I refuse to take antibiotics. Well, let me rephrase, I avoid antibiotics whenever I can. I don’t think that I’ve taken them because of a cold or “bug” since high school. I have taken them twice in the last few years. Once when I had oral surgery done and another time when I had an operation done on my hand. Let’s not joke around here, if we’re talking about open wounds, I’m going to do what I have to do. However, I refuse to participate in the dangerous game of helping the evolution of drug resistant bacteria.
Crazy talk, not so much:
How Antibiotics Work
Antibiotic Resistance
Super Bugs!
I know what you’re thinking…why is this jerk writing about antibiotics and bacteria in a post with a title about flu shots?
I’m making a point. Look, there are some people in this world that choose to not over medicate every time their general practitioner hands them a prescription. For me, this meant not taking the Vicodin just because I had them after a surgery, not asking for antibiotics because I had a runny nose, and passing the flu shot bandwagon every fall.
Until this year. Yes, a man who has passed on all things preventative is getting a flu shot. Why you ask? Because my pediatrician told me to. I mean my daughter’s pediatrician, I started seeing a grown-up doctor the day that I turned 20.
Outside of the sticker and smile yielding child healer’s recommendation, I actually feel like it’s the responsible thing to do. As a stubborn know it all in my 30s, I can handle a few days at home with the flu. Hell, I might even catch up some reading, some Tivo and drop a few lbs. My baby daughter however, does not need to be sick. In fact, it would kill me knowing that I brought home some flu bugs because I didn’t wash my hands after opening that door at work and then discretely picked my nose as I walked to the kitchen to score some free donuts.
So Dads, get a flu shot and wash your hands regularly. I don’t want to have to say “I told you so” when you’re trying to watch the Steelers next Sunday and junior is sick as a dog.
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