[Magdalen] Shingles.

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Yes. When we have to do something like that -- AND if we're "good," we too
get a treat at Dunkin Donuts.  Of course we now give to ourselves (a sort
of honor system?)  and pay for it ourselves, but the donut is still sweet!

*Those who prefer the long version may imagine an extra "ugh" as needed.



James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
> I discovered the local Rite Aid Pharmacy was giving the  shingles/zoster
> vaccination.  As with the flu shot, no appointment was necessary, and  I
> presented myself and my insurance card this morning.  Good thing that  I
> had
> coverage, because I noticed that the real cost of the vaccination was
> something
> like $250.  I paid nothing.
>
> The attendant at the desk presented me initially with a two page, fairly
> detailed
> health inventory before the injection.  It was completely in  Spanish.
> Luckily,
> I could read enough Spanish to complete the form without any comment.
> Has it come to this, I thought, that one has to specially request an
> English
> form?
>
> The nurse giving the injection came out of her office all embarrassed
> because
> of the mix-up.  I obviously do not look Hispanic!  In any case  the deed
> was
> done, and I went on my way, stopping on the way home at Dunkin Donuts
> for a breakfast sandwich and their "gourmet" coffee.
>
> I remember quite vividly developing the characteristic generalized rash  of
> chickenpox when I was a junior in high school.  It was in the middle  of
> a periodic epidemic so that figuring out what was going on was not
> difficult.
> I think I stayed home a week, and the village health officials came by  to
> mount the contagion notice on our front door.  My younger brother had
> chickenpox at the same time.
>
>
> David Strang.
>
>
>