This morning I was invited to attend a special Williams & Humbert event at the Sherry Cocktail Bar. The tasting was led by W & H rep Abraham Burgos with three wines that had been chosen by resident somm & mixologist Eduardo Rodríguez: Fino en Rama 2015 (bottled 2024) an Amontillado en Rama 2010 (bottles 2024) and Canasta Cream VORS (30+ years old).
It was great. First of all to see several people I knew at the tasting and also to meet Abraham, who had recently been in touch with me about a possible collaboration. And of course I always love seeing Edu! The wines were spectacular. I’ll be writing more about it over on Bitesize Sevilla… now it’s time for bed!
No, not that kind 😉. Last week I saw a traumatologist at a different health centre than I’m usually sent to and I explained to the doctor that I’d been given a shot of cortisone in my shoulder in July and was told to come back for another one if that one either didn’t work or wore off. And well, it was a bit of both as it seemed to give me some relief but not for very long at all, maybe a week or two. Anyhow this doc said she wasn’t going to do that because “too many of those can further damage your shoulder!” and recommended that I go to rehabilitation instead. Then she said this wasn’t the same as physiotherapy because it “goes deeper” and then also said that if the rehab didn’t help I would need surgery (!!!). Anyhow, I don’t actually understand the difference between rehab and physio but I guess I’ll find out as my first rehab appointment has just come through for December 14th. Watch this space!
Went for my Covid-Flu boosters yesterday and thought I’d try my luck getting the shingles jab again. I tried a couple of years ago only to be told I’d missed my moment – the 2-year age window when it’s covered by the health care system. Otherwise it costs about 300€ for the two-jab vaccine. But then I remembered that the year I became eligible (2022) was the same year I got Covid TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE BOOSTER DATE. So I had to postpone getting the booster for five months. By that time nobody thought to tell me I was also eligible for the shingles one (like they had done with the pneumonia jab the previous year). And so I let it slide until I started reading that getting the shingles jab was a very good idea for all kinds of reasons. Anyhow, I thought I’d try again today.
Luckily the vaccination consulting room was pretty quiet and when the guy was checking on the computer to see which vaccines I was up for I asked if I could also get the shingles one. Nope, sorry, blah blah… so then I told them my tale of woe, missing my moment, and that I’d heard it was also helpful for people with cardiological issues – like me! – and was told I would have to get my GP to make an appointment if they thought it was warranted (are you kidding? tried that one last year). So then I gave them (there were about four of them standing around) my saddest eyes, looking from one to the other and saying… are you sure there’s no other way??
And thank god computer guy gave in and shouted “do we have this one in the fridge?” (they did!) and I was in. I got Covid-Flu in the right arm and Shingles in the left, and I go back for the second one end of December. Phew! Arms are pretty sore at the moment but it’s worth it.
