I saw my doctor in early September for a checkup. The
third booster was due to arrive the following week, and he said I should get it
as soon as I could. A few days later, however, I had my usual cold symptoms of scratchy
throat, achy chest, and runny nose, and when I called him to check, he said to
wait until my symptoms had gone away. This turned out to be more than three
weeks, during which I had two Covid tests (both negative) and continued to wear
my mask outdoors.
Finally, I
thought I was recovered and called a nearby community clinic to make an
appointment for the third booster. At that point, the next available opening
was two weeks away, Oct. 17. Not great, but better than none at all.
Then, last
week, I got a voicemail saying I would have to reschedule. When I called back
to reschedule, the scheduling people knew nothing about the clinic needing to
reschedule; their data showed only that I’d been sent a text confirming my Oct.
17 appointment. This was very confusing. I listened again to the voicemail, and
the young man was definitely saying I had to reschedule.
So, should
I wait until Oct. 17, show up at the clinic, and then be told whatever it was
that was causing them to want me to reschedule? Or should I find another way?
I called my
independent pharmacy, downtown. (My local pharmacies also had boosters, but
even when I’d made an appointment for earlier boosters, there’d been a long
line. I didn’t want to do that again.) When I called, I was told I had to make
my appointment online. And hurrah, when I went online, there was one open time
the next day which I could make. Friday, Oct. 14, I took the subway downtown,
got the shot, waited the requisite 10 minutes, and went home. No reaction to
the vaccine, other than the usual sore arm from the needle.
I am now
triple-boosted. Still haven’t gotten Covid. Feel very lucky.
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