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     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO
Ärende: immunizations 214
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Aloha Michael!

->  -> For myself, I trust my immune system. If
->  -> immunocompromise should become part of my future, I'd
->  -> no doubt be way more cautious as you must be given
->  -> Annie's situation.
->  HN> I prefer the penny  of caution to the
->  HN> Pound of regret.
-> 
-> In my case it's never been a pound of regret; if things
-> shook out another way for me I might reconsider. As I
-> have if anything a too highly active immune system, it
-> doesn't seem to make sense to boost it.
->
I've never had the pound of regret either,
mostly (at least I think) due to the 
penny of caution. 
 
->  HN> Anne came down with both the flu and
->  HN> a bad sinus infection..theraflu 
->  HN> had the flu under control and very
->  HN> manageable right off...not sure how
->  HN> much worse it would have been without
->  HN> the shot. 
-> 
-> In her case I'd of course say go with it, as
-> you can't afford to find out how much worse it
-> would have been. In my case, the issue has
-> arisen only when people have actually sneezed
-> on my person, and no amount of antiviral or
-> vaccine would have helped; despite my apprehensions
-> at the time, I've not been laid low by these
-> incidents and have suffered a sniffle of only a
-> couple days' duration from them.
->
The sinus infection was worse and
longer lasting than the flu and 
it kept her out of school for
a week. She works in a literal 
soup of germ pots, (7 year olds)
and I shudder to think what things
she brings home to expose ME to!

-> Another cantaloupe pickle
-> cat: pickle
-> yield: 1 batch
-> 
-> 4 lg cantaloupes, peeled, seeded, quartered
-> vinegar to cover
-> 9 lb brown sugar (more or less - see instructions)
-> cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves to taste
-> 
-> Cover cantaloupe pieces in vinegar. Let stand 24 hr.
-> Measure the vinegar - keep all but 1 quart of it
-> (I estimate there will be 3 qt left).
-> 
-> Boil vinegar, with 3 lb sugar per quart of vinegar, and
-> spices to taste. When it has boiled to a syrup, drop
-> fruit in it and cook 30 - 40 min over low heat.
-> 
-> M.C. Tyree's Housekeeping in Old Virginia (1879)
-> 
My Paternal Grandmother made something
very similar to this. I remember the 
cinnamon, and cloves...but not the 
nutmeg flavor...it was a sweet pickle
and as I grew older I preferred the 
more sour and dill styles...which 
sort of eliminated the melon pickles.
chat with you soon!
ha
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