with a neurological condition such as CMT, so I

> don't do it any more.

> If they knew about my CMT I don't think they would have reccommeded

> weightlifting. But I

> believe exercise in some form is so important to prevent further atrophy of

> muscles.

>

> I am writing to comment about flu shots. I was somewhat distressed to

> learn that flu shots aren't

> appropriate for neurological diseases. I had one in November to prevent

> me from getting the

> flu again this year. Last Feb.(99) I got a very bad bout of the flu and

> it knocked out my energy levels

> for months. So I didn't want a repeat episode of that! Therefore, I

> ASKED my doctor to give

> me a flu shot, and she agreed. Guess what, I got the flu last week and was

> very sick for 1 day,

> and weak for 3 days, but it wasn't as bad as last year. So I don't know

> how I would have been

> without the shot.

>

> Thanks for listening,

> .

>

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[Guest guest]

>what is this <<flu shot>>?

Hi Dimitrios,

A flu shot is a vaccine that is given to the elderly or people with immune

diseases to prevent them

from getting the flu. It is supposed to minimize the effects of the flu,

or lessen the severity of

the flu if one does get it. It has to be given at least a couple of months

ahead of the flu season in order

to build up antibodies in your system.