I guess I’m officially old now

    • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      9 days ago

      Thanks for the tip but naproxen never works for me, even if I take double the recommended dose. Tylenol and aspirin also don’t work. The only thing that works for me and both my kids is ibuprofen.

      But a road trip to Ontario sounds like a good time.

      • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        I’m not convinced Tylenol/acetaminophen is medicine. In my experience, Diet Pepsi is a more effective treatment for a headache. Though that might just be my terminal caffeine addiction talking.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
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    9 days ago

    I had the mildest case of shingles a couple of months after I got my shingles vaccine finished.

    Someone else I know had a bad case of shingles, they said they wouldn’t wish it on anyone.

    If you’ve had chicken pox, definitely go get the shingles vaccine. If you’re “of a certain age,” you probably didn’t get the chicken pox vaccine when you were younger, because it wasn’t introduced in the US for widespread use until 1995. If you did get the chicken pox vaccine, and haven’t had chicken pox, you still have a risk of developing shingles later on, although that risk is greatly reduced.