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Mar. 12th, 2021 08:55 pmI got my first dose of vaccine today. I had no idea I was eligible until Thursday evening, after my therapist mentioned that "severe mental illness" is on the NHS list of conditions that put you at a higher COVID risk - which I wasn't sure about, but then I looked at it and bipolar disorder is mentioned specifically. So I went back and forth about it for a while - aren't other people more deserving?? my bipolar disorder is very well controlled! really it's just a technicality that I'm on the list! - and then decided that that's not a productive line of inquiry. I typed in my NHS number, it checked my eligibility and and then told me I could be vaccinated in the next 12 hours within walking distance from my house.
So I went! And it turned out that a) the vaccination centre opened for the first time yesterday and b) everything is going like clockwork. I got there, they took my name and details, sent me from marshal to marshal, asked me how I was and what I do for a living and if I'm having a nice day, and jabbed me unremarkably in the arm. I got dressed up for the occasion. I came home feeling good about it.
Anyway. I encourage you, if you have a health condition that the NHS knows about, not to make my mistake and actually check the list. Maybe you're on it, and as wise people keep telling me, every person who gets vaccinated lowers the risk for everyone else.
Otherwise: I'm still here, against my better judgement. It's nearly a year since my dad had the covid and the stroke, somehow. Phoebe's funeral was on Wednesday.
So I went! And it turned out that a) the vaccination centre opened for the first time yesterday and b) everything is going like clockwork. I got there, they took my name and details, sent me from marshal to marshal, asked me how I was and what I do for a living and if I'm having a nice day, and jabbed me unremarkably in the arm. I got dressed up for the occasion. I came home feeling good about it.
Anyway. I encourage you, if you have a health condition that the NHS knows about, not to make my mistake and actually check the list. Maybe you're on it, and as wise people keep telling me, every person who gets vaccinated lowers the risk for everyone else.
Otherwise: I'm still here, against my better judgement. It's nearly a year since my dad had the covid and the stroke, somehow. Phoebe's funeral was on Wednesday.