The phone rang last week and the voice on the other end introduced herself as the nurse from our doctor’s surgery.
She wanted to offer me a jab for pneumonia.
“Yet another jab to have every year?” I asked. “Along with the Covid and Flu ones?”
“No”, she said, “this is a single jab that should last your whole life”.
“My whole life? Well, that’s a once-in-a-lifetime offer! I can’t turn that down!” I said.
And so, yesterday, I paid a quick visit to the surgery and nurse Patricia – for that was her name – injected me with some sort of super serum that is going to protect me for the rest of my life.
One down.
396 other maladies to go.
I had that prick. I don’t feel as though I have a barrier of immunity, but I’ll take Nursey McNurseface’s word on anything
The only way you’ll find out for sure, is by not getting pneumonia.- just like last year and the year before and the…
It’s a fact. Most of us oldies end up having a little prick.
Including the ladies? Surely not.
That reminded me to check my blood tests results from last week… all normal it says 🙂
Normal?
You?
I don’t believe it!
Sometimes it happens Mark, even with me 😀