By the time we returned home after the vaccinations, we both felt exhausted and our shingle vaccinated upper arms were swollen. I looked it up and this is normal, but we both felt lousy, did not sleep well and are still recovering one day later!
(The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus booster shot is not yet available, otherwise we would have opted for four shots, not three.)
Whereas the flu and pneumonia shots were free, the shingles vaccine is considered a prescription and falls under however your insurance handles prescriptions. In our case, it was $45 out of pocket for each shingles shot. Ouch!
UPDATE: I was out of my head when I put this post together yesterday and grabbed the wrong photo for the Femulator slot, so thank you all for pointing out the error of my ways. Today, I feel better (but not normal yet) after a crushing defeat of the Yankees by my boys in Boston and a good night’s sleep!
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| Marc Warren femulating in the 2003 British television movie Reversals. |
The release date was 19/Nov/2003, see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360925/
ReplyDeleteThat is not Marc Warren. This is the actor from Death in Venice.
ReplyDeleteagreed. i think the nearest marc warren got to femulating was when he played the new romantic figurehead steve strange in the boy george bio-drama "worried about the boy". given he was more than twice the age strange was when he played the part, he was very good. btw, i suspect readers here will be very interested in seeing freddie fox playing george's chum marilyn:
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my apologies - it seems that marc has femulated on screen after all! not as good as freddie fox as marilyn though:
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Warren did femulate in that TV movie. I mistakenly used the wrong photo. A correct photo is in the Femulator slot now.
Deletethat's Bjorn Andresen, not Warren.
ReplyDeleteGlad you've had these jabs.I've have the same inoculations, I think essential for we "girls" of a certain age, especially the shingles one. I was shocked to learn that the shingles pain can persist for the rest of one's life.
ReplyDeleteOf course here in the U.K., all vaccination are free!
I had shingles earlier this year. So far, I have not had any reoccurring pain (knock on wood).
DeleteIf it was available, you might have had to wait. I don't know what the booster rules are but I had to postpone my (second) shingles shot because they said no other vaccines within a month (I think it was) of the covid vax.
ReplyDeleteThe shingles vaccine is well worth the cost !
ReplyDelete( Although , sadly , it does come with the consequence of a quite sore arm for a few days - at least, it did for us . )
Yes, my upper arm is still sore and swollen two days later.
DeleteToo many shots at the same time! I tried that three years ago: flu, pneumonia, and shingles at the same time. I felt sick for a few days. My wife, a registered nurse and former chief shot lady for our state, (children would cringe and whimper when the saw her at the local shopping mall), scolded me for too many shots at once. When I replied that I did that and more when I was in the Army, she gave me that look that shouted, “You are 62 now, not 22!”
ReplyDelete—Abby
Yes - I have to remember that I'm not a kid anymore!
DeleteI got my shingles vaccines this year (2 shots 4 months apart). The pharmacist warned me it hurt more than the Covid vaccine. I laughed it off and told her to fire away. She wasn't joking! It hurt going in and my arm hurt for another 4 days. I had no trouble sleeping because it sent me straight to nap land.
ReplyDeleteI hardly felt the flu and pneumonia shots, but the shingles shot was memorable in a bad way! My upper arm is still swollen two days later.
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ReplyDeleteto you and your bride being two of the many people who have evolved into the 21st century.
Wife and I are fully vaccinated, as we are of the same, reasoned class of persons who embrace medical technology.
If the average COVID DENIER would look into their own medical history they would realize HOW MANY TIMES medical technology has saved and therefore lengthened their lives.
Just the simple, cheap administration of antibiotics has probably saved the lives of every single reader of this blog-- at least once. Probably dozens of times times.
I am age 68; and medical technology has 'saved my bacon' a great many times. NO BEADS AND RATTLES or MACHO POSTURING for this person.
Velma
SEEN THE VIDEO?
ReplyDeleteSaturday Night Live
'Boomers Got the Vax'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hekDuCBxCc
Velma
I've seen a friend with shingles -- nobody should have that happen to them! I've had both versions of the Shingles vaccination, and both left my arm in some pain, especially the second one. It seems your insurance and mine work the same way. My max co-pay for medication is $35, which is the way I was charged for the shot. I think it's not free because it isn't a universal need. Not everyone had chicken pox when they were kids. No so in Hyattsville, MD in the early 1950's! My mother told me that every one of the kids in Ager Road Elementary School had chicken pox and they closed the school for 2-3 days!
ReplyDeleteThe Flu jab is worthwhile
ReplyDeleteFlu can be nasty, it put me in intensive care in the early 1990s
Lucy
We get flu shots every year and so far, so good!
DeleteI've been getting flu shots ever since they were available. But a few years ago I still ended up with a flu/bronchitis and was helping to keep the Z-Pack manufacturer in business. But then the high-dose flu shots for seniors showed up and since they arrived I haven't had as much a a sniffle! So, any of you ladies who also qualify as seniors, be sure to ask for the high-dose flu shot. You'll be glad you did! I got mine yesterday!
DeletePlease be careful getting multiple Vaccinations at a single Time, there is very little information on the effects in humans of such actions.
ReplyDeleteI read a study, gotten on interlibrary loan from the National War College, translated into English of many studies brought out of the Soviet Union buy a detector; the number two person (MD) who ran the Soviet Biological Warfare Program spread over 128 installations. They required jabs for over 100 vaccines for each year for the Scientists, Doctors, techs and garrison troops. The outcomes for many were not good. That is the largest known study for multiple injections.
To this day the Doctor still has multiple medical problems.
Be Safe and do them separately, Please 🥺.
Sara
LOOOOVE❤️ that cape in "Femulate Her"!
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