Prep for going to get my monthly Nucala (asthma) injection at a clinic:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">I usually wear black, so I put on all-grey clothes to remind myself which outfit was the out-of-the-house outfit at laundry time.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">left a change of clothes in the shed
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Put on cloth mask with filter for asbestos lining.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Put on bike helmet.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Put on hygienic gloves.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Put on full-finger bike gloves.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">"Siri, begin Strava" don& #39;t touch phone again until I get home.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Bike 4km to appointment.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Glasses slip a bit on my mask. Push & #39;em up with back lower knuckle of right thumb only.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Only touch things with double-gloved left hand:
>>Open door to clinic building
>>Press for elevator
>>Press floor
>>Open clinic door
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Hold health card up for unmasked secretary.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Note: only 4 people in small waiting room, on sitting at different walls. I stand.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Before entering clinic room, I have to wait in open doorway. They start mixing meds.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Remove my hoodie (this is an injection) & bike gloves
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Told I need to remove my latex gloves too: taking my pulse with the finger-pinching thingee. Assured its sterile. Sanitizer after.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Take my blood pressure.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">They hand me thermometer to put under my tongue. I lower my mask. More sanitizer.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond"> All this is standard every month.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Mask back up after temp. I note it& #39;s just cloth and asbestos-filter, but makes me feel better. Small talk with the two (PPE wearing) nurses.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Vitals are all good. Meds are mixing.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Injection time. Left arm this month. The usual.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Nurse applies bandaid.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Thank both of them for their work and say I& #39;ll see you next month.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Put fresh hygienic glove on my left hand to open door to hallway.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Put hoodie back on in the hallway.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Press for empty elevator with left gloved knuckle.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Bike gloves back on. Unlock bike. 4km ride to home.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Take off pants and shirt in the shed. Put on new pants & shirt, bag the other clothes.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Still in the shed, use Clorox "influenza-killing" spray on health card, keys, cellphone, bike handles, bike brakes, lock.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Go inside, wash hands twice.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Have a shower. Wash my face 3x, whole body twice.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Third set of clothes. Soap up my glasses and wash them for more than 30 seconds in the sink.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Try not to stress. Make breezy comments to the kids.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Touch base with work.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">Write Twitter thread so I have the illusion of control over my asthma, my fussy lungs, and all the myriad factors and vectors that go into the spread of a pandemic.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">I need a coffee.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="๐Ÿ”น" title="Small blue diamond" aria-label="Emoji: Small blue diamond">End.
Looking at this thread, I think I neglected to mention washing my hands about 6 times between arriving home and getting in the shower. Washed them after I touched anything.
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