Prince is dead

[The Valkyrie]

Prince was an enormously talented musician, IMO. One of the best around.
I desperately tried to get concert tickets to a few years back, but it sold out in less than 10 minutes; I was fucking devastated.

And I am today.

Shit.

 

He came to NZ a few months ago.  Not big concerts but they were sold out within a couple of minutes.

[vorlon13]

WN can go 4 ways;

no symptoms (80%)

symptoms (20%)

and 'symptoms' can go from the fever, to spinal meningitis to cerebral meningitis (I think I got that right)

I had the fever, and it was the sickest I've ever been as a grown up, and realize, I've had the e coli that kills people, twice. The meningitis is extremely dangerous. For the old and infirm, even the fever can be life threatening.

I was really sick for 2 weeks, and then had a couple months of recuperation. It was a long slow slog getting strength back, and not having to put up with soaking my clothes in sweat with the slightest exertion. Strangely, I was impervious to cold, I was comfy at 50 F and could be outdoors with no coat down to freezing if I was active. That finally cleared up mostly, although I can still tell 65 F is a very comfortable temperature for me still.

As for the first 2 weeks, I didn't throw up after the first night, but I didn't eat the whole time. Terrific joint and muscle pain, literally everything everywhere hurts. I am not kidding, I could feel the pain in the 3 muscles that steer each of my eyeballs. The fever would peak every evening, and I'd actually be below temp in the morning, 96 - 97 F. I didn't have the rash, although I can't imagine it would have made it any worse.

Had a door to door meat salesman (happens in this rural backwater) knock on the door right in the middle of it. I managed to answer the door, I started to tell him how sick I was, he already could see I looked like a fucking corpse, and he couldn't get out of here fast enough.

[vorlon13]

And Michael Baden was just on TV and was talking about a possible drug/OD angle.


Sigh . . . . . .

[Minimalist]

I get morbid humor, but is there such a thing as "too soon"?

Only for the NRA after a mass shooting.

[Jackalope]

My son sent me this.




Some people don't let the grass grow under their feet.

I feel bad for creasing at this, but it is funny

Seriously though, sad news. Quite shocked actually, he wasn't old. Said he died of flu-like symptoms or something, pneumonia maybe?

I had serious complications from flu three years ago and without getting into gory details I can easily see how flu kills even people who aren't necessarily high risk.

Pneumonia would make sense. That would be a horrible way to die.

[Jackalope]

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WN can go 4 ways;

no symptoms (80%)

symptoms (20%)

and 'symptoms' can go from the fever, to spinal meningitis to cerebral meningitis (I think I got that right)

I had the fever, and it was the sickest I've ever been as a grown up, and realize, I've had the e coli that kills people, twice.  The meningitis is extremely dangerous.  For the old and infirm, even the fever can be life threatening.

I was really sick for 2 weeks, and then had a couple months of recuperation.  It was a long slow slog getting strength back, and not having to put up with soaking my clothes in sweat with the slightest exertion.  Strangely, I was impervious to cold, I was comfy at 50 F and could be outdoors with no coat down to freezing if I was active.  That finally cleared up mostly, although I can still tell 65 F is a very comfortable temperature for me still.

As for the first 2 weeks, I didn't throw up after the first night, but I didn't eat the whole time.  Terrific joint and muscle pain, literally everything everywhere hurts.  I am not kidding, I could feel the pain in the 3 muscles that steer each of my eyeballs.  The fever would peak every evening, and I'd actually be below temp in the morning, 96 - 97 F.  I didn't have the rash, although I can't imagine it would have made it any worse.

Had a door to door meat salesman (happens in this rural backwater) knock on the door right in the middle of it.  I managed to answer the door, I started to tell him how sick I was, he already could see I looked like a fucking corpse, and he couldn't get out of here fast enough.

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Holy shit, vorlon. It took me many months to fully recover from influenza w/pneumonia. I couldn't imagine being sicker - until now.

[vorlon13]

The e coli was really awful first time, not as severe the second.  Neither bout lasted anywhere near as long as the WNF.

I jaundiced both times, scary poo, scarier pee.  Couldn't walk for a couple days the first time.  Both times contracted from rare/raw beef.

LOL, didn't put me off it.


As for Prince, I've heard the med emergency in Moline recently and caused an unplanned landing of his plane resulted in hospitalization, but, they also noted he checked himself out against Dr's orders (how would they know this?).  If true, I could see it being a little more flu/infection/pneumonia thing as opposed to the OD talk Baden was putting out.

Coincidentally, the Woodmen of the World tower in Omaha was illuminated in purple tonite for a take your kid to work event, little more meaning now . . .

[Pat Mustard]

I feel bad for creasing at this, but it is funny

Seriously though, sad news. Quite shocked actually, he wasn't old. Said he died of flu-like symptoms or something, pneumonia maybe?

I had serious complications from flu three years ago and without getting into gory details I can easily see how flu kills even people who aren't necessarily high risk.

Pneumonia would make sense.  That would be a horrible way to die.

The influenza epicemic of 1918-1919, killed between 50-100 million people more than died during the just ended first world war.

[Minimalist]

At least MSNBC and CNN are covering Prince non-stop instead of that tit-turd, Drumpf.  Still unwatchable but an improvement.

[vorlon13]

I had serious complications from flu three years ago and without getting into gory details I can easily see how flu kills even people who aren't necessarily high risk.

Pneumonia would make sense.  That would be a horrible way to die.

The influenza epicemic of 1918-1919, killed between 50-100 million people more than died during the just ended first world war.

There's a cemetery I've been to, and just walking around, you notice there are just so many stones there with 1919 carved on them, it must have been a horror to go through that.