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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. 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! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:53:19 +0000, Sacha
wrote: Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! mines out of date now, must get it fixed. -- Mike Reid Los Canarios "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk/canaries.htm" |
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On 7/2/07 11:07, in article , "The
Reid" wrote: On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:53:19 +0000, Sacha wrote: Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! mines out of date now, must get it fixed. I'll chalk up one success! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 7 Feb, 10:53, 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. My husband tried to separate two of our dogs having a fight last Friday Ths is very well, or perhaps not, but your husband got bitten by your own dog and therefore didn't get infected by soil. But, he is a nursery man, working with soil all the time. How truly bizarre to give such a warning to gardeners who are, I very much suspect, up to date with their jabs, I know I am - 4 years before the next one - and not look closer to home?! |
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On 7 Feb, 11:25, Martin wrote:
Are you covered for rabies, too? GGGGggggggggggggrrrrrrrr.... watch out you! My dogs wouldn't dare bitting me ;o) |
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"La Puce" wrote in message oups.com... On 7 Feb, 10:53, 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. My husband tried to separate two of our dogs having a fight last Friday Ths is very well, or perhaps not, but your husband got bitten by your own dog and therefore didn't get infected by soil. But, he is a nursery man, working with soil all the time. How truly bizarre to give such a warning to gardeners who are, I very much suspect, up to date with their jabs, I know I am - 4 years before the next one - and not look closer to home?! You have set me thinking.... I've never had a tetanus jab in my whole life !! I worked on farms, with horses, pigs, various crops etc and never thought about it. Do you think it's essential for home gardeners / Jenny |
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In article , "JennyC" writes: | | You have set me thinking.... I've never had a tetanus jab in my whole life | !! | I worked on farms, with horses, pigs, various crops etc and never thought | about it. | Do you think it's essential for home gardeners / The risk of getting tetanus is very low, but the risk of dying if you get it is very high. The risk of the innoculation is very low, unlike for some others. Any soil that has had domestic animals on it in the past century, or has had manure from such animals put on it during that period, may contain viable tetanus spores. To a first approximation, that means everywhere in the UK, but some soils will contain more spores than others. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 7 Feb, 12:07, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:
In article ,"JennyC" writes: | You have set me thinking.... I've never had a tetanus jab in my whole life | !! | I worked on farms, with horses, pigs, various crops etc and never thought | about it. | Do you think it's essential for home gardeners / Absolutely. A cut and an infection would really make you sick. I realised how serious this was when about 13 years ago, I was moving some planks and to re-equilibrate myself I lean on a plank. It had a rusty nail on it and it went straight into my hand. I cleaned it as best I could - but 3 days later I was so sick I had to go to emergency with a hand the size of an orange. I got a told off, some penicilin, a tetanus jab and then promised myself to keep onto it because I was told it could have been really serious. The risk of getting tetanus is very low, but the risk of dying if you get it is very high. The risk of the innoculation is very low, unlike for some others. Any soil that has had domestic animals on it in the past century, or has had manure from such animals put on it during that period, may contain viable tetanus spores. To a first approximation, that means everywhere in the UK, but some soils will contain more spores than others. I have been asked many time prior to working with groups in gardens, or the last job I had at a garden centre if I had had a jab. It is now asked by many organisation. It's has important as steel toe boots are :o) |
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:53:19 +0000, Sacha wrote:
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. Oh that sounds more like cellulitis, particularly the travelling up the arm bit. Any broad red lines below the skin surface? If it is cellulitis it needs to be taken very seriously. 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 being given antibiotic injections by the gramme (not 1/4 or 1/2 gramme as is the normal dose) every four hours. Off work for four weeks... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:25:25 +0100, Martin wrote:
Are you covered for rabies, too? Fortunately rabies is not in this country. If you think the culling of 159,000 commercial turkeys is a bit drastic you wait to see what they will probably do when rabies does get here. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/f...e_outbreak.htm OK it's old but I doubt that the underlying plan, mentioned at the end, has changed much. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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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. I was so sick I had to go to emergency with a hand the size of an orange. Thats is just an infection, all be it a nasty one, not tetanus. Tetanus causes muscle spasm hence the name "lock jaw". -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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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. |
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On 7 Feb, 13:59, "Dave Liquorice" wrote:
