i had to go back again the other day for my 2nd Hep-B injection - i should have gone a week previously, but they were late with a test to confirm that I didn't have the virus itself (which I don't), so i missed my slot ...
anyway, since i was just there for an injection, i was probably a bit more relaxed, and spent more time looking around at people ...
there were those who didn't look happy to be there ... and some who appeared to be in pain walking, despite wearing loose fitting clothes ...
some people (perhaps more of the women) appeared slightly detached from it all - maybe they couldn't quite believe it was happening ?
and there was a ra-ra bloke who seemed to think it was a jolly good jape ! perhaps he saw it as a badge of honour ?
on of my mates who i was texting from the waiting room said he expected i would see the "serially unrepentant" ... but i'm not sure there were any in this waiting room ...
and finally, there was a girl who appeared to be taking a selfie ... but on reflection, i suspect she was just checking her makeup !
i certainly didn't update my facebook status from the clap clinic !!
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27 January 2016
16 January 2016
even more Hep-B injections
back in june i went for my vaguely annual STD check ... which thankfully came back clear ... but said that i needed a Hepatitis-B booster ... which was a bit annoying, as I went through a series of injections a few years ago ... actually about 6 years ago - doesn't time fly !
the other day i finally went back to my local clap clinic for some more nurse action ... but despite having asked me to return ... they seemed a bit clueless as to why i was there. and that receptionist who looks down his down at me / everybody is still there ... although there was another amazingly cute / nice one as well :)
eventually i got to see a nurse who explained that for some people a standard series of Hep-B injections will give them immunity for life, whilst other people need a double dose of injections, whilst for rare individuals it just doesn't work at all !
so i've had my first, and will have the 2nd in a week's time, the 3rd a couple of weeks later, and the 4th (a booster) six months later. they will do a blood test 6-8 weeks after my booster (4th) injection to see what level my Hep-B antibodies are at ... anything above 10 means that i have immunity.
hopefully it will work this time ... and actually last !
the other day i finally went back to my local clap clinic for some more nurse action ... but despite having asked me to return ... they seemed a bit clueless as to why i was there. and that receptionist who looks down his down at me / everybody is still there ... although there was another amazingly cute / nice one as well :)
eventually i got to see a nurse who explained that for some people a standard series of Hep-B injections will give them immunity for life, whilst other people need a double dose of injections, whilst for rare individuals it just doesn't work at all !
so i've had my first, and will have the 2nd in a week's time, the 3rd a couple of weeks later, and the 4th (a booster) six months later. they will do a blood test 6-8 weeks after my booster (4th) injection to see what level my Hep-B antibodies are at ... anything above 10 means that i have immunity.
hopefully it will work this time ... and actually last !
17 November 2009
more Hep B vaccine jabs ...
when i recently went to my local Sexual Health Clinic, i agreed to get vaccinated against Hep B ... but i didn't realise that i would need an extra 2 jabs to finish off the vaccination ...
however the injections weren't bad, so it wasn't such an ordeal ! although on both my follow up visits the reception staff were again unpleasant ... but on my final trip, the doctor giving my the jab was asking me about my experience of the clinic - so i got to tell her about her miserable and surly colleagues !
the good news is that my well protected sex life has paid off - and i don't have any sexually transmitted diseases ...
however the injections weren't bad, so it wasn't such an ordeal ! although on both my follow up visits the reception staff were again unpleasant ... but on my final trip, the doctor giving my the jab was asking me about my experience of the clinic - so i got to tell her about her miserable and surly colleagues !
the good news is that my well protected sex life has paid off - and i don't have any sexually transmitted diseases ...
11 October 2009
another visit to the clap clinic ...
since it was well over a year since my last sexual health checkup ... i thought i should go and get seen again ...
i did wonder about going private, but there is an NHS clinic near me, and since i don't really consume many public services, it seemed like a waste not to use the NHS ...
my appointment confirmation did say that it might take 2 hours, so i brought plenty of reading material with me ... and i needed it all !
the first impression wasn't great - the receptionist told me to wait (standing right in front of her) as she seemed to be busy with somebody else's file. the other receptionist studiously ignored me. finally a 3rd receptionist arrived, a miserable bloke who seemed annoyed to be there, and told me to fill in a form detailing why i was there. eventually, after a bit of confusion when i handed back the form to a different receptionist i made it into the waiting room ...
about 40 minutes after my appointment time, i was called by a doctor - she was really nice, although seemed a bit rushed, but was really helpful, and discussed again whether i should have a Hepatitis B vaccination ... pointing out that most of Europe vaccinates against it automatically (I already knew the US did), and that the UK is unusual in not doing so. she also suggested that there is a much higher incidence amongst gay men, than in the general population, which is why they offer it - and she suggested that she would want her children to have the vaccine. having declined the vaccine on my previous two visits, i decided to take it this time ...
so after about 5 minutes with the doctor, it was back to the waiting room, and about half an hour later, i got called in by the (rather camp) health advisor. his job was to check that i wasn't going to have a breakdown if any of my tests came back positive - so just a few minutes later i was back to the waiting room ...
my third wait wasn't quite so bad, about 20 minutes later i was called by the very pleasant female nurse, who gave me my first vaccine shot (i have to go back in a week's time for my 2nd, and a couple of months later for my 3rd) ... took 3 vials of my blood ... and 2 swabs from my ass ... and gave me a specimen bottle to piss into ...
so having gone to the bathroom and produced some urine ... and having made an appointment for my 2nd vaccine shot using the surly male receptionist who wasn't impressed that i was interrupting his mobile phone call ... i was finally out of there about an hour and three quarters after arriving ...
i did wonder about going private, but there is an NHS clinic near me, and since i don't really consume many public services, it seemed like a waste not to use the NHS ...
my appointment confirmation did say that it might take 2 hours, so i brought plenty of reading material with me ... and i needed it all !
the first impression wasn't great - the receptionist told me to wait (standing right in front of her) as she seemed to be busy with somebody else's file. the other receptionist studiously ignored me. finally a 3rd receptionist arrived, a miserable bloke who seemed annoyed to be there, and told me to fill in a form detailing why i was there. eventually, after a bit of confusion when i handed back the form to a different receptionist i made it into the waiting room ...
about 40 minutes after my appointment time, i was called by a doctor - she was really nice, although seemed a bit rushed, but was really helpful, and discussed again whether i should have a Hepatitis B vaccination ... pointing out that most of Europe vaccinates against it automatically (I already knew the US did), and that the UK is unusual in not doing so. she also suggested that there is a much higher incidence amongst gay men, than in the general population, which is why they offer it - and she suggested that she would want her children to have the vaccine. having declined the vaccine on my previous two visits, i decided to take it this time ...
so after about 5 minutes with the doctor, it was back to the waiting room, and about half an hour later, i got called in by the (rather camp) health advisor. his job was to check that i wasn't going to have a breakdown if any of my tests came back positive - so just a few minutes later i was back to the waiting room ...
my third wait wasn't quite so bad, about 20 minutes later i was called by the very pleasant female nurse, who gave me my first vaccine shot (i have to go back in a week's time for my 2nd, and a couple of months later for my 3rd) ... took 3 vials of my blood ... and 2 swabs from my ass ... and gave me a specimen bottle to piss into ...
so having gone to the bathroom and produced some urine ... and having made an appointment for my 2nd vaccine shot using the surly male receptionist who wasn't impressed that i was interrupting his mobile phone call ... i was finally out of there about an hour and three quarters after arriving ...
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