Several months ago, when Rabbi Pinky was in town, we walked along Grant Avenue looking at Chinese store-windows filled with bric-a-brac.
When we noticed a sign. An election sign.
A sign that said, in big friendly letters,
VOTE FOR JEW
At which point Rabbi Pinky happily exclaimed "I am Jew!".
Then, few seconds later, and more wistfully, "I want that sign. I really want that sign."
This is relevant precisely how?
Well, having struggled for over a week with the sore-throat from hell, I shall be going to Dr. Jew tomorrow for a rapid strep test. Drs. Jew and Jew have offices on Clay Street just before Stockton. Savage Kitten speaks highly of them. And they accept new patient walk-ins. Their office is in Chinatown, on the bus line from my front door to my office.
One possibly problematic factor is that I am allergic to Penicillin and all of her siblings and cousins. Anything that has the family name cillin. These are davka the medications prescribed for streptococcal infections.
This could be educational.
[Actually, all interactions with modern medicine are educational.]
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Please note:
Strep throat spreads from person-to-person through contact with respiratory secretions that contain the streptococci. It is highly contagious. But do not worry - you cannot catch it from reading this blog.
Just make-sure that there is NO contact between your lips and your screen while reading this, and be sure to wash your hands.
Further note: a rapid strep test takes no more than fifteen minutes or so, and if positive conclusively proves strep throat. If the results are not positive, but there are good reasons to nevertheless suspect strep, a bacterial culture will be done, which may take a few days before the results are in.
Symptoms of strep throat, in case you are wondering, are the sore throat from hell.
Bacterial infections of the respiratory region are often marked by unpleasant discharges from the affected area.
Chloraseptic lozenges, chamomile tea with lemon and honey, and aspirin. Whiskey is also excellent.
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BOTH, you are absolutely nuts.
Btw, you do realize that waiting to go in for a strep test is dangerous, you do realize what it can do to your heart don't you?
And regarding antibiotics there are tricyclings and other antibiotics that are used when penicilin wont work. Actualy allergy to penicilin isn't uncommon.
I too am allergic to penicillin. Having four children in school basically means that we have a cloud of streptococci floating through our domicile during the winter season, which leads to me ingesting non-penicillin based antibiotics for a period of two to three months. Not so bad really...
In the San Francisco Business White Pages, there are eight listings for "Jew" businesses: all but one (the Jew Family Association) are either doctors, dentists, or accountants. Incidentally, there is also a listing for the Thomas Jigger Co.; I'm seriously tempted to give them a call and find out what, exactly, they are.
Thomas Jigger Co. = Computers & Internet, Repair & Service
Darn-I was so hoping they had something to do with distilled spirits.
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