Thank you for the cards. I don’t know if it’s my people pleasing nature but just asking healthcare providers to do something atypical is incredibly hard for me. I appreciate the info, this is the first year I’m aware of this difference but I want to be well protected as we are planning a 9 day trip for our 10 year anniversary in November.
Literally used your card today after a quick search and while the nurse was a little taken aback by my request, I explained a bit more and she saw the light about the intramuscular piece and got the longer needle for my vax update 🤗 she thanked me afterwards and said she added a note to my file for future ✊🏻
After skimming it, I think it's interesting as a pilot study, but I would need to see a lot more evidence to feel completely comfortable for a few reason. First, it was a small study. Only 249 of the 402 people in the study had paired blood samples and, of those, only 11 were in the "insufficient needle length" category (The mean BMI was "29.1 (7.6)" Again, this is just from skimming and it is an interesting study. I think there should absolutely be more studies on this!
Thank you for the cards. I don’t know if it’s my people pleasing nature but just asking healthcare providers to do something atypical is incredibly hard for me. I appreciate the info, this is the first year I’m aware of this difference but I want to be well protected as we are planning a 9 day trip for our 10 year anniversary in November.
Literally used your card today after a quick search and while the nurse was a little taken aback by my request, I explained a bit more and she saw the light about the intramuscular piece and got the longer needle for my vax update 🤗 she thanked me afterwards and said she added a note to my file for future ✊🏻
While I wish the nurse had known, I'm so grateful for your advocacy here - I'll be this impacts a lot of patients. Well done and thanks!
Curious about your thoughts on this one, Ragen. I found it quite reassuring re: the mRNA vaccines. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X22008398?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0FvFZkPKhPFguvE2epjsl9qQ9m5LS8bGsFZM8JV0BF8kgNcX8XfkLtEJQ_aem_YiPbFFD9SrNr4j7TXFbg4w
After skimming it, I think it's interesting as a pilot study, but I would need to see a lot more evidence to feel completely comfortable for a few reason. First, it was a small study. Only 249 of the 402 people in the study had paired blood samples and, of those, only 11 were in the "insufficient needle length" category (The mean BMI was "29.1 (7.6)" Again, this is just from skimming and it is an interesting study. I think there should absolutely be more studies on this!