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Yikes....I'm wiggin now Richard cause I've been sick for nearly 3 weeks with this cold I can't kick! =o
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And be careful, Demon. 3 weeks is a long time to have a cold without having it get properly looked at by a doctor and then nursed by Btflchild.
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12-06-2005, 07:24 PM
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Yeah well i was sick for one week...then started to get over it. I coughed up all the green stuff and the sinuses drained really well. Then last Sat I started getting a sore throat and this dry cough....! It never ends. I cant afford to go to the doctor though....I have insurance but I think it covers only about 50% of the visit. Then again, I cant afford to be dead. BTFLCHLD, come take me away!
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12-06-2005, 07:25 PM
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deal with the bill when it comes... your health is more important than money matters... if you cant pay you could see a patient advocate and the hospital may drop the other 50%... please please please 
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yeah I always liked Grover and the Count from Sesame Street.
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And since you asked about your fav muppet...my least favorite, totally annoying, couldn't wait until the next scene without that muppet is...... Miss Piggy. Damn...she really tweaked every last nerve I had and I'm such a mellow guy!
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12-06-2005, 10:29 PM
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Piggy urked me too...although the scene in the one Muppet movie where she chases down that guy on roller skates always brings me to tears! She was cool in the scenes with Kermit. I guess they balanced each other out. Much like Stevie/Lindsey.
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Okay - yeah - just did a quick search. Here's what I found: http://www.jyi.org/features/ft.php?id=463 Flesh-eating disease… it sounds like the stuff of science fiction. It can spread through human tissue at a rate of 3 cm per hour. Twenty-five percent of its victims die, and in severe cases, the patient is dead within 18 hours. In 1990, it caused the death of Muppets creator, Jim Henson. It is small wonder that the media has given the disease such a dramatic, horrible-sounding name. Unfortunately, this is not an excerpt from a science fiction novel, but rather a chapter from a bacteriology textbook. The medical name for this disease is necrotizing fasciitis (NF) and it is caused by a bacterium called Streptococcus pyogenes, or Group A streptococcus (GAS). There's more on the site above.
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How can a healthy man in his 50s succumb so abruptly to a garden-variety illness like pneumonia? To Dr. Edward Kaplan, an authority on streptococcal infections, Jim Henson's death was tragic but not unfamiliar. The organism that killed Henson, Group A streptococcus bacteria, is not rare, but it can occasionally cause an overwhelming infection that is unusually virulent. Studies suggest a recent unexpected uncrease in serious infections caused by the bacteria, which is highly deceptive: Early on, Group A strep can be mistaken for mere flu, but before a victim has even sought treatment, it may overwhelm the body with pneumonia, kidney failure or liver failure. A professor of pediatrics at the University of Minnesota and director there of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Reference and Research on Streptococci, Kaplan, spoke about Group A infections with correspondent Margaret Nelson. Just what is Group A streptococcus? It is one of an enormous variety of streptococcal bacteria. Group A streptococci can cause a number of diseases, from mild ones like impetigo to serious illnesses like scarlet fever. It is almost always associated with strep throat, and it is the only kind of streptococcus that causes rheumatic fever. How is Group A bacteria contracted? It us usually inhaled, but it can get into the body through a cut or abrasion.Once there, it likes to live in the respiratory tract, especially in the throat. How often is it deadly? We don't know. We don't have exact figures because doctors are not required to report strep diseases. We know only that Group A strep is a very rare cause of pneumonia. Lately, however, there has been evidence of a more virulent type, a meaner bacteria. One of the first reports appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in July 1989. On the 20 cases discussed, there was a 30 percent mortality rate, which is very high compared to most common forms of pneumonia. But I don't want to be an alarmist. This is a very rare disease. What are the common symptoms? They may be flu-like or they may be like a typical strep throat, with quick onset of fever, sore throat, perhaps nausea and vomiting. In those rare instances when the infection becomes more serious, it may involve other parts of the body within a day or so. Patients may go into shock and develop problems with the lungs, kidneys and liver and infections of the muscles. Once the bacteria gets a toehold, therapy may become more difficult even with large doese of antibiotics. Since the first symptoms may be relatively mild, when should one seek medical care? It's true, at first there may not be much that distinguishes a Group A infection from a bad case of the flu. But people should use common sense. If you suddenly become very ill-high fever, sore throat-seek medical care. What is the treatment? First, to identify the infections agent, usually through a throat culture. If it is Group A, an antibiotic, probably penicillin, is prescribed. A patient who is only mildly ill can expect to feel better in a few days. The penicillin also reduces the risk of rheumatic fever or other complications. With the more serious Group A infection, antibiotics are also used, often intravenously, but other medical and surgical therapies may be required. Are children especially vulnerable to strep? Strep throat has been called an occupational disease of schoolchildren. If you went into any schoolroom in the winter and did throat cultures, 5 to 20 percent of the children would have it, with or without any symptoms. In the past few decades parents may have become a little more complacent about strep throat because there have been so few complications. But these things tend to go in cycles, and they're beginning to increase again despite antibiotics. We don't know all the reasons why. Last edited by Richard B; 12-07-2005 at 10:16 AM..
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