STEAM ROOM FOR ANGER

Oh, Beesie, again? Seems like you're always dealing with Schrodinger's Cancer. Good luck.

Follow-up CT scan is not for another month so I sit in limbo land for a while longer....

Does anyone know if you can do bloodwork after having an MRI w/contrast.? They couldn't tell me when I scheduled MRI, so I will just do labs another day but it would be nice to just go once. Oh well.

Hanging in limbo land with you, Beesie

Bc-I hear you. You and your hubs are fine staying put but I'm sure you do miss your Dad.

ctmbsikia - I have to have labs o check creatine level before contrast is administered, so they do the full panel for MO @same time. I just go 1 hour early before CT and get it all done in 1 trip (and stick).

Bcincolorado, you are making wise choices. It is a pity that your brother's obstinacy prevents you and your dad from visiting. Want me to go slap some sense into him?

Beesie and Rain, ugh, sorry for the waiting.

LOL baby of the fam always gets away with shit... esp a boy. I can not understand why people will not vaccinate. Do they think the whole world is making this pandemic up?

Goldcity, if you and your family members have a valid medical reason for not getting the vaccine, that's fine. But any other "reason" is irresponsible CRAP. I'm sick of making nice to people who say "more than one point of view, and they're all valid."

If the moderators decide to take this post down, they might as well cancel my account while they're at it.

wow, wish I could say I was surprised. I guess you’re the one who decides who is allowed to believe what in this country and what is valid thinking or not. And what is a vali medical reason or not. Now I know finally know who is in charge. I was wondering. I read it here on the internet so I know it’s true.

Goldcity,

Agree with you a 100 percent. After watching my husband suffer with unbelievable side effects from his second Moderna Vaccination, I will pass. Have enough worries with BC.

My reason for vaccinating was data and benefit vs. risk. I can handle a few days of not feeling well over possibly contracting covid and getting sick enough to be placed on a vent. I am a former smoker. Lots of folks out there that survived and are now facing permanent lung and/or heart damage. A shot in the arm gives you 100% efficacy of this not happening. So, yeah it is hard for me to understand why some choose not to get this vaccine. Especially when their only argument is their personal freedom of choice and no other supporting rational reason to back it up. I'd like to understand, but I don't. Wish you non-vaxers the best of luck with this virus.

Goldcity: "I have to chuckle over this whole vaccine thing". Really? I fail to find any humor in the Pandemic and the over 600,000 preventable deaths. My DB contracted Covid before the vaccines were available and in spite of taking precautions. However, he was exposed most likely by the anti-maskers. He is still in recovery after spending 2 months sleeping upright in a chair so he could breathe and developing a blood clot in his leg. He is on anticoagulants which means his Psoriatic arthritis is running rampant because the drugs for this are contraindicated if you are on anticoagulants. IMHO a few days of discomfort from the vaccine is far less than that one would experience being on a ventilator. So I wish the antivaxers luck but really hate that they have no concerns about exposing innocent others and the medical personnel to their ignorant decision.

I do not have bad feelings for someone who cannot get it for one reason or another. I can only adjust my own behavior accordingly. Knowing I am living with something that limits my life span a LOT and is terminal right now and there and doctors said for us to "travel" and enjoy ourselves while I still move and do that................then COVID hit........................................................ we vacation by watching Create on PBS now and dream of places I know I will never get to live to see at this point. Covid is awful. Still hoping it is does not bite me on the other other side in my "spot they are watching" right now after last mamo on my on- cancer side. Trying to keep my head up and not get down.

100% protected from serious illness and death. OK? I can still get sick from people unvaccinated and children that are not qualified yet. Twist my words into your world meaning, fine.

Of course you don't have to state your reasons, so why do expect one to understand and respect your decision? Where did I say I was right and you were wrong? Oh right, I didn't. Neither did Alice by the way. Now I see there is no use trying to have this discussion for a better understanding. This is why folks get a little fired up over it. Talk about intolerance.

I am vaccinated but let’s not forget the vaccine is not FDA approved. A friend’s ex-husband works for a major pharmaceutical company and told her DO NOT get their 12 year old son vaccinated. That certainly gives me pause to question whether young children should be vaccinated.

I am vaccinated and I firmly believe that as members of our communities and society in general, I need to do what I can to foster the health of my community and move us toward herd immunity. Of course I understand that there will be people who have legitimate medical reasons andcannot be vaccinated. My being vaccinated helps them too. In CA, children who have not received their immunizations cannot attend school. We no longer have an exemption for medical or religious beliefs. I don't know if this will eventually apply to the COVID19 vaccine but if it does, families will have to make decisions about homeschooling. Private businesses can also restrict customers based on vaccine status, so again if you choose not to vaccinate there may be places or events that are not open to you. Again, for me the bottom line is about protecting my neighbors and community as well as myself, of course.

While true that the current vaccines are being used under emergency use authorization, none of the technologies are new, particularly mRNA which some have concerns over.

smc123, that is an interesting anecdote but as yet, it doesn't give me pause to question giving vaccines to adolescents. What is the reason your fiends ex-husband thinks this is not a good idea? What data does he have to support his recommendation? I'd be interested in hearing data driven specifics.

Nothing in life is guaranteed. If you're looking for a guarantee that this or any other vaccine will never have negative effects on anyone, I'm afraid no one will ever be able to make such a guarantee. I take a much greater risk with my life (statistically) every time I drive somewhere in my car than I did when getting the COVID vaccine, again going by currently existing stats. My bottom line is not just about protecting myself but protecting the others as well