I want to thank everyone here who kept me company during my participation in this clinical trial this week. Your likes, boosts, replies, and just knowing you were "reading along" made the experience better. Thank you!
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My wife is several hours away in NH through tomorrow morning. Now that I've been discharged from the hospital, do I hop on my #motorcycle to go find her, a romantic gesture she may or may not appreciate since she presumably has already figured out how to spend the time, or stay home and see her tomorrow when she gets home?
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#PrinceOllie and #Merlin greeted me at the door to inspect my suitcase and get pets, but they refused to be photogenic about it.
My son also greeted me at the door to ask if I would be resuming responsibility for Merlin's insulin and to tell me that his bedroom smoke detector is malfunctioning. He did not say hello or welcome me home. Teenagers. 🤷
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I was going to take a Lyft home because I didn't want to deal with my big-ass suitcase on the bus, but then I walked out the front door of the hospital and discovered it's a beautiful day, so I opted for the bus (two buses with a transfer, actually).
P.S. #GenX folks, remember how when we were growing up suitcases didn't have wheels on them? Now that's a technological advance I can support without reservations.
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Discharge paperwork completed. Door propped open for the first time since Monday means I'm free free to walk out whenever I want. Mask back on because I'm leaving my safe enclave!
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Last night I started the doxycycline I need to take for a week to purge any remaining vaccine bacteria from my system. This morning I took the second dose. Doxy can cause nausea. It didn't last night, but did this morning. Weird.
In other news, one of the study doctors just stopped by and confirmed my sample from yesterday was negative again and I'm being discharged today! Time to get dressed and pack up my stuff.
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A few days ago when I ordered pancakes for breakfast, I asked the rep on the phone, "Do they come with syrup and butter?" and she said, "Yes, of course," and they did.
So when I ordered pancakes again this morning, I didn't mention them, and "of course" I ended up with no syrup or butter. Apparently she meant, "Yes, of course, _because you asked for them_," so maybe she should have said that.
Fortunately I had a syrup packet left over from last time. No butter though. 😞
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I am looking at the hospital food service menu trying to decide what to order for dinner tonight, and I see that the vegetarian option on the weekly menu for today is "baked lentil shepherd's pie".
I will not be fooled again: https://federate.social/users/jik/statuses/113408574762529783
But that means I still need to figure out what to order for dinner. *sigh*
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Furthermore, I've just been told that even the people before me in this phase who didn't have completely negative samples DID have significantly reduced levels of bacteria compared to the previous trial phase, so all the data they're getting back so far is showing that the vaccine is at least somewhat effective for everyone. Though, of course, the sample size is still very low, so more data is needed.
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