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2019-Whenever Misc. Grab Bag Thread

andyt said:
Wayne Sebastianelli, the director of athletic medicine at Penn St. says that 30-35% of Big Ten athletes who tested positive for Covid appeared to have myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle that can be fatal.

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Yup. When I went to my cardiologist for my annual checkup last week, he told me that I should go ahead and consider myself in the "at risk" group in terms of acceptable exposure risks going forward, thanks to my lovely arterial stent. He said that several university medical centers are getting similar data as the Penn State folks referenced above. He also said there's a strong suspicion that the heart inflammation could last a good long time, or even recur at a later date ... both of which have happened with enough individual patients around the country to raise concerns.

I'm lucky since I know ahead of time to seek appropriate cardiac treatment should I become infected, but that's not going to be the case for people who haven't shown any symptoms of underlying heart issues ... or those who have ignored or misunderstood symptoms, which is shockingly common. Bottom line ... the more we learn about this SOB of a virus, the suckier it gets.

And also, if you or anyone you care about has experienced shortness of breath, chest tightness (or pain), and/or unexplained discomfort that could even remotely be blamed on rapidly changing blood pressure (dizziness, spiked headaches, loss of balance, sudden muscle weakness) then get them to a doc to get checked out. Please? Heart problems are as common as dirt in the US, but the biggest danger is to people who have early warning signs and don't do anything about them.
 
I'm immunocompromised as well. It really sucks and the worst part is it stresses my family out as they are very concerned about me contracting covid. I keep telling them I'm careful and don't worry but you know family (well the ones that actually love you anyway).
 
Habsy said:
I'm immunocompromised as well. It really sucks and the worst part is it stresses my family out as they are very concerned about me contracting covid. I keep telling them I'm careful and don't worry but you know family (well the ones that actually love you anyway).
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Yeah .... my Mom is super-chill about the whole thing .... hint, no she isn't.
 
I’m a skin cancer survivor but it was dealt with surgically, not with chemo/radiation so I’m OK. My wife has asthma, my father is a bladder cancer survivor and is 90 years old and my sister is a 2 time survivor. My father freaks out me and my siblings because he hangs out with his buddies at his private social club on Lake Worth In West Palm Beach. They have an outdoor bar and are set up for social distancing, but I don’t know if any of the members are under 70.
 
Habsy said:
Lake Worth is its own city. Unless you mean Worth Ave in WPB but I don't think so.
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My father uses Lake Worth as shorthand for the Intracoastal Waterway. The club is on the Intracoastal north of downtown WPB, I think almost in Jupiter.
 
Habsy said:
Odd because Lake Worth is south of WPB.

Who am I to argue with a 90 year old though.
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Color me surprised. It’s actually called Lake Worth Lagoon. It was a fresh water lake that existed before the Intracoastal Waterway was created, but it is brackish now after man made inlets were created, allowing fresh and salt water to mix. It technically runs from the Palm Beach inlet at the north end to the Boynton inlet at the south end.

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Lake Worth Lagoon - Wikipedia

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Exactly why you don’t get your friggin instant medical news from today’s media onslaught. I’m talking to you mom; Facebook is not your medical source. LOL
 
I'm far from the only person who thinks facebook is a virus. they spread a lot of false crap around and morons believe it. Along with 100 or so other bad things about it. I remember people telling me I could talk to my high school friends on facebook!! You mean people who I have not seen or talked to since 1978 why would I suddenly want to hear about them now? Like what they had for lunch?
 
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