HI,
That is one less thing for me to worry about now.
Hubby got it too.

That was bothering me. I can be done with that.
'Still want to get the seasonal vaccine. I think that Walgreens has it but I was putting it off.

It takes about 3 weeks for the vaccines to take effect.

M.

I am glad that you feel better / safer now, Mari.

It is not available to the general public in this country. It is available for certain groups that are considered "at-risk". It might be compulsory for certain professions but not sure. Doctors are among those, and hospital personnel. Originally many were refusing it, so there was some hup-de-do about that but not sure what happened. I try to avoid news.

I have never had any flu vaccine in my life... personally i'd rather not have any kind of infectious albeit half-dead stuff purposely shot into my body. I guess that's a hangup of mine.

~ waves ~ who had a rotten night and is very tired today

HI,
It's just that I come in contact about 75 people a day and many of them live in the dorms (tight quarters). They sit at my desk with me, borrow my pens, . . .. lots of touching and breathing in each other's space. . .. .
And this flu seems to be spreading in that age group.
The vaccine was supposed to go to high risk groups first, but at some distribution points / areas, the vaccine is available now.

I've never had a flu shot either.
But I am feeling vulnerable in a very general sense since July.
M.

I think you would be one in of the eligible professional categories here.

I wasn't trying to bash your getting the shot at all. I'm sorry if it came across that way. I probably shouldn't have said the bit about my not wanting it.

I am just glad that it is over with and you will feel (and be) safer.

~ waves ~

Waves,
You are fine.
I'm fearful -- since hospitalization. That's all it is.
M.

Hi,

I left the session sad and mad.

1. The therapist gave me a worksheet to take home that covers the same ground as the therapists in the hospital did with me. I did that exercise perfectly two days after the stroke. They would know that if one of them gave me a diagnostic test like I had asked.



2. The therapist told me to move my mouth more. She said that when she talks she is more animated than I am. That was useful because I was not aware of that. But we also need to factor in the braces. Hello! You can see them and you can see I have a hard time with them! And someone how her suggestion came out as criticism. We are not a good match for each other.



3. Then she said I was being too hard on myself. She told me to compare myself to a certain person on the national news (not going to say it here) who is horribly messed up and told me I should consider how other people are.
I was leaving anyway, but I grabbed my purse and said, "That was not helpful." Then I started crying and made a big scene.


So I will either drop out or start back again with the internist to find a new place. 'Messed up my day. I should stay in bed except for when I need to be at work.



M.