Day 7 | Sunday, October 30, 2016 Today is Steve’s birthday. It feels a little abnormal because we aren’t round family, I haven’t planned anything special and honestly the day will most likely pass without any fanfare. Steve keeps telling me that it is ok because I have found a place for us to move … [Read more…]
What a process just getting vaccines for this trip has been and hindsight is 20/20. When we decided that we were going to go on this trip I began researching which vaccines were required and which were recommended by the CDC. I compiled a list of 11 vaccines (see list below) and took the list … [Read more…]
The vaccine misinformation continues. Summer has been going back and forth with our health insurance to get them to pay for our vaccines. They tell us that they are covered under our plan, but we have yet to see a dime of reimbursement. On the last call she had with them, she was told that … [Read more…]
Phew my brain HURTS! After an obscene amount of research I finally feel like we can make an informed decision about what antimalarial medication to take and in what countries we need to take it. First, I have to say that I find it frustrating when you ask a pharmacist what the difference is between the various antimalarial medications … [Read more…]
This has been Summer’s favorite vaccine so far, due to the fact that she has 2 main fears; a fear of needles and a fear of snakes. If needles come up in conversation or they are shown on TV, she starts turning white as a ghost. While I have not tested my theory, for obvious … [Read more…]
While talking to the Pharmacist tonight we learned a new piece of vital information. There are multiple types or vaccines, live being one of them. Live vaccines contain a weakened version of the virus. You can receive multiple live vaccines at one time, but if you do not get them within a 24 hour period of the … [Read more…]
So while Summer was doing research for where to get the Yellow Fever vaccine, since the Walgreens that we went to for TDaP was not certified to administer it, she found that Costco had it. After talking to one of the pharmacists there, we found that they have all of the vaccines that we need … [Read more…]
We went to Walgreens with our list of vaccines to see which ones they offered, and to get started on our once a week regiment. They had 3 on the list (TDaP, MMR, & Hepatitis A), could order 1 more (Rabies), needed a prescription for 2 (Malaria & Typhoid), and are not certified to administer 1 (Yellow … [Read more…]
It has been 5 weeks since my last post. I had a doctor’s appointment today to check on my progress in treating the latent viruses and the rheumatoid arthritis protocol. The good news is that I am feeling much better. I think we are finally getting to the root of my issues and I am starting … [Read more…]
Let me start by saying this post is so far outside of my comfort zone and my norm that it has taken at least an extra week to write and brought me to tears more times than I can count in that time. If you know me at all and you start to reflect on what … [Read more…]