“Good morning Rupert. I’d like to introduce you to my new friend Covid. Covid will be living with me for a little while but unlike your good self, indications are that it will fuck off in about a week and allow me to get back to my life”.
The Pan Pac Games were a wonderful opportunity to renew old friendships and gave me the opportunity, perhaps for the last time, to embarrass myself out on the Baseball Field as I attempted to relive past glories. They also provided Covid with the perfect setting for a “super spreader” event.
Like plenty of other participants, I’ve returned home with the Virus. So far the symptoms haven’t been too bad (attention all Cookers out there – it’s actually a lot worse than a dose of the flu!) and by taking the recommended Molnupiravir Antiviral I should be fine in a week or so. It has a list price of $1,101.39 but is available to my demographic for $6.80. Have to love our PBS socialised medicine system – thanks Gough!
I thought of giving my dear friend Peter Manning a call, to obtain some Horse Wormer but decided to stick with the actual Medical advice and go with the Science. Peter is the best horse trainer I’ve ever met and a genius in his area of expertise but just like I wouldn’t ask my GP how to train a horse, I won’t be asking Peter should I be taking Ivermectin to treat Covid.
You would think that when God was deciding to inflict Covid upon the World, he might have engineered a Virus that would say, attack and destroy Cancer Cells, instead of one that goes after the health of the sick and the elderly and the vulnerable in this World. He’s a funny old bastard is God. I bet he’s having a real laugh at all the pain and damage his virus has caused.😃
I’m now awaiting an appointment with my Urologist to commence a course of Hormone Therapy and hopefully this upswing in Covid cases won’t overwhelm the Hospital services as it has done previously. I’d prefer to get cracking on the treatment sooner rather than later. Given that the aim of the treatment is to basically remove all testosterone from my body, perhaps I’ll be able to get a medical exemption to play in the Women’s Baseball Competition going forward🤔.
My Grandson Mitchell kicked off the ABL Season with a good weekend for his new Team, the Canberra Cavalry. Hit the ball really well, caught great and they won all 4 games so it was a nice start to the season.
I’m writing this at 3.15 in the morning and I think I’m safe in assuming that one of the side effects for me of combining Rupert with Covid is insomnia. Might have to see if a nice bottle of red every night will help me sleep. Purely for medicinal reasons only of course.
Stay safe my friends and please mask up, not just for your own health, but also for the well being of others. Invest in some N95 masks and wear them in Public settings. It’s a small inconvenience that just might save the life of someone you care about.
Love Russ ⭕️❌
Living With Rupert 