Autumn booster.

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Rob Oldfield said:
I just tried calling 119 to see whether I'm eligible and the advice from there was that the guidelines don't make it clear, so best plan would be to rock up at a walk in centre and see what they say. Has anyone tried that?
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Have you tried the NHSbonline booking service. My other half and I did it yesterday, it informs you if your eligible, after you put your NHS number in.
 
grovesy said:
Have you tried the NHSbonline booking service. My other half and I did it yesterday, it informs you if your eligible, after you put your NHS number in.
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Yes. But it looked to me that it was going to end up the same way that you'd get an invite and they'd decide then whether you're actually eligible.
 
Nige13 said:
I got mine booked easily and lots of dates and times available.

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Getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Find out if you’re eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccination and how to get it.
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I see you can only book online if you are over 65 even though everyone over 50 is entitled to a booster. I didn't realise there was a phased approach this time.
 
There do seem to be a few different systems in place, I have had text from the GP, a text and e-mail from NHS app.
It probably depends on which group you are.
 
helli said:
I see you can only book online if you are over 65 even though everyone over 50 is entitled to a booster. I didn't realise there was a phased approach this time.
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It says anyone with a weakened immune system? My condition is diabetes! So I booked 🙂
  • a seasonal booster (autumn booster) for people aged 65 years old and over, frontline health and social care workers, those at higher risk or who are pregnant, and people who have or live with someone who has a weakened immune system
 
helli said:
I see you can only book online if you are over 65 even though everyone over 50 is entitled to a booster. I didn't realise there was a phased approach this time.
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As I am over 65 I did not realise this.
 
Nige13 said:
It says anyone with a weakened immune system? My condition is diabetes! So I booked 🙂
  • a seasonal booster (autumn booster) for people aged 65 years old and over, frontline health and social care workers, those at higher risk or who are pregnant, and people who have or live with someone who has a weakened immune system
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I do not consider diabetes to be a weakened immune system. Some may class Type 1 this way because it is an auto-immune disease but it only attacks insulin producing cells and after nearly 20 years I have none of those left so I didn't consider that relevant to covid.

With a low hba1c and not overweight, my covid risk is low except my age which I can't do anything about. I can't do anything about my gender but women seem to be lower risk so that's a bonus for me.
 
helli said:
I do not consider diabetes to be a weakened immune system. Some may class Type 1 this way because it is an auto-immune disease but it only attacks insulin producing cells and after nearly 20 years I have none of those left so I didn't consider that relevant to covid.

With a low hba1c and not overweight, my covid risk is low except my age which I can't do anything about. I can't do anything about my gender but women seem to be lower risk so that's a bonus for me.
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Last I heard T1s were still in the 'more likely to get serious illness' group. Have you got something more recent?

www.endocrine.org

People over 40 with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized

Adults with type 1 diabetes need to be extra cautious of COVID-19 as they are more likely to be hospitalized and die, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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helli said:
I do not consider diabetes to be a weakened immune system. Some may class Type 1 this way because it is an auto-immune disease but it only attacks insulin producing cells and after nearly 20 years I have none of those left so I didn't consider that relevant to covid.

With a low hba1c and not overweight, my covid risk is low except my age which I can't do anything about. I can't do anything about my gender but women seem to be lower risk so that's a bonus for me.
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You’re in the high risk group because of diabetes regardless of your a1c. If you get sick, blood sugars are harder to control and you’re at higher risk, regardless of your a1c
 
Lucyr said:
You’re in the high risk group because of diabetes regardless of your a1c. If you get sick, blood sugars are harder to control and you’re at higher risk, regardless of your a1c
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Can't remember exactly when (late 2020?), but I did an assessment form that attempted to quantify risk. Basic idea was to map everyone to the risk of a man of a certain age - where being 'older' meant you were more at risk. So you'd start with your actual self and then adjust according to various rules. If I remember right, having well controlled T1 meant that you added 5 years to your age, but having badly controlled T1 meant you added 12. Women got to chop 5 years off their age which I was very jealous of.
 
I had my booster this morning - the nurse administering it advised me that I may have more side effects this time due to having had covid (2 months ago). So far just a slightly sore arm (looking for the paracetamol to make sure it doesn't prevent me sleeping...)
 
Rob Oldfield said:
Last I heard T1s were still in the 'more likely to get serious illness' group. Have you got something more recent?

www.endocrine.org

People over 40 with type 1 diabetes and COVID-19 are more likely to be hospitalized

Adults with type 1 diabetes need to be extra cautious of COVID-19 as they are more likely to be hospitalized and die, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
www.endocrine.org www.endocrine.org
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Ive still got my appointment! 🙂 all that matters!
 
Lucyr said:
You’re in the high risk group because of diabetes regardless of your a1c. If you get sick, blood sugars are harder to control and you’re at higher risk, regardless of your a1c
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The level of risk is dependent on a number of things including hba1c, weight, gender, age, other health conditions, ...
I try to minimise the risk for the things I can manage such as hba1c and weight and general fitness.

I had covid earlier this year. Thankfully, it was no worse than a cold and found my blood sugars no harder to manage (I don't use the word "control") than with any other cold.
 
My GP surgery are using a text-based booking system. I had the message a few days ago, and really must follow up on it!
 
Our surgery has never been involved in the Covid Vaccine roll out it was undertaken by a another surgery in the area. The strange thing is my other half who does not have Diabetes but same age as me, got the text from NHS to book his but I never received one. Booked online, had text today to fill in pre vaccine information for next Saturday's appointment.
 
Just had Covid and flu at our surgery and despite precise appointment times we still had to queue for an hour. Queue for the vaccines then queue to register you had had it.
 
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