And everyone (or very nearly everyone) my age or older also has this mark. It's not the 'Mark of the Beast'. In fact, it's pretty much the exact opposite. It helped me, and so many others, avoid - at a minimum - far worse marking. Those somewhat younger than me generally do not have this mark. They don't have it, because they don't need it. They ( Read more... )

I had an appointment at the SMART clinic today to get the final shot of the three-shot series of the hepatitis-B vaccine. No big deal there, but while I was there I also asked about the bill I should not have been sent and evidently I wasn't the only person with that problem. Fortunately they had the records handy and quickly made a copy to fax ( Read more... )

And I forgot about the cotton and bandage over the injection site. I got used to the bandage being there but when I removed it, I really noticed it. I didn't have an injection site reaction, if there is even any soreness it's not enough to be notices. In fact, I couldn't find the injection site. I only knew it was between the two spots where ( Read more... )

With the shortage of influenza vaccine last year, I didn't get vaccinated since I wasn't in any of the higher risk groups. This year there is no general shortage, though there have been short-term distribution glitches. Because of that, the vaccination has been delayed from October and split into two sessions. In the first session, only one ( Read more... )

The annual free (to employees) influenza vaccination was going on so I did that again this year. I know some dislike needles, and I'm no great fan of them, but the ones used for this are nice and small and not too bad a stick -- and it sure beats having influenza. I'm fine as long as I don't watch. I felt it this year. A year or two ago it was ( Read more... )