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This page has more info; not sure if I saw this one last time:
https://edvfood.com/2015/10/24/vegan-flu-shots-2015-update/
The original article above (from 2015) indicated that Target had the Flublok (egg-free, recombinant) vaccine available, but a later comment on the article indicated that they no longer did in 2016.
https://www.sanofiflu.com/locator/locator-map.cfm - this page lets you search for places that offer FluBlok
Based on my search, the local Kroger and Walmart store pharmacies have it.
I called my Kroger to verify. They have both FluBlok and the TD (tetanus/dyphtheria) booster shot available.
So I plan to stop by there one day this week after work to get both of them.
Before this, I'd never have thought of going to Kroger for immunization shots.
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Lately, I've gotten several emails from my insurance plan, reminding & advising us to get flu shots. Driving home on Friday, I thought about it again, and my right upper arm immediately started phantom-aching simply from thinking about it. It was odd/amusing, as I don't even remember the last time I've gotten a shot in my upper arm.
Yesterday morning, I was talking with Qiao, who's already gotten the flu shot this year. I asked if they give it in the upper arm; he said yes. Then we got to talking about tetanus shots, etc., as I remembered I needed a booster for that too, from my above post.
Later that day, I accidentally jabbed my finger with a safety pin, and then started worrying a bit about tetanus.
So now I have a concrete plan of action.
.
After my efforts 2 years ago to get myself an official primary care doctor, the doctor's office sent a letter earlier this year that he'd left the practice (I suppose he moved or transferred somewhere else). That disappointed me, as he'd seemed nice and competent the few times I'd seen him. The letter said that they'd soon be contacting me to get set up an appointment with one of the other doctors at that location, but they never did.
So I probably won't bother setting up an appointment for an annual exam this year, as there seems to be no reason for doing so.
This page has more info; not sure if I saw this one last time:
https://edvfood.com/2015/10/24/vegan-flu-shots-2015-update/
The original article above (from 2015) indicated that Target had the Flublok (egg-free, recombinant) vaccine available, but a later comment on the article indicated that they no longer did in 2016.
https://www.sanofiflu.com/locator/locator-map.cfm - this page lets you search for places that offer FluBlok
Based on my search, the local Kroger and Walmart store pharmacies have it.
I called my Kroger to verify. They have both FluBlok and the TD (tetanus/dyphtheria) booster shot available.
So I plan to stop by there one day this week after work to get both of them.
Before this, I'd never have thought of going to Kroger for immunization shots.
.
Lately, I've gotten several emails from my insurance plan, reminding & advising us to get flu shots. Driving home on Friday, I thought about it again, and my right upper arm immediately started phantom-aching simply from thinking about it. It was odd/amusing, as I don't even remember the last time I've gotten a shot in my upper arm.
Yesterday morning, I was talking with Qiao, who's already gotten the flu shot this year. I asked if they give it in the upper arm; he said yes. Then we got to talking about tetanus shots, etc., as I remembered I needed a booster for that too, from my above post.
Later that day, I accidentally jabbed my finger with a safety pin, and then started worrying a bit about tetanus.
So now I have a concrete plan of action.
.
After my efforts 2 years ago to get myself an official primary care doctor, the doctor's office sent a letter earlier this year that he'd left the practice (I suppose he moved or transferred somewhere else). That disappointed me, as he'd seemed nice and competent the few times I'd seen him. The letter said that they'd soon be contacting me to get set up an appointment with one of the other doctors at that location, but they never did.
So I probably won't bother setting up an appointment for an annual exam this year, as there seems to be no reason for doing so.