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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 13.1 39 Community Should you get a 'flu shot? Domestic Blitz Its Flu season again! Cold and flu viruses probably account for more unnecessary trips to By Dixie Brunner doctor than anything else. The problem is theres not much your doctor can do except pro- vide you with sympathy and tell you what you already know. and member. Rest, take a do fluids. of the drink What you mean, youre plenty 217 For of without one people people with diabetes, the only flu can be more than aches and camera red eye. Yeah, and your point being? pains. It can mean longer illWe seem to have difficulty ac- - ness, hospitalization, even cepting how we really look. We death. Because diabetes can dont just want a picture of our- - make the immune system more selves, we want to look better vulnerable to severe cases of the than we actually do. We want flu. In fact, people with diabetes photographers to perform some are almost three times more kind of miracle wTork to make us likely to die with influenza (the look younger, thinner and bet- - flu) or pneumonia, The flu comes in many forms, of causes a variety ofailments. and a terrible Thats picture Head cold symptoms: (some me," I comment, showing the combination to husband. of) photo my sore throat Its perfect, he responds, unaware hes experiencing the runny andor stuffy nose calm before the storm, it looks cough looks to like ..he congested ears up you.. just e see me glaring...or not. No headache, dizziness h looks I swollen glands It was wrong. ally, fever, chills ing like you. Influenza symptoms: But Ive noticed time seems to sore throat and nasal con- soften the blow. You arent nearly as critical of older pic- - gestion (sometimes) muscle aches (sometimes tures as you are of recent ones. this have evolving very uncomfortable) Perhaps you self image, which tells you that dry cough 'headache, dizziness you can only improve on that fatigue really homely image of yourself from three years ago. fever, chills Keeping up appearances Human behavior dictates that when a person looks at a photo- graph, heshe will always look at themselves first. It could be a World Fair crowd shot with half a million people, and youre scan- ning the masses to find yourself, Hey, there I am, Im the one behind the billboard with the red top on! Dont give me the vanity lec- ture! Humans are obsessed with their own likeness, just like we cant walk past a mirror without taking a sideglance. I read a psychological analysis of the issue once. It said that humans have a crucial need to be validated. We need to see our likeness to know that we truly exist. I dont know why its so hard for us to believe were here, IRS never seems to need pi oof! But if youre being honest, youll admit its true. You first look for yourself, and then you look for family members. Seen- - ery matters not, you could be standing in front of the Grand Canyon, the Great Pyramid or the Eiffel Tower, and your eye- baMs will immediately seek out whether you clash with the background. And it doesnt matter how the pain-relieve- ter-lookin- 7 r, youre a health care worker Stomach Flu symptoms: youYe around children a lot abdominal cramps, diarrhea you are pregnant now or if: flu shot Consider getting a youre planning to become preg- you have a special holiday nant in the spring youre around people a lot, planned that you dont want to miss especially indoors (offices, the- youre taking a winter vaca- - aters, buses, airplanes) tion you provide essential commu- youre a student and cant nity services medical afford to miss school or exams you have a high-ris- k youre too busy at work to condition (heart or lung prob-gsick lems, kidney disease, diabetes, a asthma, cancer, AIDS) youre single parent OR a lot of other people depend You are over 651 on you nausea, vomiting et g! re-th- noth-muc- Local artist Jane Clayton will have works on display at the Kane County Travel Council through October. other people appear, the pictures a keeper if you look halfway decent. I just love this picture of the choir, dont you? I ask a fellow Ten free trees -- autumn classics Ten free trees, autumn classics, will be given to each person who joins The National Arbor Day Foundation during October 1999. The shipment includes Scarlet Oak, Sweetgum, Red Oak, Silver Maple, White Dogwood, Washington Hawthorn, 2 Red Maples, and 2 Sugar Maples. These trees will produce vibrant red, orange, yellow, scarlet, and purple leaves in the fall, John Rosenow, the Foundations president, said. The trees will be shipped postpaid at the right time for planting between November 1 and December 10 with enclosed planting instructions. The six to 12 inch trees are guaranteed to grow, or they will be replaced free of charge. 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