It's Been a Funny Old Week....

[Daisy]

WG - well, migraines are no fun at all, and if they can give you medication to stop them in their tracks that would be great. Apart from having to phone the next day for an 'emergency' appointment, I think that was a Rolls Royce service on the part of the NHS.

What kind of world do we live in when a nurse identifies a problem as urgent enough to say you need an emergency appointment and can't book it there and then but tells you to wait until the next day and ring back for an appointment which may, or may not be available.

[Grauntie Mag]

I went to the cleaners today to collect duvets etc. and the young lady assistant could hardly speak. She told me the Drs had offered her an appointment for the 9th October!! She said she was in pain but was told to ring back on Monday. I'm glad I don't use her surgery. She has now been to the chemist.
It never occurred to me that my avatar looked like a button! I may change it. I may not...🙃

[Daisy]

Poor girl - I'm glad she thought about going to the chemists. We've had our flu jabs done at the chemists this year - so much easier than trying to join the mass jabbing session offered at the surgery or, horrors of horrors, missing them and having to get an appointment with a 'medical assistant'. I've no idea what a medical assistant is, but we've got one - she does things like annual BP checks and routine vaccinations.

[Plantaholic]

Daisy I was going to have my flu jab at the Chemist but I spoke to an employee at the surgery and she said that the surgery have to make an assessment as to how many flu jabs they need and pay for them, then if they are not used they are thrown away and the surgery looses money so I joined the rest of the village, no queue but parking was awful. We have three sessions, two at the main surgery and one at the village surgery. No reaction this year, not even a sore arm.

[Gemini]

I'm hoping to take my mum to the village pharmacy here for her flu jab this year. Just turn up no appointment and I can park in the car park for free. At mums surgery I have to pay to park, and the sessions are a Saturday morning. My mother does not do mornings!!

[Grauntie Mag]

I can't decide whether to bother this year. I have one every year and every year I nearly die of 'flu. Well, I fester in my pit for a week. I mentioned this last year and was told it would have been worse without the jab. It couldn't be any worse! As it is I went to the hospital for a camera up the nose and down the throat on Friday and now I have an evil cold. Coincidence maybe, but it's bad in the nostril I had the procedure in. So bad in fact, I have resorted to a whiskey mac...

[Gemini]

Oh Grauntie, get better soon. In your case I think I would be tempted to stay away from the flu jab!

[Daisy]

GM - poor you, but thank goodness for whiskey mac. They do say they're expecting an extra nasty strain this year - but who knows? I have to have one because my immune system is creaking a bit.

Plant - our surgery used to send you a letter reminding you about the flu jab. Now they don't - I think it's mentioned on their website, but since I can't even remember what the name of the practice is nowadays, I don't check. So having it at the chemists was very convenient. I hope our surgery doesn't over-order, but last year we had to wait for extra supplies to come in.

[Grauntie Mag]

Something tells me I should be a recluse this flu season. I did read or hear that the jabs are relevant to the last season's bug, but if this was so the whole thing would be pointless.oh woe is me, no idea what to do for the best....yes I do, be a recluse.

[Daisy]

GM - I've always thought hibernation for the whole winter would be a smart move (or not move!) It's cold, dark, slippery, muddy, miserable, and that's on a good day, plus all the bugs people so generously share around. I'd vote for hibernation from the beginning of November to the end of February.

[Nana]

My sister's just getting over her jabs. She had flu, pneumonia & shingles jabs all at the same time. Not sure I'd choose to do that. Poor thing.

[Gemini]

That sounds like a bit of a shock for the body, Nana!