Thats is just an infection, all be it a nasty one, not tetanus. Tetanus causes muscle spasm hence the name "lock jaw". Sure it wasn't - thank goodness (and me, locked jaw ... that would be the day ;o)) But I got a jab there and then because the last one I had had I was 9 years old, after being bitten by a dog in Bridgewater, of all places. |
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On 7/2/07 13:59, in article
, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: Tetanus is one of the normal (UK) childhood immunistaions, comes with the one against diptheria and something else. Dip. tet and polio. Ray is now well covered. ;-) He'd had tet injections in the past but had simply forgotten to renew - not surprising as nowadays it covers you for something like ten years, I think. Also, he's not the type that's inclined to fuss over health issues. snip -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 7 Feb, 14:50, Martin wrote:
On 7 Feb 2007 06:47:07 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: But I got a jab there and then because the last one I had had I was 9 years old, after being bitten by a dog in Bridgewater, of all places. You could have been bitten in a more painful place. :o))) |
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JennyC wrote:
: "La Puce" wrote in message : oups.com... :: On 7 Feb, 10:53, 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. My husband tried to separate two of our ::: dogs having a fight last Friday :: :: Ths is very well, or perhaps not, but your husband got bitten by your :: own dog and therefore didn't get infected by soil. But, he is a :: nursery man, working with soil all the time. How truly bizarre to :: give such a warning to gardeners who are, I very much suspect, up to :: date with their jabs, I know I am - 4 years before the next one - :: and not look closer to home?! :: : You have set me thinking.... I've never had a tetanus jab in my whole : life !! : I worked on farms, with horses, pigs, various crops etc and never : thought about it. : Do you think it's essential for home gardeners / : Jenny We have advice for our members on the allotment website but whether anybody takes any notice I wouldn't know www.rraa.moonfruit.com |
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:47:27 +0000, Sacha wrote:
No, thank goodness. I was on the look out for that myself. When I got cellulitis I'd never heard of it before let alone seen it, thats why I basicaly ignored the first, very mild, signs. I won't do that again! If you hit it with antibiotics early on it's not a problem but let it get hold for a 24 to 48hrs and it becomes serious to life threatening. The scary thing is that is comes from a very common bacteria that is part of most peoples skin flora. You might not even be able to see the wound that it gets in through. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:54:45 +0000, Sacha wrote:
Tetanus is one of the normal (UK) childhood immunisations, comes with the one against diptheria and something else. Dip. tet and polio. Polio is one on it's own, used to be oral on a sugar lump. Wanders off and finds the third was Whooping Cough. He'd had tet injections in the past but had simply forgotten to renew - not surprising as nowadays it covers you for something like ten years, I think. I get the feeling that ten years is the figure they pin on, just to be safe, when they don't really know how long the protection lasts. It's reasonably accepted these days that if you've had three boosters there is no need to bother anymore. Not sure when it was introduced as a routine childhood immunisations in the UK but I'm pretty sure I got it as a child which would have been early 60's... Also, he's not the type that's inclined to fuss over health issues. Neither am I but you can get caught... -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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In article om, "Dave Liquorice" writes: | On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:54:45 +0000, Sacha wrote: | | Tetanus is one of the normal (UK) childhood immunisations, comes with | the one against diptheria and something else. | | Dip. tet and polio. | | Polio is one on it's own, used to be oral on a sugar lump. Wanders off | and finds the third was Whooping Cough. Polio was by injection, when I were a lad. | He'd had tet injections in the past but had simply forgotten to renew | - not surprising as nowadays it covers you for something like ten | years, I think. | | I get the feeling that ten years is the figure they pin on, just to be | safe, when they don't really know how long the protection lasts. It's | reasonably accepted these days that if you've had three boosters there is | no need to bother anymore. It was 3 years when I started with it. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On Feb 7, 11:10 am, "La Puce" wrote in response to Sacha:
Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Ths is very well, or perhaps not, but your husband got bitten by your own dog and therefore didn't get infected by soil. So, getting bitten by one's own dog is any less hazardous than being bitten by any other? Tetanus can be transmitted via animal bites as well as directly from the soil. Look it up! But, he is a nursery man, working with soil all the time. How truly bizarre to give such a warning to gardeners who are, I very much suspect, up to date with their jabs, I know I am - 4 years before the next one - and not look closer to home? Oh for goodness sake stop trying to score points by attempting a sanctimonious jibe at what was a well-meaning warning brought on by an accident that could befall us all. Remembering to get jabs is easily forgotten by many and I wouldn't mind betting that most gardeners are equally forgetful. Stop trying it on, I can see the game you're trying to play. Don't start that again Puce. |
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In message , The Reid
writes On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 10:53:19 +0000, Sacha wrote: Just a word of warning to those who haven't had a tetanus jab lately. Please keep up to date! mines out of date now, must get it fixed. I have to admit, I had forgotten mine too. Haven't had one for many years. Fancy forgetting that. Must do something about it. -- June Hughes |
