Beekay 5,145 Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 Talking of cataracts, I have to take 'er indoors to have her first op next Saturday, then if all goes well, she'll have the other eye done in a couple of weeks or so. B. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,417 Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 My father had his done had a huge telling off from the surgeon. Despite warnings, when his eyes itched he rubbed them and disturbed the surgeons work meaning it had to be done again.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,507 Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 19 hours ago, philmayfield said: . The biggest difficulty was getting rid of the used syringes. The local surgery wouldn't take them and referred me to the local authority for disposal. I had to self-inject for 28 days after my two major surgeries the other year and took my full yellow bucket back to QMC because I knew from past experience, when my husband had the same issue following a knee replacement, that you are meant to return to the place of surgery. The GP surgeries are charged for the disposal of needles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted May 28, 2022 Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 I inject weekly and have done for many years now. I use the spring loaded pens. Not keen on doing it. Sometimes there is no pain at all, other times it’s quite a sting. Just luck whether you hit a nerve or not. Used pens put placed in a yellow sharps bin which is collected when full. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted May 29, 2022 Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 Mine isn’t for insulin either. It’s an immune system suppressant for severe arthritis. This is an interesting Covid related story I’ve just found. Jose Maria Fernandez Sousa-Faro, president of European pharmaceuticals giant PharmaMar, has been charged by police with being falsely vaccinated against Covid-19. Dr. Sousa-Faro has been caught up in a scandal in Europe involving people being added to the National Immunization Registry in exchange for large sums of money, with many of them familiar faces and household names. Police allege that Sousa-Faro arranged to be injected with a saline solution instead of a Covid-19 vaccination and paid thousands of dollars to have his name added to Spain's immunization register, as confirmed by police sources and reported by El Periodico de Espana. Dr. Sousa-Faro is among more than 2,200 celebrities and European elites on the list drawn up by National Police of those falsely vaccinated against Covid. According to El Mundo, Spanish police carried out the investigation called Operation Jenner which uncovered the vast network of celebrities and elites who have paid money to have their names fraudulently entered on the National Immunization Register, despite refusing to be vaccinated. EuroWeekly News report: The leader of the network was a nursing assistant at the La Paz University Hospital, where he is accused of charging more than €200,000 euros for fraudulently registering 2,200 people as vaccinated in the National Registry against Covid-19. He has been arrested and is currently in custody. Among those accused are Bruno González Cabrera, a defender who played for Betis, Getafe, Levante and Valladolid. Fabio Díez Steinaker in beach volleyball, runner-up in Europe and fifth in the Sydney Olympic Games. The former Valencian boxer and wrestler José Luis Zapater, alias Titín, who starred in more than a thousand fights. The famous people investigated so far includes: José María Fernández Sousa-Faro, President of PharmaMar, Trinitario Casanova, one of the richest men in Spain, Kidd Keo, trap singer in English and Spanish, Anier, rap singer, Jarfaiter, rap singer, Veronica Echegui, actress, Bruno Gonzalez Cabrera, soccer player, Fabio Díez Steinaker, former beach volleyball Olympian, José Luis Zapater, alias Titín, former boxer, Camilo Esquivel, recognized and prestigious doctor. According to the police who are investigating the 2,200 false Covid-19 vaccination certificates, the fee was dependent on your social standing. The more important you were, the higher the price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 First of the new season. Booked a booster jab in a couple of weeks time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,134 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Beatcher! Booked in at Brackenhurst on Sunday pm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I've declined a Shingles jab. I've got a Flu jab booked at G.P in early October. I've not been offered a Covid boost yet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I'm about to book a booster, also flu jab and blood test for thyroid function. I shall be like a colander! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I wasn't offered one... I just looked around on relevant websites and found how to do it. I'm not sure if people are being sent reminders or prompts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Pianoman 1,535 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I was offered one in the same text message as I was offered a flu jab. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,466 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Several weeks ago I had a Text offering a flu jab (it's coming up soon), but no mention of Covid in that Text. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stuart.C 491 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I'll wait till I'm invited for a Covid jab as I'm due a follow up PSA blood test soonso don't want too many holes in my arm and don't want to confuse the testing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,145 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Booked our flu jabs for 1st. Oct., told booster at same time. One in each arm. Didn't have a choice. I asked what happens if I get a reaction, won't know which one caused it. The response was, " Well have the flu jabs in left arm and if your right arm falls off we'll know it was Covid. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MRS B 520 Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 I had a notification from the local council this morning to invite me for a covid Autumn booster and have managed to get in tomorrow! How efficient. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 Never had flu & can't remember the last time I had a cold, only took the first two covid jabs so I could get out the country, I will be trusting my natural immunity Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeverilPeril 3,281 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 I had to deliberate about the Autumn booster after getting covid the evening of my first booster in April. Anyway - I'm going along with it and booked in for next Wed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 68 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 Wouldn't life be great rr if we could all afford to adopt that blase attitude to the covid vaccine, for some folk though it may be a matter of life or death. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
trogg 2,016 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 My wife and myself have the date for our booster and we still wear masks in crowded places. Since covid first arrived we had the jabs and wore masks, these restrictions worked, the wife has a chest disease and was regularly ill with infections. Her GP gives her antibiotics to keep at home, with the instructions to take them at the slightest sign of an infection as she would not survive a full-blown chest infection. Since having the jabs and wearing masks she has not had any problems at all, so for us the vaccine and masks work and despite other opinions we will carry on doing the same. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 68 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 @troggprecisely the point i was making in my post above, for some the vaccine could be a life saver. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 614 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 My Mam trusted her natural immunity and shunned the Covid vaccine when offered last year, despite my best efforts to persuade her it was safe and highly recommended, given her age. Apparently a friend of a friend had a 'funny turn' after the jab and Mam said she didn't want to 'lose her marbles'. The inevitable happened. Mam never went out of the house but clearly someone unwittingly took the virus in. As she seccumbed last November, bedridden, on oxygen and withering, she said "I wish I'd had the vaccine now." She soldiered on until January but sadly Covid had irrepairably damaged her lungs. Born the same year as the Queen; died the same year as the Queen. A 'good innings' some might say, but we firmly believe Mam would otherwise have made it to 100. Needless to say, I will take any antivirus jabs as soon as they are offered to me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,306 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 It has been suggested that, even though fully vaccinated, Covid may have pushed HMQ over the edge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RadFordee 68 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 @The Engineermy sympathy to you on the loss of your mum, and especially in the awful way which you describe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,145 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 Belated condolences Engineer, on your sad loss. Hope I make 96. It's only 17 years away. B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 @The Engineer so sorry to read about your mum’s passing earlier in the year. Even though she lived to a good age, it’s still a big thing to lose your mum. It’s sad that she regretted not having the vaccine. Condolences to you and all your family x Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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