Satsuma @Satsuma@cat.family

@pagrus @pamela she’s not bothered by how they look— soft collagen runs in the family so anything with earloops are out for all of us—auras have worked well for me and my dad but they’re too large for her and (to a slightly lesser extent) my older sibling.

@pamela @pagrus yeah I feel like you should be able to like, go to your gp or local health clinic or whatever and fit test a bunch of masks and insurance (or really the govt) should just cover that as a Normal Part Of Preventative Healthcare

@pagrus @pamela yeah my mother has really struggled to find a (k)n95 that fits her, and its definitely impacted her willingness to wear masks, unfortunately. And then due to knowing how much fit issues can impair effectiveness, its definitely harder to argue about as well :/

@pamela tbf i did decline the tdap at the time bc it was a bad day to be all achey and post vaccinated but yeah i wish my immunologist did vaccinations!! they have plenty of people trained in injections bc they do allergy shots in the very same office but for some reason they just don’t stock/offer vaccines as standard?? *grouches*

and thank you!! the pharmacy is close and i was able to get a late afternoon appointment so it should go okay i think

@pamela it’s a trap, clearly!

And *both* of my last two doctors appointments came with a vaccine recommendation (pneumovax from asthma, and i’m up for my 10 year tdap booster according to gp) so i’m going to try to do that at the end of this week too *hides under a blanket*

@pamela

Drs appointment was productive but man, doing things

@soph_sol gotta love an excuse to go reread your bookmarks 😆

@ysabet yep 😔

@ysabet ugh yeah thats frustrating! I also developed mine over time, though mostly during my teens when I was also busy developing symptoms for a whole host of other medical issues

@ysabet yeah i’m in a similar boat where i’ve just assumed it was a simple nickel allergy (which is pretty common) and mostly not had issues with anything but costume jewelry

but i have a piece of white gold that i *might* have problems mild with??? so i asked and it turns out to be extremely answerable