Comments on: I got shot

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:09:19 +0000

I got my flu and DTaP booster a few months back, and I hope I can publish my tattoo/shot picture. When I first got the DTP shot as a baby (like 36 years ago), they didn’t use acellular pertussis, and I nearly died from the shot, so for all the kids like me who couldn’t have the shot back then, thanks so much to everyone who did. Now that they use the “aP” I can have the shot, even though it still causes me a few days of pain. I think it is well worth it. Skully agrees:
http://yfrog.com/gzj75yj

Oh, and I donate red cells, too. http://yfrog.com/h3jfoddj

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:13:26 +0000

Same here.. a few months ago I went in for my first checkup in, well, as long as I can remember. “When was your last tetanus shot?” “uhmm.” “I’ll be right back.” And I got TDP and the seasonal flu shots at once. The next week was pretty miserable but I felt good about it. Given that I stepped on a couple rusty nails as a kid (I liked playing in construction sites), I do find it strange that I don’t remember ever having gotten a tetanus shot before that..

By: Unreason

Unreason — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:13:21 +0000

It’s a shame that vaccination is a topic that often polarizes people. Some people are unnecesarily fearful and miss shots they should get; others mock anyone who questions them. Doctors’ offices are often rushed and treat shots in a perfunctory way, acting annoyed with patient questions about vaccines. But like any other kind of medical treatment, patients should ask questions. I’ve got a number of drug allergies and have reacted to some shots. An immediate family member died from an early stage live vaccine many years ago. So in light of my own and family history, I ask questions. I do get the shots I need, but I press my doctor about which ones those really are, which I’d do better to avoid, and which there are alternative versions of that might be better suited for me. I understand that vaccines are a public health issue. But that doesn’t mean every shot is right for everyone, or that individuals should be discouraged from asking questions.

By: Tony B

Tony B — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 20:54:31 +0000

Vaccinations are great. I travel around the world, so I’m vaccinated for a number of things, including a Rabbies booster I got a few weeks ago.

Here’s a tip if you’re not big on shots: Relax the muscle. If you relax the muscle, 9 times out of 10 you won’t even feel the needle. Virtually all of the pain comes through driving it through nervous, tense muscle.

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:05:11 +0000

That not vaccinating stuff has far-reaching effects. New infections give the disease a chance to mutate into forms against which current vaccines are ineffective. Who does it hurt?

A boy in my daughter’s class at school who was fully vaccinated was diagnosed with whooping cough this past week. My daughter is not currently in class because she is a leukemia patient. She could be well enough to return to school in January, but with whooping cough going around it’s doubtful she can take the risk. What a way to miss 1st grade.

When you don’t vaccinate, you kill babies and old people and fragile people. Maybe not right away, of course, but you do. And those that you don’t kill, you deprive of educational time, productive work time, and you take away a little bit of “normal” that would be a comfort to a brave little cancer patient.

Thank you for reminding people about boosters, Phil. It’s really, really important.

By: Michael Swanson

Michael Swanson — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:10:09 +0000

Late commenting, but thanks for posting this. While I am fervently pro-vaccine, I always forget to get my flu shot. But your post reminded me, and now I’ve been stabbed in the arm for health and justice!

By: under-hundra

under-hundra — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 13:09:38 +0000

Around 60% of the swedish population got the vaccine for the swine-flu last year. This year it is said that there is an increase (~6 times as many) of reported narcolepsy-cases in Sweden.

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.svd.se%2Fopinion%2Fbrannpunkt%2Fvem-tar-ansvar-for-vara-barn_5802555.svd&sl=sv&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-8

Is it related to the vaccine? I don’t know. There has been alot of buzz in the media around this topic though.

By: Mister Earl

Mister Earl — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 06:20:44 +0000

I still remember when I got my anthrax shots before going to Iraq. That stuff is nasty. It literally feels as if they heat it to a few thousand degrees before injecting it. I remember trying to be funny when I asked the medic, “Can’t I just get mine on a cracker or something?”

By: mike burkhart

mike burkhart — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:09:51 +0000

Needls don’t bother me to munch .But I love the hypos in Star Trek.

By: gia

gia — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:50:00 +0000

Uh, you got the tat over an year ago and they STILL haven’t aired the episode?!