Words and rhyme - game
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In northern Scotland now they have a lot less
daylight than dark
(My granddaughter on the NW coast in Caithness sent me a film of their farmyard lights turning themselves on at sunset yesterday, 3:57 p.m. Eight hours of daylight, 16 of dark)
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A nice surprise
might be finding your park has an outdoor group that meets there daily to do Tai Chi
The skater moans "why me?"
after a performance with many falls and pops
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At some competitions there's an epidemic of drops
in the pairs event or falls in the singles
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Had shingles once, painfully, down one leg. Yet it
(the vaccine) would be worse for me -- an allergy, of course!
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My equestrienne grandmother gave me a pony of my own. She
wanted me to ride like her, but guess what? I was allergic to straw and hay
![Anyone can get Shingrix here at any age. A friend's teenage granddaughter had to be home-schooled for two months because of shingles. It's expensive, though. For some reason it's not covered by the provincial health plan in BC (Canada's free medical plan is actually run at the provincial level, so specific coverage varies depending on where you live), although there's always campaigning to make it free for all seniors, at least. I think it's free to seniors in assisted-living homes, but not if you live independently. I'm not that age yet, but starting to look at what's coming in the future.]
By the way,My equestrienne grandmother gave me a pony of my own. She
wanted me to ride like her, but guess what? I was allergic to straw and hay
my husband is mildly allergic to cats and rabbits, but his allergy to horse is off the charts
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Since COVID, my husband and I have upped our vaccination game. There are two different flu vaccines available for seniors. BC health website says they are "equally effective", but will pay for FLUZONE for seniors in "congregate living" but not for those "in the community" (what we call "free-range" seniors). To me that says FLUZONE is better, but not enough better to justify its higher cost. We have sought it out (initially at great difficulty and expense). Fortunately my husband's insurance started paying for vaccines part way through the year last year. He had to pay for PREVNAR and first SHINGRIX, but my shots and his second SHINGRIX and our FLUZONE were 90% paid by insurance. Sometimes it pays to procrastinate!
We are waiting for more data on RSV vaccine. We paid for earlier shingles vaccine, which turned out not to be very effective.
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I got Fluzone, which was free for me (I wonder what the "seniors" age level is for vaccines in BC? 60? can't be 65 because I'm not) because the other (Fluad, I think?) had an ingredient in it to which I'm allergic. It's usually one of the non-medicinal additives. Any sulfate, citrate, or acetate, or terms similar to that. I get them at my pharmacy and I didn't need to specify, the pharmacist said I had to have Fluzone because of what he already saw in their allergy list on my record. I'd researched the ingredients myself beforehand, as I always do, but it's nice to know they make sure and take my lengthy list of allergens seriously. For Covid I have to have Pfizer's version, and the RSV vaccine is out for me, as are both shingles vaccines. I have a cousin in her 90s who can't have any vaccines because she's allergic to formaldehyde which is either an ingredient or is used at some point in processing all vaccines.
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[Lost track of the poem, there!]
My family encouraged me to explore the arts
and sports, so I had at least a few lessons in any interest I showed.
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Although their fates
are up to the judges, for themselves personally they're happy!
I got FLUZONE high-dose, which is for age 65+. The province pays for FLUAD seniors for this age group. Apparently their paying for the FHD for people in congregate living was fleeting, as they are not doing it any more; they started during COVID (I think 2022).
FHD was hard to find in fall 2021. Our regular pharmacy wasn't getting any, London Drugs didn't know (but had a waiting list), and Save-On was expecting 20 doses, which were all spoken for! Fortunately a second prarmacist at Save-On suggested putting us on the list as #21 and 22, and we got the call. Sometimes is pays to be the alternate. Since then we've gotten it every year at Save-On, and we're using them as our regular pharmacy.
Perhaps the province will pay for the FHD if you are allergic to the regular.
I hate costumes with random flappy
bits of fabric strewn here and there
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I cringe at dresses where
they skimped on the pants fabric!
you can go to the barbershop
or have your spouse cut your hair at home, like they did during COVID
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