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| Bill and me November 2011 in Milton, DE at a friend's house |
At 2:15 this afternoon both Bill and I are scheduled for our COVID booster shots at our local Walgreen's.
Actually I'm 2:15 and Bill is 2:30.
I forget which number of COVID shots this is but we might as well get them, as old as we are.
Just last year a friend of mine died from COVID complications. I was surprised because I often saw him and his husband at our local Food Lion, where I do the majority of my grocery shopping. Walgreen's is in the same shopping strip.
A couple of weeks ago I encountered his now widowed husband (Scott) in Food Lion. I felt so bad for him. Like me and Bill, he and David have been together forever. When you're with someone a long time (this year it will be sixty years for me and Bill), you expect to live forever and then when you do die (which we all do), you expect to go together. I expressed my sympathy to Scott and moved on before I got too emotional. He doesn't need my tears.
Even though Bill is much weaker than he was two and a half years ago before his strokes, he's still "Bill." I just can't imagine my life without him. After all, he's been in my whole adult life since I was twenty-two years old. Yes, I was ONCE twenty-two years old. Bill rescued me from a potential life of debauchery, alcoholism, drug addiction and many failed relationships. Bill has been the one steady rock in my life. Yes, I am one of the fortunate few to have someone like Bill in my life. I still can't imagine my life without Bill.
So this afternoon we will get our COVID booster shots, which (hopefully) will enable us to live a few more months or maybe even years of a nice peaceful life her in southern coastal Delaware.
11 comments:
Be sure and get the RSV shot also.
Jim
I like seeing pictures like this of you and Bill smiling and enjoying and sharing a happy moment. When I was able to get out and about on my own I used to stop by the homes of friends and check up on how they were getting along. I'd fill my days with "random acts of kindness" and return to my home feeling "fullfilled". I would often cook meals enough for an army. I would deliver them around to whoever I thought was most needy. The folks would protest at first and then as the years went by they came to enjoy my "visits with benefits" as we jokingly referred to them. Most of those folks are gone now. Last week I had an appoinment with the "Dr. Derm" and that meant transport and my wheel chair. I was early to the appointment and was told to wait in the "general population" waiting area, They rolled my chair right on in amongst the others. There I saw a frail face that I remembered. It looked at me and said "where the hell have you been? I thought you was dead, too." We had a brief chat, which perked up the others in the room, and then I was rolled away to my exam room. My friend was, by luck, in the next room and I could hear him through the paper thin walls telling the nurses all about me. Two things that tugged at my heart strings where his saying "that boy was a god send and we enjoyed his visits". Then he said "best damned vegetable soup I have ever eaten". I almost cried and then the doctor came in. My "lost but now found" friend has got to be nearly a hundred now and is unfortunately living in "the cheap seats" nursing home on the edge of town. I think I just might make a batch of vegetable soup and make a visit to his place of incarceration (nursing home). I'll take along some extra microwaveable little round containers and somm plastic spoons and share it with the "inmates". It be a fun time and would get my ass up and moving. Ron, I think you and I are the lucky ones, for sure. Kind words and a bowl of soup sometimes are all we need at this stage of life. I get my vacinations next month and who knows maybe I will run into another needy soul from my past. Be safe, Be very, very careful. Be happy...I think smiling is good exercise. So says Woody in Ohio. Oh, and give Bill a reassuring random squeeze of the hand from me.
Kudos to you and Bill for getting your booster shots. Also, I would recommend the RSV and regular flu shots if you haven't already.
Paranormal John
Good for you both !
Jim,
I didn't get the RSV shot. I'm ashamed to admit it, I don't know what it is. I probably should have found out. It was just enough to jump through the hoops to get the two shots I did get. Bill only got the COVID booster shot. They wanted to charge him over $100 for a flu shot. I had to take a pass on that. this year we'll take our chances.
Ron
Paranormal John,
I just got the regular COVID Pfizer booster shot. I did get the enchanted flu shot. When I was jumping through the hoops to schedule our shots, I think the RSV was not an option. I'm losing track of all the shots we have to have to gain a few more days of life on this earth. I say this as Bill is choking on his daily liquified oatmeal meal. Maybe I got an RSV shot yesterday and didn't realize it. I'm tired John.
Ron
Woody,
Thank you for sharing your stories. I always find them interesting. I understand your "random acts of kindness." I too like doing those acts. It is interesting so often people are surprised that I don't expect anything in return. I did one of those today. "No catch" I say. With all the horrific, evil (Israel today) going on in the world today, we need more random acts of kindness. By the way, I wish I could have sampled some of your vegetable soup. And I will give Bill a squeeze of my hand for you.
Thank you again Woody for all you do in this world that makes it a better place to live in.
Ron
Ur-spo,
Did you and Someone get your shots yet? Don't forget!
Ron
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
While RSV infections are typically mild, there is still a possibility it could pose a severe impact, especially in older adults. Part of that severe impact is that RSV infection can cause serious complications such as pneumonia or exacerbation of congestive heart failure (CHF), asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in older adults. RSV can cause severe infections that may lead to hospitalization in adults aged 60 and older, and adults with certain underlying conditions like asthma, COPD, and CHF.
Paranormal John
10/14 I got my COVID and my flu - next shot is RSV
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