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"Sacha" wrote in message
Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! Those working with sharp implements and/or delving into the soil need them. My husband tried to separate two of our dogs having a fight last Friday and got bitten on his left hand. Aaah the joys of dog ownership! I know it well. I find a foot covered with a strong leather boot put between their chests with a hefty sideways motion often works well. I learned long ago that hands and dog's fangs don't make a good combo in this situation. He absolutely refused to go to the doctor, doing his tough ex-Para 'thing' (!) Consequently, on Sunday morning he was in so much pain and his hand so swollen, with the pain travelling up his arm, that he had to go to our local hospital for a tetanus jab and has been put on hefty antibiotics. We're going to the doctor this morning for a check up because while it has improved, his hand is still very swollen and poisoned and he can't use it at all. On top of this, he has been in bed, feeling pretty poorly and sleeping a lot, since last Sunday. This is extremely unlike him! So, if you fall into any 'at risk' category, please visit your doctor! Poor man. I hope he's beginning to feel better Sacha. |
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"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
I got the red tracking in my leg just before christmas a year or two back, didn't think much of it at first but ended up in hospital for four days This comment has made me curious. I had drummed into me from childhood on, that a red stripe moving out from a skin puncture was REALLY serious and not to be ignored and I'm sure you know that too. What were the circumstances that led to you ignoring the warning?. |
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On 7/2/07 23:56, in article
, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! Those working with sharp implements and/or delving into the soil need them. My husband tried to separate two of our dogs having a fight last Friday and got bitten on his left hand. Aaah the joys of dog ownership! I know it well. I find a foot covered with a strong leather boot put between their chests with a hefty sideways motion often works well. I learned long ago that hands and dog's fangs don't make a good combo in this situation. It's damned Jack Russells and a wire haired Dachshund that's the problem! One Jackie and Oscar the whd, are tussling it out for who's leader of the pack - or who is second in the pack. Oscar is entire, the JRs aren't but it seems to make no difference to the JRs in terms of sheer bloody mindedness. Love them both as I do, I will never have two together again! They *love* people, even if they bark like demons and mostly, they love each other but occasionally these furious outbursts happen over the classic "who goes first through the door?"! snip Poor man. I hope he's beginning to feel better Sacha. Thanks so much. Slowly mending and I hope the overnight hospital stay is going to do the trick. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 8/2/07 00:34, in article
, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: "Dave Liquorice" wrote in message I got the red tracking in my leg just before christmas a year or two back, didn't think much of it at first but ended up in hospital for four days This comment has made me curious. I had drummed into me from childhood on, that a red stripe moving out from a skin puncture was REALLY serious and not to be ignored and I'm sure you know that too. What were the circumstances that led to you ignoring the warning?. I'm guessing - and it really is just a guess - English climate and lack of many *seriously* poisonous plants, insects etc. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! Those working with sharp implements and/or delving into the soil need them. My husband tried to separate two of our dogs having a fight last Friday and got bitten on his left hand. Aaah the joys of dog ownership! I know it well. I find a foot covered with a strong leather boot put between their chests with a hefty sideways motion often works well. I learned long ago that hands and dog's fangs don't make a good combo in this situation. It's damned Jack Russells Snap! I have 2 Jack Russells and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel . I say it's the sublime to the rididulous - the sublime breed varies given the circumstances - sometimes it's the JRs and sometimes the King Chuck. and a wire haired Dachshund that's the problem! One Jackie and Oscar the whd, are tussling it out for who's leader of the pack - or who is second in the pack. Oscar is entire, the JRs aren't but it seems to make no difference to the JRs in terms of sheer bloody mindedness. I know exactly what you mean about JRs! In our case one of our JRs is entire and the other isn't. My boy, (Bertrand Rusell Jack Russell - aka Bertie) has been neutered and is a lovely wee man but he simply won't let my husband's entire JR (just plain old Max - he's a thick boofhead but a very good looking dog who has been called on to do his duty in producing litters for neighbours) dominate him. Sometimes Bertie just stands there and shakes with his head averted as Max growls whilst guarding the food bowl or a human's feet or whatever it is he's trying to be dominant about and sometimes Bertie will just finally have enough and just go for him. But the problem is always started by Max. Love them both as I do, I will never have two together again! I think that half the fun of JRs is having 2 together and we've not really had any problems before till Max. But then we do live n a farm and they go off hunting rabbits and things together and have a lovely time. And we never really had a problem with them till the CKC arrived. Max treats the CKC as being "his" bitch and Bertie is not allowed to go near him. (But if the CKC starts rogering Bertie then somehow Max sees that as being Bertie's fault and goes for Bertie). They *love* people, even if they bark like demons and mostly, they love each other but occasionally these furious outbursts happen over the classic "who goes first through the door?"