[Magdalen] Feeling flu-ey. I'm sure it's a passing phase.

[James Handsfield]

< Public Health Professional Hat = ON >

Do Not, repeat NOT go to church tomorrow. Assume the worst (and hope you are wrong) that you have influenza. Next, get thee to a physician. Tamiflu can be helpful but only if you start it within a couple of days of the onset of symptoms. 

Jim Handsfield
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> On Dec 27, 2014, at 11:38 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Got up from working today to get some groceries and immediately felt
> potential flu symptoms, or maybe a cold. Dizzy-ish, nauseated-ish,
> achey-ish, fever-very-ish. It's all at a very low level. I had my flu
> shot, so certainly it isn't the flu. Kindly pray it away if you will.
> 
> Didn't keep me from playing a restored video of Lessons and Carols
> from King's in the Boris Ord days (he was choirmaster). I was just
> thinking of switching to something else when the dean said something
> about those who "rejoice on another shore, and in a greater light." I
> burst into tears, as you do. Just like when I last read the Prodigal
> Son gospel at Vespers with my dear partner. That was a sobfest. I
> think I'm seeing what matters most to me. I thought of Dad being on
> that other shore (not so very far away) and rejoicing and thinking his
> son needs to look up from all the work for this project and rejoice
> too.
> 
> Both cats were transfixed by the L&C video...don't know whether it was
> the music, the readings, or the flickering candles.
> 
> I'm subdeacon tomorrow and need to chant the Revelation lesson for
> Childermas. No flu, please. Antigens, do your thing, bolstered by the
> flu shot. Never mind the news items about it being a weak dosage this
> year...surely the Chicago one is extra strong for us with the big
> shoulders...
> 
> -- 
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA