Last I heard is that you should get a booster every 10 years, unless an event like Marshall's happens after 5 years or more... then it's time for another booster. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Paul Williams <pwilliams4 at unl.edu> wrote: > I think you better get another Tetnus shot. I should too! Can't count > how many times I get the nasty "poke" from a piano wire! I should do it > too. I think we all techs should get one more often than the normal > schedule. Wow, those pokes bleed! > > Drink lots of water, get another tetnus shot and keep up informed! See > the doctor too! > > Being suffering from Gout, I have to drink a lot of water. Most people > don't drink as much as they should anyway. So drink up! When I wake up in > the morning, I drink two large glasses of H2O before even brushing my > teeth. Water flushes the body out of crap we store. Drink up my harties! Yo > ho! > I hope you get over this, Marshall! > > Paul > > > From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com> > Reply-To: "pianotech at ptg.org" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Date: Sunday, November 4, 2012 3:24 PM > To: "pianotech at ptg.org" <pianotech at ptg.org> > Subject: [pianotech] interesting thing happened not sure if piano related > > Hi Everyone, > I wanted to know if pianos could have anything that could cause an alergic > reaction namely swelling hives and itching on hands. I've been trying to > trace my tracks to find out what I could have touched that would cause > this. I don't have any food algeries because I had alergy tests last year. > Ragweed and grass is the problem. I found some firewood at the curb when > passing someons house and snatched it up, but I've handled firewood lots of > times throughout my life and had no problems. I even split fire food with > a sledge hammer. Does that scare any of you out there since I 'm alegall > blind guy. Pine sap bothers me but not like this. > > On Friday when I finished up tuning a nice Pramberger console I either > didn't realze or forgot that a little metal thing that the piano owner put > on or was there originally, not certain, the foot of the bench to keep it > from damaging the floor fell off and landed with the pointy part up. I > kneeled down to take off the bottom panel in order to adjust the muffler > rail pedal and I kneeled on that sucker the metal pointy things. It hurt > like a you fill that in. lol I didn't think anything of it. I finishedup > and went to the bathroom to wash hands etc like I always do when I finsh at > a customers house, force of habit because I've grown so accustomed to > taking public transit and sometimes the wait is long. Anyway I had bled > onto my pant leg on the knee and didn't think anything of it. I went home > and took care of it. Could something from that metal thing gotten into my > system and caused the hives on both hands and legs too a day later? I did > have a tetanus shot 5 years ago. Fortunately my neice is a physician > cardiac assistant and called in a perscription for me some steroid > medication. Im still itching some when I handle things or use hot water, > but have any of you ever had this happen? I've been cut by piano wore I > don't know how many times and even brass center pins and didn't have a > reaction. This was so weird. thanks > Marshall > 215-510-9400 > http://www.phillytuner.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121104/8f1f6b78/attachment.htm>
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