So I am now protected from the pig flu. This morning I went in to the docs for my cholesterol and blood sugar labs. I asked him if I should get the flu shots since I have a three month old and he said yes. Holly needs to get it as well since she teaches 4 year old special needs kids in oak cliff who already get sick a lot. So I got to have the regular flu shot in one arm and the swine flu one in the other arm. The regular one just felt like a little pinch, but the swine one felt hot. You know, a lot of people, including myself, act like the shot is a big conspiracy and isn't tested and will make you sick. But logic overrides that. Why? Because it is the flu that makes you sick, not the shot. This flu shot was tested to prevent the swine flu. It was also FDA certified.

So now I will go into a diatribe about reality and fantasy. It is a fantasy or even witchcraft to think that an untested herb can heal you but a FDA approved scientifically tested drug will hurt you. The reality is also math. The number of people hospitalized from the flu is so many they have stopped counting. The number of people hospitalized from the shot is probably none. Doctors are the smartest people we have. If you can't trust them who can you trust? I know first hand that their knowledge about the human body would put the local conspiracy theorist to shame. Then when you put hundreds of them in a pharmaceutical company doing hundreds of tests what comes out is pretty good. I think the fantasy is that somehow someone is "out to get us" by giving us a pill to take. What if it is the opposite conspiracy theory? What if only those who get the pig flu shot survive when something man made is released into the atmosphere? Obviously that is fantasy, but it is in the opposite direction. Fear is the real enemy. Beware anyone that uses fear to control your thoughts and actions, even the environmentalists. Logic and reason should control your actions, not fear.

So was it because of fear that I got the shots? I have to admit maybe a little, but really it was just me asking the doctor a logical question: "should I get the shot?" that made me do it. Because I trust him I go with what he says. If he would have said no I would have said no. So I signed the papers and got it. He also took my blood for the labs. Then of course there is the ole talk "lose weight" discussion. My heel still hurts so I am still sidelined, but I can tell it does not hurt as much. I think by New Years I will be heeled. I then asked him a question regarding my taking a lot of medicine. Should I get surgery to fix my deviated septum and tonsils so I won't have sleep apnea? If I get some kind of lap band would that cause me to lose weight which would in turn lower my blood pressure and maybe stop my apnea. He said maybe. I think the ball is in my court as to whether I want to pursue any options since the medicines work. Heh, I think I'll be neurotic about it another post. For now I will never say oink.