I found this from Cassie at Pinterest .
You know you're British When
My mom and I went to the doctor yesterday mainly to refill our prescriptions and ask about the shingles vaccine. It turns out we have to order it from a drugstore for $190 and it has to be kept cold and administered within half an hour of picking it up. It's quite expensive, so I'm still thinking about it.
Then the doctor said we both hadn't had physicals in a year and a half, so we decided to just get that done while we were there. We will have to do fasting blood tests to check our cholesterol and other good stuff! The doctor himself was suffering from seasonal allergies.
L will be home from university for the summer in a few weeks. I think she'll be sad to leave her life (and friends) there, she already calls the place 'home'. But she will be busy with her summer job and the fall will come soon enough. Do you remember this stage of transitioning to adulthood? When the family home was no longer your centre? It's a bit sad for me, but it's life. Meanwhile K recently turned 17 and he's acting like he's 21 already. This is another difficult stage!
Well, have a nice day anyway!
You know you're British When
My mom and I went to the doctor yesterday mainly to refill our prescriptions and ask about the shingles vaccine. It turns out we have to order it from a drugstore for $190 and it has to be kept cold and administered within half an hour of picking it up. It's quite expensive, so I'm still thinking about it.
Then the doctor said we both hadn't had physicals in a year and a half, so we decided to just get that done while we were there. We will have to do fasting blood tests to check our cholesterol and other good stuff! The doctor himself was suffering from seasonal allergies.
L will be home from university for the summer in a few weeks. I think she'll be sad to leave her life (and friends) there, she already calls the place 'home'. But she will be busy with her summer job and the fall will come soon enough. Do you remember this stage of transitioning to adulthood? When the family home was no longer your centre? It's a bit sad for me, but it's life. Meanwhile K recently turned 17 and he's acting like he's 21 already. This is another difficult stage!
Well, have a nice day anyway!
13 comments:
I have battled shingles three times, they keep recuring, 5 or six on my back, very painful and have done nerve damage, I wish I had know of the vaccine 4 years ago!
I remember well those transitioning years with my three, thats a lovely photo,
Shingles is very painful; I think it might be worth paying the money, although it is a lot! Love the photos of Elizabeth and Philipp! I never really had a home as a kid, I was always pushed off to stay with other people, so I never really missed it!
The shingles vaccine is only 50% effective and you can still get shingles despite having the vaccine. This is why I decided not to get it. It costs $171 at KMart here in Hawaii.
I like those photos. What an attractive couple!
Gosh all the things we should get done. It's hard to keep up with it. I havent heard much about shingles here at all. I know my grandfather got it and it is indeed painful.
Oh those transitioning years - they are for us too. It is hard. But you never lose your daughter, ever. Sons on the other hand usually are less family minded, lol.
It is sad when kids grow up. Sometimes I think about my daughter when she was a tiny tot and I feel sad but life is about change and even though we sometimes wish things would stay they same, they never do. My mom had shingles and it was the worst experience she ever had...
I was all ready to say I need to get the shingles vaccine till I read what gigihawaii said. I guess I'll have to do more research before I decide.
Love the picture across the decades sweetie.
Oh, I do so remember how hard it was after bein' on my own in college comin' back home for the summers. It's though on both kiddos and parents.
I've battled shingles over the decades and I do want to get the shot. I hear even if ya do get shingles after the shot, their not a bad. I've known folks that have paid up to 380 for the shot.
God bless ya sweetie and have yourself a sunshiny kinda day!!! :o)
oh wow that photo is amazing....nice to see love last for that many years!!! oh wow!! !that vaccine is expensive....I hear that is is a very painful thing to have shingles so I think you should just go for it!!
Those are sweet photos... inspirational as well!! I didn't know the shingles vaccine was that expensive... but it is a very painful thing to suffer through... Good luck with your children ~ I lived at home while driving back and forth to college (45 minutes one way) ~ don't think I could afford that today!!
thanks so much for all the supportive comments, it never ceases to amaze me, this wonderful community. I almost prefer it to real life!!!
I'm leaning towards getting the vaccine after all. And it makes me realize what I'm going through with the kids is normal!
I've been thinking about getting the shingled vaccine too-- but need to be off another medication for a full month before I can take it. I'm still deciding what to do.
Hope L has a wonderful summer. I'm guessing she's made some life-long friends while she's been at school :-)
xo jj
I have known people who have gotten shingles, including my mom. I'd get the shot if I could. Because of my RA[rheu arth] I am advised not to get it.
And the most difficult year in raising my son was when he was a senior in high school...ooph!
Shingles shots here are over $200. Some pharmacies will administer them. My husband got one when he turned 60. A couple of years ago, at only 57, I had a slight case with one shingle on the back of my head. It was almost all gone by the time I got to the dr. I kept ice on it to keep the pain bearable as I was doing a major task that week. The dr told me that since I've had shingles, I don't need the shot. One less thing to do!
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