Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Buzz Cut and Pig Sniffles

Yesterday, Neil went to scratch his eyebrow and the hairs came out. Before the hair on his head starts falling out, he's going to get a buzz cut (probably today). That just makes it a little easier to deal with instead of clumps falling out when he sleeps or showers.

I'm trying in vain to find him a dose of the H1N1 vaccine. His oncologist told us to get it from our PCP, but neither of our doctors have it and have no idea when they will get it. Neil doesn't have the energy to stand in one of the 2-3 hour clinic lines and I'm afraid that would expose him to a lot of germs anyway. Walgreens and the Urgent Care Clinic are germ pits (we got our regular flu shots at the clinic before he started chemo). It's a little frustrating but freaking out does no good. If anyone has any tips of where he can get the shot without being in a huge crowd, please let me know.

UPDATE: Thanks to Stacia for this link. https://h1n1vaccine.odh.ohio.gov/ I pre-registered Neil. He is considered a "Tier 2" while pregnant women, those caring for children under 6 months of age, and people aged 24 and under are "Tier 1." If you sign up there, you answer some preliminary questions that help them determine your tier and they will alert you when a vaccine is available via text or email. So it looks like it's not going to be available to Tier 2 people for some time...just have to keep up the hand washing, Lysol and avoiding crowds.

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