What have I got to look forward to?

[missdiane]

Had my physical today - I liked the NP so I'll stick with them for now. I know I'm going to get an ugly bruise since my vein was being its usual level of fussiness. Only one stick but she had to keep moving the needle to encourage my dumb body to give up the ol' hemoglobin. Meh, I'll wear longer sleeves for a while. Hopefully the blood tests show some decent news. I'm crossing my fingers especially that the A1c goes back to prediabetic.

Anyhoo, they had the flu and shingles vaccines available so I got both (still need to get a COVID booster but they didn't have those). I heard the side effects for the shingles vaccine suck - any of y'all have any experience with that?

Since I had fasting tests and was HUNNNNGRY, I treated myself on the way home to a pistachio latte from the Greek place.

Comments

[spiffikins]

boo at the vampires leaving marks!

I'm glad you like your NP though - it's helpful!

Are the COVID boosters not available anymore? I got mine back in early October at Walgreens without any issue?

[missdiane]

My regular doctor has always had an issue with having the covid vaccines in stock - it's a really small practice. I'm pretty sure I could do a walk-in at Walgreens so maybe I'll do that next Friday and be all caught up

[spiffikins]

ah makes sense, yeah!

I split my flu shot and covid shot up - I did covid in early October before I went on vacation, and flu shot a month later - I still think that getting ANY vaccine perks up my immune system and gives me some resistance against other things - so I figure getting them spread out, lengthens the time I have peak immunity :D

[bluecatartist]

I hope the NP remains good for you. Hope the A1C is back to pre-diabetes. Glad the appt seemed to go okay.

Not had the shingles but l have heard ppl who have had it that they have more side effects from it than the others. Hope it's not bad.

[missdiane]

The first covid shot side effects were worse (so far) but it's still unpleasant. Though honestly, better than shingles, I'm sure.

Alas, I'm SO close. 6.5 and the cutoff is 6.4. Unfortunately the bad stuff this time is cholesterol (total, LDL and triglycerides) so I have to figure that out. I'm trying to avoid taking statins