Comments on: The flu jab comes of age! http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-flu-jab-comes-of-age/ This is a blog about me, my recently diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis and my struggles to stay positive about it! Thu, 23 May 2013 11:06:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-flu-jab-comes-of-age/#comment-1298 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:17:57 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1298 Hi Wren,

Glad I made you smile – I enjoyed writing that one too. :-)

Glad yours has been nice and straightforward. We do have electronic records, but in the cattle market situation you’d already booked in a week or so before and then they just crossed your name of a huge list when you walked in. Our nurses were certainly always quick, a little too quick in some cases … but professional, friendly and smiling? Well, as each one probably saw 200 people in a day I suppose I can see why the smiles had vanished by the time I arrived for an afternoon appointment. :-)

]]> By: Wren http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-flu-jab-comes-of-age/#comment-1296 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:40:09 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1296 Sounds like a dream come true, Penguin! I feel very lucky, as I get my medical care through the US Veteran’s Administration–and getting the flu shot has been SO easy these last several years. During the flu season they have daily, walk-in flu shot clinics at the main hospital, which is where I go for labs and doc appointments. With electronic medical records, there’s no need for paperwork. The nurses who give the injections have been, without exception, professional, friendly, smiling and quick, and I’ve never had to wait more than a few minutes. It makes getting that annual flu jab a breeze.

Love the post. You made me smile. ;)

]]> By: pollyannapenguin http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-flu-jab-comes-of-age/#comment-1295 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:50:25 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1295 Hi BJ, yep – private healthcare definitely has its benefits … so long as you can afford it! Over here we have some private insurance for healthcare, but it wouldn’t cover things like flu jabs anyway.

As to pain not being RA, I find that’s one of the hardest things to sort out with RA – whether or not to blame it for whatever the heck the problem is THIS week. :-)

]]> By: barbara johnson http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-flu-jab-comes-of-age/#comment-1294 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:21:55 +0000 http://pollyannapenguin.wordpress.com/?p=916#comment-1294 i’m so very happy for you and at the same time very humbled to realize that here in the USA, things like that are the “norm” for me… yes, we pay a big price for health care and are just coming up on our “medicare years”, but we are lucky to have it and lucky as well that we’ve managed to save some money to be able to pay for it…

I really enjoy your stories and look forward to them… i’m told by my RA doc that a lot of my pain and stiffness is NOT my RA, but the regular osteo and arthritis that we oldsters get… oh well,,, just get up a bit slower!!!!! :)

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