Dingdong wrote: ↑27 Apr 2022, 7:12am
No booster for me thanks. The Psfizer 2nd jab was terrible. Side effects galore, which is only recently being discussed
Really? I've seen plenty of discussion of short term and saw one relative suffer them. Anything long term? None who had side effects got any from the booster.
My booster caused my fairly rare condition a bad relapse and 4 months later I'm hopefully close to the end of climbing back to where I was (even though where I was was pretty horrible). Apparently (according to my consultant) they are seeing a lot of people with my condition suffer badly from the booster, worst were those who had AZ 1st time and mRNA for booster. But because it's a rare'ish condition and because the relapse does not tick any of the standard side effects NHS 111 were not interested whilst out of ours GP said to get to A&E now (not something very practical when you are 50% conscious and can't walk across the kitchen let alone get in your car and drive 10 miles!).
With Gov. cutting everything Covid related I doubt they'll be offering anybody not already identified for further boosters but if they do and I get offered one I would still take it despite my reaction to last booster.
Psamathe wrote: ↑28 Apr 2022, 11:52am
out of ours GP said to get to A&E now (not something very practical when you are 50% conscious and can't walk across the kitchen let alone get in your car and drive 10 miles!).
I think there are people who will drive you, including some that have flashing lights and sirens... although those seem to be having problems meeting demand in our area, as you probably know.
I wish you good luck with any future boosters.
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Psamathe wrote: ↑28 Apr 2022, 11:52am
out of ours GP said to get to A&E now (not something very practical when you are 50% conscious and can't walk across the kitchen let alone get in your car and drive 10 miles!).
I think there are people who will drive you, including some that have flashing lights and sirens... although those seem to be having problems meeting demand in our area, as you probably know.
I wish you good luck with any future boosters.
Nobody available. NHS 111 went through the "Are you having a heart attack?" sequence and then said "You are not having a heart attack. If you were you'd be waiting over an hour for an ambulance but as you are not, no way will you get an ambulance". I clearly survived but it (and other similar being unable to get treatments) has left me feeling that we no longer have an NHS and "you're on your own". e.g. I was referred (by GP at request of ENT consultant) for an emergency neurology consultation at hospital which should be two weeks max but I'm now at 18 weeks and only thing I've got is letters saying they have no appointments and will phone me when they do have some.
Psamathe wrote: ↑28 Apr 2022, 12:36pm [...] left me feeling that we no longer have an NHS and "you're on your own". e.g. I was referred (by GP at request of ENT consultant) for an emergency neurology consultation at hospital which should be two weeks max but I'm now at 18 weeks and only thing I've got is letters saying they have no appointments and will phone me when they do have some.
It could be worse - I was referred back to my GP a couple of times, resulting in nearly a year wait for what is supposedly a max 18 week wait service in a way that won't be highlighted in performance statistics - but I share your feeling. Things aren't working as they should. The instruction wouldn't have been impractical if they were.
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(Reactivating old thread is ask a new question) Re: Autumn Booster
Does anybody know what the predominant type of vaccine being used for the Autumn Booster is?
In my area last Autumn they started using mainly Pfizer but then seemed to switch to mainly Moderna. I assume this time it will be either Pfizer or Moderna but is the Pfizer the previous vaccine or the newer mix of previous and Omicron.
Last booster I really suffered (knocked me back for over a month and specialist said lots of people with my condition suffered bad worsening of their condition) so I'm keen to find out in advance and don't want to book, turn-up and decline what's offered (which I regard as irresponsible).
Psamathe wrote: ↑20 Sep 2022, 12:48pm
(Reactivating old thread is ask a new question) Re: Autumn Booster
Does anybody know what the predominant type of vaccine being used for the Autumn Booster is?
In my area last Autumn they started using mainly Pfizer but then seemed to switch to mainly Moderna. I assume this time it will be either Pfizer or Moderna but is the Pfizer the previous vaccine or the newer mix of previous and Omicron. [...]
I understand that both Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccine approvals include the bivalent ones and using those is what the JCVI advise. I'm not sure the public information on nhs.uk has been updated to include that detail yet.
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Psamathe wrote: ↑20 Sep 2022, 12:48pm
(Reactivating old thread is ask a new question) Re: Autumn Booster
Does anybody know what the predominant type of vaccine being used for the Autumn Booster is?
In my area last Autumn they started using mainly Pfizer but then seemed to switch to mainly Moderna. I assume this time it will be either Pfizer or Moderna but is the Pfizer the previous vaccine or the newer mix of previous and Omicron. [...]
I understand that both Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty) vaccine approvals include the bivalent ones and using those is what the JCVI advise. I'm not sure the public information on nhs.uk has been updated to include that detail yet.
Last Autumn the Norfolk County Council online "Find a Walk-In Centre" thing said what vaccines were available at the different walk-in centres. This time there don't seem to be Walk-In (other than Kings Lynn) and even there they have removed the bit saying which vaccines are available. NHS book an appointment does not say what vaccines are available. And after previous experience I am going to be very insistent (but trying not to book and decline). I've tried contacting the Norfolk & Waveney ICB but they are "investigating" (for some time now).
Where on there does it say which each site is using, please?
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Where on there does it say which each site is using, please?
I've called the Cambridge Community Services NHS Trust (who seem to operate many of the vaccination centres in Norfolk) and they don't know and they put me to a NHS number who put me to another until eventually I got somewhere who thought they were the right place and they said they get a fair number of such enquiries and they don't know either.
Less of a problem if we had Walk-In centres as if I queue and decline the offered vaccine I've not wasted an appointment somebody else could have used (just held-up the queue a tiny bit). But Norfolk & Waveney seem to dislike Walk-In and Kings Lynn is my nearest and that's a long way away for me.
Where on there does it say which each site is using, please?
I don't think that it does.
So why did you post it in reply to Psamathe?!?!
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