I guess there's more demand in some areas than in others, or perhaps the distribution of vaccines is a bit uneven. At our GP's, the available appointments for over-50s flu jabs were apparently booked up within minutes of becoming available (but I don't know how many doses they had). We've now both had them at pharmacies (in some ways more convenient) but we did have to book. We've also booked for COVID vaccines but the centre is apparently doing drop-in as well.
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I think you are @JennyJ and it's a question of demand. I went to the local cottage hospital who are doing the vaccines in this area on Tues, no appointment and they did it immediately.
Fire, as you might know, second hand through my wife I have heard much about cancer as she has had six occurrences. Mrs Cotto speaks very highly of the Marie Curie team, as well as the individual cancer support and pressure groups. Her experience with MacMillan nurses has been variable.
Fire, obviously everyone is different, but we got through the last couple of years being very careful and avoided Covid until I tested positive on Sunday. I was also worried that it would hit me like a brick, having had so little exposure, and being over 70. Had my autumn booster four weeks ago. I have to say that it hasn’t been too bad at all, certainly the cold / flu I had last month was far worse. The cough I have had on waking has gone this morning, and if this is as bad as it gets, I’ve been extremely fortunate, counting my blessings and giving thanks for the vaccines. Have you managed to get through to the PET scan department to see if anyone can advise you? If not, maybe you could book your booster for the day after the scan so you get time to build up immunity in case you have to go into hospital in the near future?
@Ergates In my hospital I can't talk directly to the imaging dept for advice. I'm fine to wait for the jabs until surgery is over. It's only a few weeks. I have to say that the state of chaos in the hospital is currently more upsetting than the diagnosis. A "safe pair of hands" is does not seem to offer.
What a pain, Fire. I’d still consider getting your jabs done before your surgery if there’s time for them to work. You will have less control of your environment if you are in hospital, so safely boosted would be better than not?
@Fire, I hesitate to comment further on this, because I realise things must be very stressful for you. However I think there is a high risk of catching COVID in hospital and that this would have a significant risk to your surgical recovery.
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I went to the local cottage hospital who are doing the vaccines in this area on Tues, no appointment and they did it immediately.
Good luck.
I have to say that it hasn’t been too bad at all, certainly the cold / flu I had last month was far worse. The cough I have had on waking has gone this morning, and if this is as bad as it gets, I’ve been extremely fortunate, counting my blessings and giving thanks for the vaccines.
Have you managed to get through to the PET scan department to see if anyone can advise you? If not, maybe you could book your booster for the day after the scan so you get time to build up immunity in case you have to go into hospital in the near future?
When you don't even know who's in the team
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