I went, and I spent

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I got around early this morning and made some phone calls that I needed to make. Due to the answers on the phone calls, and due to hubby having a library book to turn in, we went to McPherson, first thing. While there I spent nearly $250, but have nothing in my hands to show for it. That is because I got my shingles shot and a Tdap. I wanted to get them before I went back to school. Tdap protects against tetanus, diptheria and pertussis. Two years ago one of our custodians got pertussis and was very sick. I guess your immunity there wears off. I do not worry much about diptheria. As much as I am in the yard and the sheds and messing with construction and other stuff, a tetanus shot seemed a good idea. Shingles shows up if you have ever had chicken pox. It is stimulated by stress. We do not have any stress right now, do we? I have also known of people who broke out in shingles when they were around children who got chickenpox. I work in a school. I will get a flu shot in September, after I give blood again. I will also get a second shingles shot sometime in the next six months. I had toyed with the idea of not getting the shingles shot, until someone I know said her cardiologist said shingles can hurt your heart. VA gave Bob these two shots last month. I have had good luck with the flu shots and that is why I will continue to take it. I work in a petri dish for disease, a school. I only had two colds last year. One may have actually been a problem from dust in the air from cutting out part of a wall. Or. . . it was the right time to have possibly been corona. I would not want to be one of the first ones to get a Corona vaccine, but it is something I would likely consider down the line. My pocket book did not really get hurt. I had over $1000 in my flexible spending account that I have to use up by November or I will forfeit it. I have to spend it on health care related things. This works.