I've just had a video chat with a friend that lives quite far. We do talk on the phone once or twice a month but haven't seen each other (or video called) for ages.
I was telling her about dh having pain in his leg and how he was prescribed antibiotics and was told its inflammation. I told her we were worried that it might be blood clots/ deep vein thrombosis but it was ruled out. The backstory is he had op a few weeks ago and he is on anticoagulants that have been played around with a lot because of the op. She knows that as I've told her before.
Anyway, as soon as I said blood clots she started reminding me that we have had the Astra zeneca vaccine. That she knows so and so that is struggling with blood clots as a result. That even though it has been a few years, it's always going to stay in our body...
I was too gobsmacked to come up with a reply other than its inflammation not blood clots after all.
During the covid years she didn't have the vaccines as she didn't want it to 'change her genome'. I was also shocked when she said that back then and it had cooled off our relationship as her opinion was too different than mine. She now has this attitude of I was right and you made this huge mistake and you have to live with it...
I don't just moan to her about dh in our chats. I do listen to the things she has to say, etc. She is someone who is there to help if needed (not sure if because of empathy or just people pleasing though as she often ends up feeling used.)
Anyway, it was one of those conversations where I felt I should have said something in response, but didn't want to affect our friendship.