! LOL. I can just picture it! The same thing happens here on a daily basis. Like living in a 3 ring circus. But wouldn't life be quiet and dull without the little brutes? snip Poor man. I hope he's beginning to feel better Sacha. Thanks so much. Slowly mending and I hope the overnight hospital stay is going to do the trick. I hope it does too. But there is also another dimension to this. I always think an overnight stay in hospital is good for a man in any circumstances. It knocks them off thier perch a bit and they stop acting like Jack Russells for a short while (at least it's done so with my husband who has recently retired and is still recovering from the luxury of having 2,000 staff and thinks that I'll put up with his attempts at managerial antics) ;-P |
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"Sacha" wrote in message
"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: "Dave Liquorice" wrote in message I got the red tracking in my leg just before christmas a year or two back, didn't think much of it at first but ended up in hospital for four days This comment has made me curious. I had drummed into me from childhood on, that a red stripe moving out from a skin puncture was REALLY serious and not to be ignored and I'm sure you know that too. What were the circumstances that led to you ignoring the warning?. I'm guessing - and it really is just a guess - English climate and lack of many *seriously* poisonous plants, insects etc. That could be so I guess, but I would have thought that the warnings about how to identify the spread of an infection would be a universal thing????????? |
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Sacha wrote:
Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! Those working with sharp implements and/or delving into the soil need them. Some do and some don't. :-) I have been known to play with sharp implements, my fist tetanus was in 62 after nicking the artery in my thumb. The next one that I had was about ten years ago when I severed/cut two tendons in a finger, the nurse asked me when the last one was and saw me pause and gave me a double booster :-( In the mean time between 62 - 97 [stop reading now Mike] I have had one finger in a band saw [deep cut] that I just taped up. Stuck the blade of a boning knife threw the joint of one finger [just taped up]. Filleted the palm of my hand ... yes, just taped up. Clipped a main vain in the arm in the wrist area close to the artery, blood shot up over a foot. All I did was tape it up sat on the back step with a hot cup of tea and a pack of cigarettes. Stabbed myself in the stomach with a boning knife ..... just taped it up. I seem to have more problems if I go to the hospital as they want to give me all these free things, all I have used on myself is telfa pads and tape. And yes I have been told that I should get things seen too, I have a wife who is a nurse and has been preaching to me for over thirty five years. :-) I tend to heal well and fast with little scaring, probably this is due to healthy food, on the other hand I might have just been plain lucky. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article om, "Dave Liquorice" writes: | On 7 Feb 2007 04:16:43 -0800, La Puce wrote: | | You have set me thinking.... I've never had a tetanus jab in my whole | life !! | | Tetanus is one of the normal (UK) childhood immunistaions, comes with the | one against diptheria and something else. It used not to, but I don't know if it was given routinely in the UK. I got it, often, but that was in a far country and, besides, the vaccine is dead. Regards, Nick Maclaren. Both the kids had it as part of their childhood jabs and for years I had it while travelling and our local health centre has up posters advising gardeners to keep up to date although they always seem to want to give you another if you do have a mishap ("Just in case"!) -- Charlie, gardening in Cornwall. http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and Lapageria rosea |
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On 8/2/07 01:58, in article
, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: snip Snap! I have 2 Jack Russells and a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel . I say it's the sublime to the rididulous - the sublime breed varies given the circumstances - sometimes it's the JRs and sometimes the King Chuck. One of my daughters has a KC bitch - sweet little dog but she can certainly stand her ground with 'the boys'! and a wire haired Dachshund that's the problem! One Jackie and Oscar the whd, are tussling it out for who's leader of the pack - or who is second in the pack. Oscar is entire, the JRs aren't but it seems to make no difference to the JRs in terms of sheer bloody mindedness. I know exactly what you mean about JRs! In our case one of our JRs is entire and the other isn't. My boy, (Bertrand Rusell Jack Russell - aka Bertie) has been neutered and is a lovely wee man but he simply won't let my husband's entire JR (just plain old Max - he's a thick boofhead but a very good looking dog who has been called on to do his duty in producing litters for neighbours) dominate him. Sometimes Bertie just stands there and shakes with his head averted as Max growls whilst guarding the food bowl or a human's feet or whatever it is he's trying to be dominant about and sometimes Bertie will just finally have enough and just go for him. But the problem is always started by Max. Our JRs are called Russell & Bromley and they're litter brothers. Russell is the biggest wuss in terms of overall timidity about things and people new and strange but he's also the one that starts most, if not all, of the fights. The only time Oscar (the dachie) growls at the others is if they threaten his food and that isn't often an option as he could easily substitute for a hoover at mealtimes! Love them both