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Also, worrying but hardly surprising news that over 40% of over-80s have broken lockdown rules since having their jabs, even if that was only in the last week or so. Mixed messages getting through again? :(

A suggestion that after-effects are more common (or at least are logged more frequently) after the second dose: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/covid-vaccine-side-effects-after-effects-more-common-after-second-shot-of-vaccine/ar-BB1ef2gW?ocid=ASUDHP&li=AAnZ9Ug Does this imply that I...

Another article suggesting that blood group type may influence people's reaction to Covid-19: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/mindandbody/why-type-a-blood-may-increase-covid-19-risk/ar-BB1ecX69?ocid=ASUDHP&li=BBoPWjQ

Apparently, some more, skin-related, symptoms that it might be worth being aware of: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/coronavirus-new-strain-symptoms-four-warning-signs-on-your-skin-to-spot/ar-BB1ecuCq?ocid=ASUDHP&li=BBoPWjQ

Shocking.

:rolleyes: Because of course cost-effectiveness is far more vital a consideration for the NHS than whether something actually works, isn't it?

Getting back to the outsourcing problem: it's known in my field that certain companies tendering for the work put together lists of well-qualified people who they contractually agree to use for doing the work, then after they've won the contract on the basis of those people they farm out the...

Are you positive about that? I'd have thought even that could be regarded as "stimulating". Sounds as though you're using Abilify to augment the moclobemide, then? I think my caree has probably come off it. I must ask her.

That's all these clinically extremely vulnerable people who have been instructed to stay at home / self-isolate until the end of March, I presume. (We're still waiting, too). And GPs *do* do home visits to administer vaccines: I was talking to one who had been only last weekend. But it may be...

Yes, there was about 5 minutes' worth on that bit, which I thought was really good given the length of the programme. And this time he didn't accidentally say anything about GET :)

In the early days, it was generally being recommended to take paracetamol rather than ibuprofen if you caught Covid-19 itself - I can't remember exactly why now, something to do with the anti-inflammatory effect - but I don't know whether that has anything to do with it.

Oh, lunarainbows, I'm sure it doesn't help, but you're not alone. A couple of boroughs along, we're waiting for a home visit, too. 4 weeks now since the surgery's initial call to sound caree out on having a jab ...

It's about "£$%$"£^"£& time. We got the ESA one recorded, but of course not PIP - that wasn't allowed. So we had no evidence to prove what a selective work of fiction the "healthcare professional"'s report was. There were comments in there which totally misrepresented my caree's walking...

Ooh, barrier cream! I've been looking for that for ages (Boots no longer seem to sell it) - it's really great for stopping shoe polish from penetrating into the skin and then being a real pain to get out again. Can I ask what it was and where you got it - and if it was actually called barrier...

So, I got off the phone from a friend earlier this evening. When I told her I'd had the vaccination, she said she'd absolutely refuse to have it, citing the rushed development, the very low percentage of people outside the at-risk categories - which she's not in, admittedly - suffering severe...

I've been wondering, since Covid-19 must largely have put a stop to in-person assessments, and in particular tribunals, whether pwME have had better luck with PIP applications and the like since more paper-based assessments and phone assessments have been allowed?

I'm reminded of my caree's home assessment for PIP (Personal "Independence" Payment): the assessor assured us that, as a former cancer nurse, he "understood fatigue". Yet the assessment report he wrote showed that he had no comprehension of her condition at all. So maybe be a bit careful with...

Not surprising since the MEA website was redesigned :( I don't think the GP surgeries necessarily know which vaccine they're going to get on a day-to-day basis! Mine had started off with the Pfizer that day, then switched over to AstraZeneca once that had run out, I think.

This thread has been split from the Covid-19 Vaccines and Vaccination thread. I had my Covid-19 jab yesterday (Oxford/AstraZeneca), and thought people might be interested in my reaction to it. However, this should be taken in context: 1. I don't have ME. 2. The day before, I was under a...

Yes, the form I had to fill in asked about PEG, I think.