Ocrevus infusion

I had the twice-a-year Ocrevus infusion today.

Almost everything went well, although that the first vein the phlebotomist tried didn't work well. She tried using a vein in my left arm, at my suggestion, and when the first attempt on that side left a small bruise, she used a vein in the right arm. I suspected that would happen -- I have better veins (for IVs and blood draws) in that arm, probably because I'm right-handed, and because I'm right-handed I didn't want to worry about moving that arm.

I was thinking of going to Watertown or Belmont after the infusion and buy olives and pita bread and such, but by the time I'd finished with the infusion and the hour waiting period in case of side effects, I didn't want to deal with shopping and decisions like which olives to get. Instead, I took the bus a couple of stops and went to Darwin's for a cup of chai, which I drank on a bench outside the cafe. I got up early this morning and left the house at about 7:30, getting to Mt. Auburn Hospital a few minutes before my 8:30 appointment. Between that and running around yesterday and Monday to do occupational therapy and have a blood draw, I am not at all surprised that I just wanted to go home.

I will be back at Mt. Auburn Hospital Monday, for another dose of Evusheld, and I might get olives etc. then.

Liz Truss becomes a trivia question

The question being either "what was the shortest term of a British prime minister? p "who served the shortest term as British prime minister?" or the trickier "how long was the shortest term of a British prime minister?'

Someone in Ireland is probably already taking bets on whether Truss's successor will beat that record. (British bookmakers aren't supposed to take bets on British elections, and this may fall within that.)

Also, the Grauniad has a list of n"shortest-serving world leaders." Two men are tied for shortest, one on a technicality--the Guiness book of World Records is counting the never-proclaimed Louis XIX of France:

He was, apparently king only between the time of his father’s abdication signature and that of his own, both of which were on the same document.