Today I had a three month medicine delivery; 36 bottles of immunoglobulin, 36 syringes, 24 butterfly needles plus a sharpsbin. The immunoglobulin goes in my fridge and the rest into a neat chest in my living room. Weekends are generally infusion time, setting up the tray downstairs but infusing upstairs in bed.
Last week I saw my Immunology consultant and despite them running late and three attempts to get blood from me it was a pretty good run of the mill appointment.
If you’ve ever tried to park in a hospital car park you’ll know it’s not easy so we leave an hour just to park. If we’re lucky and get a spot quickly we go to the M&S cafe and last week I had a hot chocolate and pain au chocolat before heading to the clinic which was really good because of the whole running late issue.
My consultant likes me to meet her registrars as a test for them because I’m so complicated. The one I saw last week I had spoken to a lot in the summer when a bad leg infection hospitalised me for two weeks. She was brilliant and my tricky question this year was
“if tests showed i made no antibodies or t cells to the Covid jab will I be to the flu jab”
Unfortunately the answer was “we don’t know” but as I’ve not had flu that i’ve known about for years it’s worth me continuing the flu jab.
This however does lead back to my issues with anti-vaxxers. Despite having many Covid jabs at the beginning I responded to none of them so relied on others having the jab to keep me protected.
Other than my flu question it was a run of the mill appointment with no issues other then my ataxia progressing but the taking of blood was another matter to be discussed another time!!
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