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On 7 Feb, 17:58, "Dave Poole" wrote:
Oh for goodness sake stop trying to score points by attempting a sanctimonious jibe at what was a well-meaning warning brought on by an accident that could befall us all. Remembering to get jabs is easily forgotten by many and I wouldn't mind betting that most gardeners are equally forgetful. Stop trying it on, I can see the game you're trying to play. Don't start that again Puce. Ok. I'm sorry. You're right. It wasn't entirely intended in a 'bad' sense though, and I was surprised that an event like this brought on a warning about tetanus. I hope we'll hear from you when jokes are on the OP at my expenses. Especially regarding fleas (and ticks etc) ;o) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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. 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! I had been getting these on a fairly regular basis, but the last time I went to the Doc, he said he wouldn't give me any more as I was now immune! Alan |
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"Martin" wrote in message ... On 7 Feb 2007 06:47:07 -0800, "La Puce" wrote: On 7 Feb, 13:59, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: Thats is just an infection, all be it a nasty one, not tetanus. Tetanus causes muscle spasm hence the name "lock jaw". Sure it wasn't - thank goodness (and me, locked jaw ... that would be the day ;o)) But I got a jab there and then because the last one I had had I was 9 years old, after being bitten by a dog in Bridgewater, of all places. You could have been bitten in a more painful place. My eyes are now watering with the thought! Alan |
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On 7 Feb, 18:31, "Alan Holmes" wrote:
My eyes are now watering with the thought! Dirty man. |
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... 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. 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! I had been getting these on a fairly regular basis, but the last time I went to the Doc, he said he wouldn't give me any more as I was now immune! I wasn't told I was immune exactly, but told not to bother with more boosters unless I got an injury likely to cause tetanus. Anyway, best wishes to Ray for a full recovery. Then he can stop swinging the lead and get on with those posts and ropes :-)) Steve |
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On 7/2/07 16:21, in article
, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:47:27 +0000, Sacha wrote: No, thank goodness. I was on the look out for that myself. When I got cellulitis I'd never heard of it before let alone seen it, thats why I basicaly ignored the first, very mild, signs. I won't do that again! If you hit it with antibiotics early on it's not a problem but let it get hold for a 24 to 48hrs and it becomes serious to life threatening. The scary thing is that is comes from a very common bacteria that is part of most peoples skin flora. You might not even be able to see the wound that it gets in through. Well, the update is that having seen the doc, the doc rang a bacteriologist who said Ray should be seen by a hospital. So we went to Torbay hospital at 4pm. It took 7 attempts to get a line in to give him antibiotics in liquid form - absolutely not the young doctor's fault, though she was nearly in tears - and finally a nurse did it and pumped it into him. Then they said that given the nature of the infection and the length of time he's had it, they wanted him to go to Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital where they have a plastic surgery unit and that, apparently, deals with hand cases - something to do with the minute scale of surgery required, if any. Net result is that they were checking carefully for damage to the sheaths that cover the nerves (?) in the fingers and if the absolute worst happened would have to operate to drain the infection. However, they have kept him in overnight and having kept the canula thingy in his arm will give him antibiotics overnight and if need be, all day tomorrow. The one thing that they were *very* clear about was that while tet jabs are important, having one earlier would have made no difference in this instance. It's the bacterial infection from the dog's teeth that is the problem. 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. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 7/2/07 21:26, in article , "shazzbat"
wrote: "Alan Holmes" wrote in message ... snip I had been getting these on a fairly regular basis, but the last time I went to the Doc, he said he wouldn't give me any more as I was now immune! I wasn't told I was immune exactly, but told not to bother with more boosters unless I got an injury likely to cause tetanus. Anyway, best wishes to Ray for a full recovery. Then he can stop swinging the lead and get on with those posts and ropes :-)) I'd never thought of that! Must have shoved his hand in Oscar's mouth deliberately. ;-) -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ (remove weeds from address) |
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On 7/2/07 16:31, in article
, "Dave Liquorice" wrote: On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 14:54:45 +0000, Sacha wrote: Tetanus is one of the normal (UK) childhood immunisations, comes with the one against diptheria and something else. Dip. tet and polio. Polio is one on it's own, used to be oral on a sugar lump. Wanders off and finds the third was Whooping Cough. I'm as sure as I can be that the nurse at the Ashburton Hospital told him dip, tet and polio and I remember my children having that combined jab. Polio top ups were the sugar lump and Pertussis was totally separate "in my day". I think Polio was in the first jab because tiny children can't chew a sugar lump. Maybe Ray got that jab because that's what she had available?! snip -- 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
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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"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) |
OT Tetanus jabs
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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