At the medical center this morning, to get the doctor-ordered blood work off my bucket list, I saw a sign for flu shots.
It was a walk-in clinic, so I didn’t have to go back to the desk, register for the shot, but I did have to wait an entire hour because the workers had just gone to lunch.
Wasn’t a horrible wait. I made myself comfortable in the air-conditioned building, watched kDramas on TikTok.
I usually get my Moderna booster around this time, but the vaccine is listed as "currently unavailable" and, the way things are going under this looney tunes administration, who knows when or even if the vaccine will become available.
Arriving back at the complex, I found this month’s Activity Calendar posted to the door, saw I’d missed a Health and Palliative Care Services breakfast presentation scheduled for this morning ... "Starbucks coffee, milk and donuts will be provided".
I don’t know what "palliative care is", but I definitely would have pivoted on the medical center, gone to the presentation just for the coffee.
I wonder how many others missed the presentation because management can’t issue the Calendar in a timely fashion.
I also see on the Calendar that a Community Meeting is scheduled for September 23 to "discuss questions, concerns, suggestions".
Those sessions are boring and pointless, but I’m so sick of missing events because management can’t or won’t get the Calendar out on time that I’m going to bring up how annoying it is for me to see events after the fact or on the day of, giving me no time to arrange to attend.
Adding fuel to my current fire, they’ve got the unmitigated gall to once again push Rent Café with a blurb on the Calendar that Rent Café is the way to "Stay connected with everything going on".
BULL MANURE!
Rent Café was formerly touted as the way to get an electronic version of the Activity Calendar in order to "stay connected", but that’s not what's happening. I've only twice received an electronic version since signing up, and those too were late, after the fact.
If she repeats that lie about Rent Café in the Community Meeting, I’m going to challenge her on it, because I’m done with their bull crap.
Other than that, not a lot going on around here, except the Usual Suspects are planning a luncheon this Friday to celebrate Labor Day.
The event has twice been brought to my attention, but I’ve made no commitment to attend because I’m not sure if it’s bingo, with lunch at break time, or just a luncheon and I don’t want to get trapped back into bingo.
Curious, I think I’ll walk by the entry door, take a quick look and, if I see bingo set up, keep on stepping through the mail room, back to my unit.
In other news, this ....
I asked about Covid boosters at Walgreens today. The pharmacist told me they had just come in, but insurance wouldn't pay for them yet (although he expected the authorization within a couple of days).
ReplyDeleteGood to know. Since I have to pay out of pocket anyway, and my provider won't reimburse, even though I go out of pocket because they don't offer Moderna, I'll schedule with Walgreen's ASAP. Get it out of the way.
DeleteGlad you got your doctor-recommended vampire feeding done. Yep, getting the annual flu shot will be important since you live in a close-knit community which spreads cooties easily.
ReplyDeletePalliative care is when you have something to treat but want more pain and symptoms treated. The agency nurse only sees you once a month or less. You have a co=-pay for it.
Hospice is when you stop getting treatment for what's ailing you, and they concentrate on keeping your pain and symptoms minimized. Most agencies still send a nurse twice a week and a bath aide twice a week.
Medicare covers Hospice, but subtracts meds that aren't going to change your outcome. You can even still get Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy and Occupational Therapy while on Hospice. But it's to keep you safe and comfy. Those who typically get on hospice sooner, live longer. Cuz we're treating the pain and nausea permitting you to have an enjoyable life to the end.
You have the right to choose any palliative care or hospice agency, although some facilities or hospitals promote one more than the other. Money isn't the factor at that point.
You're not ready for either of those yet. Some politicians are, due to their severe dementia and incurable bad behaviors. Linda in Kansas
Thanks for the explanation. That sentence about politicians cracked me up, LOL.
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