I have a thing now where every time I fly in an airplane, and all the sitting that entails, will result in a back injury upon reaching my destination. Happened when I flew to Spain (as I reached down to open a mini fridge in the hotel), and it happened in Sweden in June when I bent down to photograph a wildflower.. just like a rubber band snapping in my lower back, if sucks
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 20 November 2023 23:50 (seven months ago) link
oh that's data for me -- this was the morning after a long flight.
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:16 (seven months ago) link
What about changes in weather?
― Shifty Henry’s Swing Club (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:16 (seven months ago) link
I have had, since I was 19, a knee that sometimes clicks when the weather changes, but I haven't noticed anything with other things. I went from heat to heat on the flight though (mid-atlantic to deep south) so I'm not sure about that.
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:23 (seven months ago) link
My left knee used to pop like bubble wrap in the mornings. Lately it doesn't do that as much. I wonder if it's altitude/humidity related.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:34 (seven months ago) link
Long flights and long drives both mess with my back/shoulders.
Somebody mentioned heating pads, I will also throw out this specifically for back/shoulder/neck stuff: a massage pillow. I have this thing and my wife and I love it to pieces: https://zyllion.com/products/shiatsu-back-and-neck-massager-pillow-with-heat-zma-13
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 00:44 (seven months ago) link
On a flight of 3+ hours, I have to get up and walk around, my legs hurt so much. I think it's related to poor circulation.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 01:03 (seven months ago) link
Get you some compression socks! (I don't actually have any, but I should.)
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 01:57 (seven months ago) link
ooh
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 02:42 (seven months ago) link
I am suddenly visualising us all sittting under blankets round a fire, croaking tips at each other at how to deal with the old lumbago.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 05:49 (seven months ago) link
Don’t mind me … I am just getting a looksee at what I am in for next year
― sarahell, Tuesday, 21 November 2023 07:45 (seven months ago) link
lol Trayce I will take all the advice! Starting to realize that consciously trying to minimize/avoid current or future pain is going to be a focus from now on.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 16:23 (seven months ago) link
Got the shingles vaxx #2 yesterday... I'm feeling it today: achy, mild chills, slight headache. Plus my arm hurtsGlad I'm working at the kitchen table
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:22 (six months ago) link
the shingles vax was rough but it's definitely worth it to prevent shingles
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:35 (six months ago) link
I didn't really feel the first dose at all, outside of the injection site.. but #2 is kicking my ass
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:39 (six months ago) link
hang on, this is available for all over 50s ?
― mark e, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:42 (six months ago) link
CDC recommends that adults 50 years and older get two doses of the shingles vaccine called Shingrix (recombinant zoster vaccine) to prevent shingles and the complications from the disease.
each dose is a different microchip
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:43 (six months ago) link
Seeing Diane Feinstein in the wheelchair was enough for me to message my GP about it
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:45 (six months ago) link
cdc = America. nhs says 65+
Thraed of Shingrix
― koogs, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:48 (six months ago) link
ahh, thats what i thought i remembered. i.e. 65+ for us in the UK.
― mark e, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:54 (six months ago) link
The shingles vaccine doesn't guarantee that you won't get shingles. But this vaccine will likely reduce the course and severity of the disease. And it will likely lower your risk of postherpetic neuralgia. Studies suggest that Shingrix offers protection against shingles for more than five years.
FIVE years?? I thought it was good for life :-(
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:56 (six months ago) link
shingles thread... looks like some longer term study data was published last year. one study saying protection lasts at least 7 years and another study saying up to 10 years.
― that's not my post, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 19:51 (six months ago) link
My aunt (79) has had it for years. It's been agony. The shot feels like a punch in the arm, well worth it.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 20:01 (six months ago) link
If you had chickenpox as a kid is shingles off the cards or no?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:01 (six months ago) link
I . . . don't know. I definitely had chickenpox as a kid but they still said I should get the shot.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:02 (six months ago) link
Oh wait I thought shingles was if you had nevr had pox as a kid. but it seems its if you DID :/ ugh!
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:03 (six months ago) link
Yeah, it's some kind of re-emergence of prior infection.
If you didn't have chickenpox as a kid, then you need that vaccine.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:08 (six months ago) link
I remember Mick Jones (of the Clash, not Foreigner) got chickenpox back in the 80s, it nearly did him in.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:09 (six months ago) link
I recall it being a miserable time as a kid. I had to have baths in this foul smelling pine wash. I had the mumps too, and whooping cough. Man the 70s were another time.
