How many immunizations did you have to get to go to college?
I think I have to get a tetanus shot, and probably the meningitis one, and I'm terrified out of my wits. I hope I don't have to get any more than that.
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How many immunizations did you have to get to go to college?
I think I have to get a tetanus shot, and probably the meningitis one, and I'm terrified out of my wits. I hope I don't have to get any more than that.
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Aww if you don't think about the shot when getting it you won't even notice, think about cake that's what I do. :)
You just now have to get your tetanus? I had to get that in 7th grade. Don't be scared but that one hurts.
None. I'd already been immunised against those things in school when I was about 15.
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Originally Posted by Ace14
Thanks! I'm much better about getting shots than I am about getting blood drawn, but it's still suuuuper unpleasant. xD
Downstate NY isn't really a rural place, so we never had to do tetanus. But we had to get a lot of Hep B immunizations before going to High School. Most of the shots required on my list are ones I got as a child, so I guess I got lucky there,
Yeah, guess it's different here in the ranch land of the US xD
As far as I know though, i'm all good for my shots for college.
I think I had all vaccinations I needed whilst I was at school. I don't even know if we need particular vaccinations to go to University here. :jess:
I've always been okay with needles. I just look away so I can't see it so I don't freak out. ;D
This. I wouldn't be too bothered if I had to though, getting vaccinated is nothing. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Jess
None. Why are you having to get vaccinated?
It's not so much have to get vaccinated as:
1) tetanus boosters are always a good idea (every ten years or so) and
2) a friend of a friend knew of a guy that got meningitis and his brain swelled and he was in a coma for three days because of the communal bathroom floors.
I got the same ones, rye. I'm terrified of needles. Tell your nurse that they terrify you (or start freaking out) and hopefully she will be as gentil as mine was. She made me lean over and breathe deeply for a while to get un-freaked out, and then proceded to administer the shots.
They hurt, but the tetanus one (as always) was worse. I'm glad I don't have to have another for a long time.
My college isn't in the forests of Brazil, so I got none.
I haven't been stabbed for years! :D
Hearing how much the tetanus shot hurts is bugging me out. xD Greeeeeaaatttt.
The meningitis one is actually not required, but my Mom will probably force me to get it because she's one of those people who if they hear something on the news, they're paranoid for years.
When I got my tetanus one, I don't think it hurt that much. The BCG was much worse. :cry:
And even if it was, there's no immunization for bot flies. :bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Harle-Quin
I didn't because I was still up to date on them. I think that I am prolly going to get them all redone after I have the baby though, 'cause I don't remember if I last had them done when I was 12 or 13.
I need shots for Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Meningitis and Hepatitis B if I haven't gotten them already. Shots don't scurr me.
If you marry a bot fly you're considered part of the family and they don't annoy you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roto13And even if it was, there's no immunization for bot flies. :bigsmile:Quote:
Originally Posted by Harle-Quin
Well, they do. But only at Christmas.
I told Cz that I have absolutely no skill in empathy. But if you explain things it's easier.
Why are you afraid of needles? I have absolutely no fear of these things and typically welcome worse things such as pain and blood. I think, if given the right environment, I could do some serious harm to myself.
I never had to do any such thing because prior to university I had all that done. If you never get your shots of course you need to do them all. It's just safer.
I don't know why. Immunization needles don't bother me so much aside from the pain and inconvenience. But getting blood drawn from a major part of my body terrifies me. I shake and cry and nearly pass out. I don't know why, but it just does.
Maybe it's because your blood is being sucked from your body?
I never had blood drawn. Does it hurt lots? I'm a pansy when it comes to pain.
No. The nurse sticks a needle in your arm and blood comes out as your heart pumps the blood. It fills a bag or two and you get to drink jooze and cookies ^_^Quote:
Originally Posted by Lekana
It can just feel like being pinched with someone with long finger nails or a stinging feeling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lekana
I hate getting my blood drawn but it's usually not as bad as my brain makes me think it is. I'm usually almost to the point of passing out BEFORE hand but then while the bloods being taken I usually get beter.
I have to get more blood drawn next week for more blood tests for the baby. Yeah I don't like blood work. e e;
I used to have no problem with needles until a nurse-in-training woke me up at six AM and stuck a needle in my arm three times before finding the vein. ; ;
Anyway, as I lived in Indonesia for two years, I've had to get more immunizations than I care to count. Many of them needed to be renewed annually. That said, by the time college rolled around, I only had to get one new immunization, and that's because Florida is a tropical zone and they were being extra careful or something.
Oh I always thought getting blood drawn was painful o.o
Oh and taking about needles. You're getting the Epidural right Avarice-ness? Or are you going to be all tough like?
I'm slightly derailing this topic but hey it's still about needles even though it started as immunizations xD!
I had to get a tetanus shot and start the hepatitis B shots before I was allowed to graduate. I had to lay down and recover after each one (while a nurse held my legs up), but they didn't hurt. XD
Oh Monda, protect me! :kaocry2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall banana
I had to get a tetanus booster before college. That was it.
to answer peegies post, I start to feel queasy reading his post as well as while listening to people talk about cutting and blood (in french that I couldn't fully understand). That's my problem with getting blood drawn and also needles and nicking my skin while shaving.
