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Mark, be careful giving the kids the Pepto Bismol.

http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx...start=c&ccat=PS_CommonConcerns&content=166644

Pepto-Bismol has the active ingredient bismuth subsalicylate, which has been found to be safe and effective for treating “nonspecific diarrhea†in adults. However, bismuth subsalicylate is chemically related to aspirin (acetylsalicylate), which can be dangerous for children. When given during a viral illness, it can cause Reye’s Syndrome, a rare condition that can involve serious brain damage. For this reason, products containing bismuth subsalicylate must carry the following warning on the label: “Children and teenagers should not use this medicine for chicken pox or flu symptoms before a doctor is consulted about Reye's syndrome, a rare but serious illness reported to be associated with aspirin.†In addition, recent studies have not found these medicines to be effective in children under 12.
 

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Better to know late than never Mark, I just wouldn't give them anymore. I gave mine when little the same stuff not knowing, too.
 

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Better to know late than never Mark, I just wouldn't give them anymore. I gave mine when little the same stuff not knowing, too.

thank you for the info

I have to wonder if this is a freak allergic reaction
that happens to a small number of people in the population
like people that are allergic to pennecilliin...???

Its a little late to worry about it now

 

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I'm going to ask about getting a shot this year, haven't before, but it may be a good idea this year.

Jamie had the flue this Summer for a week, or this last Spring.
I think I had it too, for a few hours.
That's the good thing about age, you have more antibodies built up.

They say that in a few months my immunity will be down to zip.
There goes one more thing I was proud of.
Dang it!

Watching USC and the Irish.
I'm West Coast, so I'm pulling for USC.
Washington beat USC this year, and lost in overtime to Notre Dame.
 

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1918 flu pandemic

I was talking to my 92 YO mother about her experience with 1918 flu pandemic.

She lived on a farm, with cows, chickens, orchards and land for crops.
Her family didn't go to school for a while, and didn't have outside visitors.

That pandemic attacked the young and healthy.

I read this week, that people were taking large quantities of aspirin for it.
Like 25 tablets every three hours.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010051445_fluaspirin13.html
Lungs were filling up with watery blood.
Now they think that the overdose of aspirin may have contributed to the deaths.
 
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I was constipated, took Immodium A/D thinking that was the cure. . :p


I think you already know that immodium is for the other side of that equation! If you took immodium, you may not poop for a week!

I love immodium. As Carl Malden said about his American Express card, don't leave home without it! And as another senior citizen said, at this age, you can't trust a fart!
 

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I was talking to my 92 YO mother about her experience with 1918 flu pandemic.

She lived on a farm, with cows, chickens, orchards and land for crops.
Her family didn't go to school for a while, and didn't have outside visitors.

That pandemic attacked the young and healthy.

I read this week, that people were taking large quantities of aspirin for it.
Like 25 tablets every three hours.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2010051445_fluaspirin13.html
Lungs were filling up with watery blood.
Now they think that the overdose of aspirin may have contributed to the deaths.


Very interesting about the aspirin! My parents were both born in '05, and I reget now that I never talked to them about the '18 thing. About the only thing I know about that time is that Mom's older brother was gassed in the trenches in France, and only lived a few years after returning home.
 

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I was constipated, took Immodium A/D thinking that was the cure. Then I had white castles to break the dam loose and it worked! But I've created so many different types of fossil fuels in the atmosphere that Al Gore wanted to start a rumor about it. :p

KFC works for me. Only takes about 15 minutes :eek:
 

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Before my by-pass operation I used to eat that crap all the time. Now I'm a rice and V8 juice fan and loving it :(

It's amazing how a little thing like DEATH can change a lifetime of bad habits. ;)
 

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death is very sobering

Before my by-pass operation I used to eat that crap all the time. Now I'm a rice and V8 juice fan and loving it :(

It's amazing how a little thing like DEATH can change a lifetime of bad habits. ;)

yes it is amazeing,,,,,

I was 205 this spring and the doctor put me on blood pressure meds and colestoral meds...

my sisters forced me to start a jenny craig diet..in mid june

Actually, its a pretty good diet.
I cost me less per week for 3 meals a day than I was spending for
just lunch and other snaks per day......

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and the lard just seemed to fall off me this summer
and the food is probably better than I have eaten in a long while....

now down to 179,,
and I went from a size 38 pants down to 34 .

now I am all muscle (pretty much).

cut the blood presusre pills down to half.


I need to be here for another 15 years if possible
 
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I would break out in song , but......

Well, we got one over it and now this
moring the 8 year old is sick and with a 101 fever.... I am staying home today with her.....


I think the throwing up is about to start any time now

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going to take your advice and go very light on the pepto bismol...
 

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Yes, that is best, sorry to hear about the younger one Mark. My older son just over Mono, and that just about drove me over the edge, that is the EBV (virus). That is a dirty word to me, lol.
 

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it just keeps going and going

Yes, that is best, sorry to hear about the younger one Mark. My older son just over Mono, and that just about drove me over the edge, that is the EBV (virus). That is a dirty word to me, lol.


its like a wave of crap that wont end,

my wife isnt feeling too good this afternoon either
 
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