Now I'm thinking I should get this shingrix thing, though its only free for over 65s here.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:12 (six months ago) link
If you get chickenpox, the virus that causes it hides from your immune system in your spine. Shingles is what you get when that virus reactivates.
― Jaq, Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:13 (six months ago) link
My aunt breaks down in tears when she talks about how painful shingles has been. Probably worth the cost of the shot.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:13 (six months ago) link
As explained on this cdc webpage (https://www.cdc.gov/shingles/about/transmission.html) shingles is caused by the reactivation or re-emergence of the varicella-zoster (chicken pox) virus that has lain dormant in someone who had the chickenpox early in life.
Yes! Apparently, getting chicken pox for the first time as an adult is often a far more serious disease than going through it as a child. Among other things, it can induce sterility in adult males. I'm sure there are horror stories on the web about adult chicken pox that match the many shingles horror stories.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:21 (six months ago) link
Almost died in 1989 when he contracted chicken pox from his then four-year-old daughter Lauren. He went into a coma and spent months recuperating.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0428851/trivia/
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:25 (six months ago) link
Shingles suuuuucked. I had it a few years ago.
― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:39 (six months ago) link
i expect it’s upthread but a colleague who got it in his eye/facial nerves with complications was very clear upon return from hospitalization/recovery: “do. not. fuck. with. this. pay whatever. do anything to avoid it.”
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:43 (six months ago) link
something like 99% of folks have had chicken pox, even if they don't remember it
But if you get shingles, you're actively contagious to the 1% that have never had it, including people with compromised immune systems
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:49 (six months ago) link
I feel better now, but earlier today I was forced to drink two hot toddies just to stave off the vaxx side effects
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 7 December 2023 02:53 (six months ago) link
People in their late 30s and early 40s are apparently more at risk for shingles currently. The thinking is they had chickenpox just as the varicella vaccine was made available, so have experienced fewer environmental exposures due to younger people not having chickenpox due to having been vaccinated. So their immune systems aren't reminded enough to fight the virus and shingles hits earlier. My son was unfortunately in this cohort and got shingles up and down one leg a few years ago at 37.
― Jaq, Thursday, 7 December 2023 04:49 (six months ago) link
I had shingles this year at 43. It was terrible, my shoulder ached for like a month.
― Jeff, Thursday, 7 December 2023 11:44 (six months ago) link
how dare you bring tales of shoulder aches into the 50s thread
― assert (matttkkkk), Thursday, 7 December 2023 12:25 (six months ago) link
I’m just preparing myself.
― Jeff, Thursday, 7 December 2023 12:35 (six months ago) link
I got shingles when I was 29/30 about 20 years ago.
― Tapioca by Jean Sibelius (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 7 December 2023 12:44 (six months ago) link
Hardest job I ever had was hauling roof shingles up a ladder during the summer.
― pplains, Thursday, 7 December 2023 16:11 (six months ago) link
ooh srsly respect. when i think of horrible terrifying stupefyingly dangerous jobs, roofer is about tops, and yes it is shingles adjacent
― digital chirping and whirring (Hunt3r), Thursday, 7 December 2023 16:20 (six months ago) link
I got shingles on my honeymoon (ages 28). Way to start married life. I still have the scars and I hate the thought it's just lying about dormant waiting to come back and get me again. Get the shot if offered.
― ailsa, Thursday, 7 December 2023 16:36 (six months ago) link
I got shingles vax #2 last week and had 24 hours of bizarre non-nausea nausea, the shakes from feeling chilled, and a complete loss of appetite. Just sitting around wondering “am I going to heave from being sick or not? I can’t tell…”Anyway, I still remember getting chicken pox on my 17th birthday and recalling that now was plenty of motivation to ride it out. The next day I was fine. Get the vax and give yrself some recovery time.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 7 December 2023 19:45 (six months ago) link
Yeah, I got #2 on tuesday and I was a fifty-something wreck... not so much nausea, but just every other flu-like symptom known to man
I feel fine today
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 7 December 2023 20:12 (six months ago) link
formally joining this thread in 4 days
― woof, Thursday, 7 December 2023 20:37 (six months ago) link
It's not so bad.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:05 (six months ago) link
once you're over the shingles
― woof, Thursday, 7 December 2023 21:15 (six months ago) link