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Seconds Away from Calling 9-1-1

Calling 9-1-1

My nose started running about a week before the sledgehammer hit. Then came a chesty cough, not yet as serious as the one that had my wife wheezing but I was worried that I’d soon catch up with her. I didn’t usually develop severe upper respiratory problems but as you probably know, for someone with multiple sclerosis, even a little cold can pack a big punch. It soon did. I’d…Continue Reading

A Tough Year to Fight the #Flu

My son and his wife and one of my grandkids have been fighting the flu. This is not a year to get the flu. The type of flu circulating in most of North America right now is the H3N2 variety. And, in the words of Helen Branswell in a STAT article she’s written, H3N2 is “the problem child of seasonal flu.” H3N2 kills more people than any of the other flu varieties.…Continue Reading