as I do, I will never have two together again! I think that half the fun of JRs is having 2 together and we've not really had any problems before till Max. But then we do live n a farm and they go off hunting rabbits and things together and have a lovely time. And we never really had a problem with them till the CKC arrived. Max treats the CKC as being "his" bitch and Bertie is not allowed to go near him. (But if the CKC starts rogering Bertie then somehow Max sees that as being Bertie's fault and goes for Bertie). All this sounds very familiar, too. Our two go rabbiting together and always make me think of small boys who have a tear in their shorts and their socks falling down and their shirt collars all over the place! They're very popular here if they catch a rabbit or three, because rabbits and young plants are not a good combination. snip Thanks so much. Slowly mending and I hope the overnight hospital stay is going to do the trick. I hope it does too. But there is also another dimension to this. I always think an overnight stay in hospital is good for a man in any circumstances. It knocks them off thier perch a bit and they stop acting like Jack Russells for a short while (at least it's done so with my husband who has recently retired and is still recovering from the luxury of having 2,000 staff and thinks that I'll put up with his attempts at managerial antics) ;-P Oh that isn't Ray. He's very quiet and unassuming in his way but at the same time has quite a commanding presence. It's hard to explain but his perch is secure. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 8/2/07 02:00, in article
, "Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote: snip I'm guessing - and it really is just a guess - English climate and lack of many *seriously* poisonous plants, insects etc. That could be so I guess, but I would have thought that the warnings about how to identify the spread of an infection would be a universal thing????????? It should be, I agree. I don't think we make quite so much of it here, no. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 8/2/07 07:37, in article %qAyh.913038$R63.772850@pd7urf1no, "Robert
Goodrick" wrote: Sacha wrote: Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! Those working with sharp implements and/or delving into the soil need them. Some do and some don't. :-) I have been known to play with sharp implements, my fist tetanus was in 62 after nicking the artery in my thumb. The next one that I had was about ten years ago when I severed/cut two tendons in a finger, the nurse asked me when the last one was and saw me pause and gave me a double booster :-( snip of swoon making stuff Bit of everything I'd say and perhaps you have a really good immune system? Certainly your catalogue of injuries seems to indicate it's either that or a guardian angel on serious overtime! ;-) But my husband, while otherwise very fit and healthy because he spends so much time working outdoors and always has, is in his 70s and has Type 2 diabetes, so the hospitals made it clear to us that these are reasons to take this situation seriously. The other thing is that animal bites, including those from humans (!), are among the worst things you can get because of all the bacteria in the mouth. The animals you deal with are in no position to fight back..... ;-) I did all the hot water and sloshing Dettol stuff around for Ray but because the dog's tooth caught the bone, I think the infection was probably already in there within seconds. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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Sacha wrote:
The truly weird thing is that he's actually feeling better than he has for several days and that might be psychosomatic because he's agreed to do something positive (!) or it might be a genuine result of the antibiotics working fast. Heavy duty antibiotics straight into the system DO work quickly - as I found when I had bacterial meningitis 25 years ago. pk |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 8/2/07 07:37, in article %qAyh.913038$R63.772850@pd7urf1no, "Robert Goodrick" wrote: Sacha wrote: Snip So have you got much snow there this morning Sacha? Only rain here, and a slight sunny interval at the mo, but it's not going to last. Steve |
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 11:34:32 +1100, Farm1 wrote:
I got the red tracking in my leg just before christmas a year or two back, didn't think much of it at first but ended up in hospital for four days This comment has made me curious. I had drummed into me from childhood on, that a red stripe moving out from a skin puncture was REALLY serious and not to be ignored The tender faint red lines where about 6" long at the top of my leg no where near any skin punctures. Apart from the tenderness they looked more like a broad gentle scratch. They also faded within my normal "if it doesn't show signs of improvement in 24hrs I'll start to worry" window. I'd simply not come across or heard about this inflamation of the lymph system before and what it meant in terms if infection elsewhere. I'm well aware of infection actually at wound sites and will open up infected wounds to remove any puss (even if not visible), clean, and make sure there is good flow of blood. and I'm sure you know that too. I do now! -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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On 8/2/07 09:33, in article , "shazzbat"
wrote: "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... On 8/2/07 07:37, in article %qAyh.913038$R63.772850@pd7urf1no, "Robert Goodrick" wrote: Sacha wrote: Snip So have you got much snow there this morning Sacha? Only rain here, and a slight sunny interval at the mo, but it's not going to last. Not a flake here, Steve, though I gather there's quite a bit on the moor. Some roads are icy, others totally clear - usual unpredictable Devon, I'm afraid! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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