Speaking of shots...I got that f'n over-65 Hulk-sized flu shot last Thursday afternoon. My dang arm is still a little bit sore from it. That shot is a beast. I believe it's made me feel bad this time, too, because I've just felt wrung-out all week.
Still, I'd rather have it than not have it. I've never been much of a flu vaccine fan, but I've only recently been over 65, and it makes a difference to me.
My shot come from something very akin to the bottle pictured below.
The nurse did not skim any off.
So I have a second monthly dose left in the 1 ml bottle. I take .5 ml every two weeks. This is legally prescribed by a licensed endocrinologist. My taking it is strictly monitored.
I did at one time use a gel like pictured below.
This was not having the desired effect for me. I would rub my belly with gel daily, or my upper arms. Again, this too was strictly monitored. Testosterone is a controlled substance.
This is exactly what pro sports players use for "enhancement". All these recent "man boosting" commercials are getting a step down from testosterone, a derivative. Testosterone is THE steroid.
I am feeling the effects of my shot now this evening. I feel physically, mentally, emotionally ... "better". I cannot explain the exact effects, only the sense of feeling warmer from inside out, calmer, at ease. It's nice as without testosterone these/that feeling/s completely elude me.
As for flu shots, nope, not for me. I've not had flu in me in since 1978, dead or living flue. Don't want either flu in me at all thank you. Yes, I understand well how the use of dead virus works as "medicine" to protect one. Does not mean I need to like, or accept / trust it.
The same I'll say of the Covid vaccines. I feel / think these were very much rushed through. Usually such vaccines take time, some decades to get near right. Yes, I know technology and medicine have advanced. Though you need to consider if still using the vaccine model, how much advancing has occurred?
I don't trust the Covid stuff and this isn't coming from a tin foil hat type of person. I comprehend a lot regarding medicines, know a few I trust and ask regarding it. Some tell me the "party line", "oh it's safe just do it." Others, too many so, tell me "...". That silence speaks deafening tomes which tells me to head away from the Covid vaccines.
Please understand I'm
not telling others to not get vaccinated. I am also not debasing anyone that does. I think this is like vaping, we each find what suits ourselves. I think we all ought to be given the decency of that choice for ourselves, not some mandate.
Live and let live. No, it's not the credo of hedonism. Rather it's a plea for equanimity, respect.
