Ouch

[kevin_standlee]

Yesterday was my semi-annual diabetes check-in. Things are about where they have been. Maybe slightly improved due to adding a new medication to the mix. Nothing else has gone wrong. Losing weight would help. I wonder if the large numbers of steps I'm logging this week is helping. Also on the docket yesterday was the second and final dose of a shingles vaccine. As they warned me, I'm having a slightly adverse reaction to the shot — mainly lots of soreness in my upper left arm where they injected it (oddly, I didn't feel the shot itself at all) and up through my neck and upper back. It's annoying, not debilitating, and it's a whole lot better than getting shingles! Still, I'm glad that I'm not driving home today because I'm slightly unsteady.

Tonight I'll take light rail downtown to 3 Below Theatre to see Nine: The Musical. Getting back to the RV will be a hassle because late at night light rail doesn't serve the Mountain View line. There's a bus substitute, but it doesn't follow all of the light rail stops through the part of Sunnyvale where I'm parked, and I understand why. It's still annoying. At least now I know the last train to the last bus, where to get off, and where to walk to get back to the RV, and the weather is mild.

Tomorrow I can sleep in a bit before driving home.

Comments

[lindadee]

Maybe someone can give you a lift?

[kevin_standlee]

Assuming you meant "a lift back to my RV after the show," the answer would have been "None of my friends were going to that performance." A bunch went the night before, but Thursday night does not work at all for me when I am working and have a 4 AM alarm.

As it is, the bus stop turned out to be 1700 steps (about 20 minutes walk) from the van. Not really a problem, especially in the mild weather.

[garyomaha]

I got my second Shingrix shot last week. It took nearly A YEAR on the waiting list to receive the first shot, but the second was right on time. I, too, had some arm pain (and some wooziness) from the shots, but I, too, know the short-term annoyance was worth it. This must be strong stuff, because my annual flu shots have never bothered me one bit.