General Medical issues thread

[Beer_budget]

You can get neurologist to add in a MRA (MR angio) if the MRI does not show anything . But if no brain found then MRA is moot

I am very much hoping for nothing (well, nothing of clinical significance, I do hope they find a brain!). Mr Champagne Tastes did not appreciate me suggesting that a brain aneurysm wouldn't really be my problem anyway.

 

[VPS]

1800Medicare popped up with an alert last week that my pneumococcal vaccine ( pneumonia) was overdue, since 2024. Odd.

Asked my GP about it during a visit for another reason and he says yes there’s been a new vaccine out recently.

So in it went, free, courtesy of that nice Dr Chalmers.

That's interesting I didn't get the popup but saw my GP for annual check up so she suggested it - Covid one arm and pneumococcal in the other

 

[Pushka]

That's interesting I didn't get the popup but saw my GP for annual check up so she suggested it - Covid one arm and pneumococcal in the other

Me either. And this is a first too! Used to be 70. And I wasn't that then. I think it's a Live vaccine so can't have it if so





Turns out it isn't live so it's ok to have. The rules changed July 1 when the vaccination changed. Maybe this is a WCMO because they changed the rules and now suddenly I'm the one at fault with such messages.