Lmao had to happen on a holiday weekend: Strep!

Clockworkmike said:
So I got something I haven't had in over 25 years: Streptococcus A aka Strep Throat. I just thought it was allergies because pollen this year has been absolutely merciless. But then again, I don't really get seasonal allergies, so I knew something was off. But Thursday my throat got incredibly sore at work, legs began aching and I just felt bad in general. Came home, took a nice warm bath and loaded up a cocktail of Excedrin, Nasal decongestant, allergy pill and some Halls lol. It only continued to feel worse the next day as I was outside staining my kids' swing set.

Woke up this morning at like 5am and couldn't swallow. Made a hot cup of tea with honey and lemon and didn't help, tried a popsicle and didn't work either. So I scheduled an appointment at Med Express and within 5 mins was told I got Strep A. Used to keep that crap when I was younger but it always came with a nasty fever, burning eyes, usually vomiting and blisters on my throat. I didn't have any of that this time just a super sore throat so I figured " Eh, must be the pollen!".

Anywho, got some antibiotics and they gave me this crazy gargle solution that's 2% lidocaine and looks like clear sludge. I tried gargling this $hit? And just choked because it's thick as Molasses lol but hey, my throat is numb now but so is my tongue, lips, gums etc and I just drooled like a goon for about 20 mins lmao

Good news is supposedly not contagious after 24 hrs of begining antibiotics, so I guess the entire Memorial Day weekend isn't a TOTAL loss!
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Noooooo, tough to hear.

Healing mojo to you.
 
iblive said:
Happened just across the Mississippi River from where I lived at the time. Lived in western Illinois a few miles south of the Quad Cities…. Davenport Ia, Rock Island Illinois area. So it made the local news.
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I read it, horrible really. Poor guy literally was torched. Gas explosions, though very rare, are usually epic-level destructive. Basically as close to a bomb blast as you can get, where the gas is pressurized and then released quickly into an oxygen-rich atmosphere. It basically just turns the air around you into more fuel.

Back in early 2007, we had a catastrophic event a few towns over at a gas station: The Little General in Ghent, WV. Unfortunately, it made national headlines as a total of 4 died and 5 others were critically injured. Basically, it just vaporized an entire convenience store and had a blast so powerful, it blew cars off the road of I-77 a mile away, blasting windows from homes and a school nearly 1.5miles away.

It was triggered by a faulty propane storage tank valve, that the techs weren't trained to recognize and the gas leaked into the store, was ignited by one of the freezer units and exploded, then triggering the fuel pumps outside as well.

 
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