I found some hope after a December 2008 storm here in Maine!….
Compared to the last two winters where we were getting 2 foot snowfalls overnight, this snowstorm in my area will bring 9-14 inches, so honestly it’s not really a bad one per se, though, it’s supposed to be real windy and the power could be knocked out, so I figured I would do an Open Thread for everyone to talk about what they want to just in case I won’t be on later this evening. I am going to work today so wish me luck! The drive down won’t be bad (not one single snowflake in my area yet) but the drive home this afternoon could be tricky.
The back deck this past February 2009…
Anyway…
I think my son and I had the swine flu awhile back. We were sick for 2 weeks at least with some kind of virus that left us achy and very tired. My son actually threw up and had a fever, but for me, I felt awful and was extremely tired. We didn’t feel like we had the “typical flu” for the season and here’s why: About two weeks after we got better I woke up one day with my left toes numb. Not only did they go numb, but the numbness started traveling up that side of my body. Luckily the numbness stopped at my left knee and didn’t go any further, but what was so frustrating was not being able to walk too good. My left leg below the knee would slam into the floor as I walked. Kind of embarrassing! Anyway, not sure if Lee Nelson of WCSH6 here in Maine had the swine flu or not, but he did come down with Bell’s palsy around Thanksgiving time this year and is back to work this morning for the first time since the left side of his face became paralyzed. I had no idea a virus in the body could cause this kind of paralysis (same side effects when taking vaccines when a virus is put into the system!). I’ve never had my body react to any virus with paralysis over my lifetime and I believe we did have the swine flu, so as you could imagine I was kind of freaked out. Did I go to the doctor? Nope! I used the Internet for my own self-diagnosis which I know is bad, but I think I had Guillain-Barré syndrome after having the “new” swine flu virus in my system. As of right now, the numbness/paralysis of my leg is gone except for a small patch of skin on the top of my left toes. Eventually the numbness will go away, but I am so thankful I’m able to walk again without feeling disabled.
Do you know anyone who has had weird paralysis after becoming sick with a virus this season?
What’s on your mind today? I hope not Tiger Woods! What an ass he’s turned out to be. I feel bad for his family. Then there’s the climate change/global warming deniers! What the hell is up with them? Decades of science and some emails are exposed and suddenly they believe it’s all been a hoax? Well, I think the oil/coal/conservatives are a hoax! They so badly want to poison the earth free of charge that they’re willing to grab a hold of anything so they can!
I”m about to go out and shovel wet, heavy snow out of my driveway, bummer. Then I get to drive off to work with lots of snow and high winds coming later, so that should be fun. If I didn’t have to teach a class tonight, I’d probably stay home. But I must indoctrinate those impressionable college students with my liberal agenda, oh yea baby.
The best thing about working in education and the only good thing about a predicted 4-8″ of snow?
SNOW DAY!!!!
Yeah, baby, yeah!!!!!!!!
Interesting to follow the healthcare debate…depending on the CBO, might have a bill signed before Christmas.
Yep, first snow fall of the year here too, 5-7″ along with 20 mph wind to blow it around and make the temperature feel like -2. I love the snow, hate the wind.
The university I work at hardly ever closes, they prefer to put their students and faculty at risk, apparently. Yeee haaaa
After living 20 years in Chicago, the one thing I don’t miss is the snow and horizontal blizzards.
The big blizzard is fizzling here in Michigan, they closed a bunch of schools in anticipation and it didn’t happen…..lucky little kids.
Well, I actually worked a half day and have spent HALF of the hours gone from house today DRIVING. The roads were horrible. Not plowed w/ 4-6 inches of snow on the road! Absolutely treacherous conditions. So glad some of you were able to take the day off! Nice being home when it’s snowing. Now that I’m home I can actually enjoy it.
The University of Wisconsin in Madison is having its FIRST “snow day” EVER in the history of the school. We had a “snow day” a week ago in Houston when we got our inch of rare snow (less in some places and none here where I live).
In the 13 years I was in public school near South Bend, and the 3 years I attended college in Indiana, we NEVER once had a snow day. But where I live, now, a new suburban area full of hike/bike trails, the mothers deliver/pick up their children every day of the school year, often idling their big SUV’s for a half hour (got to keep the air conditioners running), lining up for many city blocks so their fragile (often obese) children won’t have to walk.
Back in the day, our Hoosier mothers just made sure we were wrapped up, had our boots on, and sent us out into the elements. When it was below zero, we wore our ski masks which are now popular with bank robbers.
A young man from Katy, Texas, age 13, just spent 54 days in Texas Children’s Hospital dealing with complications from the H1N1 virus. The athletic boy now has scarred lungs, damaged kidneys and will probably lose the tips of some toes because of poor circulation while being hospitalized.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6760368.html
So sad Grant! Some people have died from the swine flu, but most have mild symptoms and as you pointed out…..some will probably lose the tips of their toes because of it! The swine flu does feel different in the body than the “regular flu” we get. There doesn’t seem to be a consistency in the symptoms. Each person is different and it all depends on the immune system of the person when they get infected (or if they have underlining diseases).
This flu seems to be dissipating so that’s good.