Ouch!

Monday, I took my wife to the doctor for her regular check-up. On the way home, we stopped at Rite Aid to pick up a drug that the doctor had prescribed. While we were there, I suggested that it would be an ideal time to get our annual flu vaccine and while we’re at it, might as well get the pneumonia and shingles vaccines, too.

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! 

Wearing Issue New York

Marc Warren femulating in the 2003 British television movie Reversals.