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Fighting the flu

Boy, oh, Boy. Am I wishing that I had been smart enough to get a flu shot. I kept putting it off and putting it off... and last Tuesday, WHAM-O. I got whalloped with the flu. That's my excuse for the blog going dark since Tuesday. I hope you guys will forgive me for not updating more often.

I just couldn't stop coughing up a lung long enough to type.

I'm on the mend, though, so to start off slowly, I thought I'd tell everyone to go get a flu shot. Pronto. Not sure where? All the pharmacies I've seen (and ignored, sadly) were offering flu shots and if not there, then check here for a flu shot. Don't wait. Just do it.

Seriously. You'll thank me for it.

p.s. Thanks to big G for the medicine, soup and for putting up with me and my dawg, FiremanDave for the chicken soup (even though you wouldn't breathe in the same room) and my big Sis Liem for bringing me more medicine and more soup. And of course, my Mama for nudging my sisters into coming to my rescue.

Yes. I am pathetic when I am ill.

Posted by Dan Thanh Dang on December 10, 2007 12:00 PM | Permalink

Comments

well that was a good story and i like when u said that u didnt want the flu shot

Posted by: janay | December 10, 2007 2:17 PM

Thanks for the ongoing very useful information. Your recent experience with the world of pharmaceuticals might also be fodder for a future column(s)? They can get very very $$$. Hope you get back to 100% soon.

Posted by: zymurgy1991 | December 11, 2007 12:42 PM

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A native of Vietnam, Dan Thanh Dang has lived in Maryland most of her life and has been a Baltimore Sun reporter since 1990. She's written about everything from mayoral elections and murder to energy prices and online dating. These days, she writes about a topic she's all too familiar with, spending money -- how to save more of it, blow all of it, use it wisely and avoid getting ripped off in the process.
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