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partypie
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| Sorry to hear you've got shingles, WPT. Take care of yourself and have a well earned rest over the bye! |
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swoop42 
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
Joined: 02 Aug 2008
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WPT and the shingles.
On tour with Donny and the mods?
Get well soon.
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Tannin 
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Location: Huon Valley Tasmania
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| think positive wrote: | | I don't get that, why do guys accumulate sick leave like its a badge of honour? |
'Coz we are not girly-girly sooks. 
Take it easy, WPT.
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Tannin
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| swoop42 wrote: | WPT and the shingles. On tour with Donny and the mods?
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Hey WPT, can I be a Shingle? You need a good bass player my man? I'm a bit rusty but WTF, why not?
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think positive 
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| Tannin wrote: | | think positive wrote: | | I don't get that, why do guys accumulate sick leave like its a badge of honour? |
'Coz we are not girly-girly sooks.
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Oh bullshit, there is nothing worse than a man with a head cold. Just like to share the misery. And the germs. And take days off for fishing instead.
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
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| watt price tully wrote: | | think positive wrote: | Yuck WPT, get better soon
I don't get that, why do guys accumulate sick leave like its a badge of honour? |
Cheers TP.
I do take a few days off each year but overall I seem to accumulate more than I take. Used to take off a lot more when the kids were young.
But it's times likes these that the accumulated leave is good for. I still have Long Service & Annual that I'll be taking.
It's also hard to take leave in positions of responsibility. There is a direct relationship between responsibility & sick leave. The more the responsibility the less the sick leave. |
Bingo. All the work is still sitting there waiting for you when you get back. It's often easier to just go to work crook until it reaches the point where you're actually counter productive.
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watt price tully 
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Cheers guys. So far I'm lucky & it is confined to patches on my left leg / hip.
Seeing a Dermatologist today after seeing a GP on Monday.
It works something like this:
WPT: "Dr I think this rash is shingles".
Dr: "Yes, it is shingles"
15 minutes later...
Receptionist: "That'll be $245"
Medicare Office "you get $45 back"
WPT: " friggin crooks....."
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think positive
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Sitting at the docs now! Bulk billed!
Cost zilch and a free coffee machine newly installed!
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think positive
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| stui magpie wrote: | | watt price tully wrote: | | think positive wrote: | Yuck WPT, get better soon
I don't get that, why do guys accumulate sick leave like its a badge of honour? |
Cheers TP.
I do take a few days off each year but overall I seem to accumulate more than I take. Used to take off a lot more when the kids were young.
But it's times likes these that the accumulated leave is good for. I still have Long Service & Annual that I'll be taking.
It's also hard to take leave in positions of responsibility. There is a direct relationship between responsibility & sick leave. The more the responsibility the less the sick leave. |
Bingo. All the work is still sitting there waiting for you when you get back. It's often easier to just go to work crook until it reaches the point where you're actually counter productive. |
You work in a hospital! Yet feel the need to spread more germs! I guess it dep bed and what you have and how contagious it is
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Pies4shaw 
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| Sorry to hear you have shingles, WPT. Very nasty disease. Hopefully it stays neatly confined to your leg and hip. All the best for the recovery. |
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watt price tully
Joined: 15 May 2007
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| think positive wrote: | | stui magpie wrote: | | watt price tully wrote: | | think positive wrote: | Yuck WPT, get better soon
I don't get that, why do guys accumulate sick leave like its a badge of honour? |
Cheers TP.
I do take a few days off each year but overall I seem to accumulate more than I take. Used to take off a lot more when the kids were young.
But it's times likes these that the accumulated leave is good for. I still have Long Service & Annual that I'll be taking.
It's also hard to take leave in positions of responsibility. There is a direct relationship between responsibility & sick leave. The more the responsibility the less the sick leave. |
Bingo. All the work is still sitting there waiting for you when you get back. It's often easier to just go to work crook until it reaches the point where you're actually counter productive. |
You work in a hospital! Yet feel the need to spread more germs! I guess it dep bed and what you have and how contagious it is |
Exactly why I'm off for 2 weeks now. Hopefully cleared up & hopefully no further consequences.
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watt price tully
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| Pies4shaw wrote: | | Sorry to hear you have shingles, WPT. Very nasty disease. Hopefully it stays neatly confined to your leg and hip. All the best for the recovery. |
Cheers. Funny I don't feel too crook - so far so good. Yeah I'm hoping it stays confined too & no after effects.
Pity the timing wasn't around July when the Ashes are on.
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pietillidie
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^My mother always says it's one of the most painful things she's has, so I hope all is well, mate.
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Tannin
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| stui magpie wrote: | | All the work is still sitting there waiting for you when you get back. It's often easier to just go to work crook until it reaches the point where you're actually counter productive. |
That would be a normal day then? At least there are times when I go to work (in perfectly good health I may add) and wind up going home at the end of it feeling that I'm further backwards than I was before I started.
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watt price tully
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Mea Culpa.
Good news:
1. It is Shingles
2. Basically it's having had chicken pox before & certain factors can trigger a reactivation.
3. The reactivation can be caused by a number of factors, such as stress e.g., an infection, cold flu where ones' immune system is depressed etc
4. It's contained to the hip / buttock region & behind the knee (a little bit there) - It follows the nerve root pathways
5. The pain I'm experiencing is there but is not the worst I've experienced before.
6. Pain & the experience of pain is subjective - for me so far so good
7. The dermatologist said it is quite unlikely although possible that I'll get the post infection neuropathic pain.
8. My pain subsided significantly after he bulk-billed me!! Fancy that a "specialist" who bulk-billed. My apologies for the slur I made about medical specialists earlier!!
So far I feel lucky. Won't count my chicken's ye just gunna play it one day at a time & stick to the (medical) structures.
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