Had all of them while I was at school. Never had a problem with injections, barely notice them these days. Not a problem in the slightest for me. So I should be okay for September.
All this talk of injections is making me cringe ;_;
Yeah, why? That's pretty weird. Or is that just how things work in the US?Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
Anyway, I'm totally fine with needles and vaccinations. In fact, I need to get a lot of them during the next couple of weeks since I'm going to Asia in a couple of months.
You....have to get shots to go to college?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rye
Hmm, I must be going to the wrong schools.
I'm sure I had my tetanus this year, or last, I can't remember. Wasn't it Tetanus and polio? I really don't know, I've had every injection that was given throughout primary and secondary though. It always annoys me how they count to 5 but go at 3 >=[
Getting immunizations to go to college. That's a good one Rye!!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rye
But, don't you think that joke is a little offending to sick people who easily pass on their diseases? I mean, it's not like they have control over being sick and it's quite mean to rub it in like that.
Tetanus and TB. xD Polio is normally given at birth, if they're still being given. It's not a reoccuring vaccine so you basically get poked once and your good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeldy
I don't think they even give polio vaccines in the first world now. They've almost got it eradicated except for a few places in such as Africa, but they say it's making a comeback because they won't use the most effective medicines (more expensive and harder to use) to vaccinate people. There's a difference of like 19% efficiency though.
I read a bunch of stuff about polio the other day and it was so depressing and kinda scary really. My mom has a huge scar on her arm from when she got vaccinated when she was like 4 or 5.
Vacinations for university? Never heard of that.
Your college was completely batQuote:
Originally Posted by Marshall banana
insane. Seriously. What.
Usually they only do it if your imunizations are not up to date. TB and Tetanus are an every 10 year thing. They're usually more focused on the school level because they're really the easiest thing to catch and spread.Quote:
Originally Posted by The EoFF Phantom
I'm starting to be sure that Meningitis is going to become a "norm" for school immunizations soon. I had to get a meningitis shot my senior year because one of the girls on the soccer team got it, so we all had to get shots.
Apparently it's becoming more common, basically what TB and Tetanus used to be before the required shots.
Vaccinations, even when they're not mandatory, are certainly a good idea. Especially for the likes of hepatitis and meningitis.
Sure, some injections are more uncomfortable than others. But it can help a lot to simply remain calm, relax your arm, and avoid looking at the injection when it's taking place. If you can actually see that piece of metal being stuck into your arm, that makes it a whole lot worse. I always just look away, accept that there'll be a temporary sensation of pain, and roll with it.
They still do in England. They do it by dropping this bad tasting thing into your mouth though.Quote:
Originally Posted by rubah
My mother had polio as a baby and yeah it really messed her up and she still feels the effects of it today. It's a very nasty disease.Quote:
I read a bunch of stuff about polio the other day and it was so depressing and kinda scary really.
I still have the scar on my arm from my tubercolosis vaccination from 6 years ago. It seems a lot of people my age do actually.Quote:
My mom has a huge scar on her arm from when she got vaccinated when she was like 4 or 5.
High school! =OQuote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFYour college was completely batQuote:
Originally Posted by Marshall banana
Teachers gave us [seniors] the impression that our vaccinations were required for college admission (or just for the good of seniors who would go to college), but I don't know. I don't think that my university requires any vaccinations now, but that may not have been the case three years ago; I can't remember. I only remember that I had to provide proof of my vaccinations to be eligible for graduation in high school.
I didn't get my third hepatitis B shot. By the time I was scheduled to get it, my phobia of syringes had developed. XP
I've usually gotten my injections in either the butt or in the neck, so that makes it kind of hard to look at it while it's happening, which helps I guess :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Big D
is yours the size of a dime or a 1 euro coin? if so, that's crazy!:OQuote:
Originally Posted by PsychoticThey still do in England. They do it by dropping this bad tasting thing into your mouth though.Quote:
Originally Posted by rubah
My mother had polio as a baby and yeah it really messed her up and she still feels the effects of it today. It's a very nasty disease.Quote:
I read a bunch of stuff about polio the other day and it was so depressing and kinda scary really.
I still have the scar on my arm from my tubercolosis vaccination from 6 years ago. It seems a lot of people my age do actually.Quote:
My mom has a huge scar on her arm from when she got vaccinated when she was like 4 or 5.
also the relatively ineffective polio vaccine I was talking about is pill one.
Your high school then! I mean, yeah, encouraging shots is good, but I don't see how you can justifiably stop someone from graduating without them. Schools should not have the tools to enforce public health policies. They just shouldn't. (Note I say enforce, which is what I mean. Educate, yes.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall bananaHigh school! =OQuote:
Originally Posted by I'm my own MILFYour college was completely batQuote:
Originally Posted by Marshall banana
Teachers gave us [seniors] the impression that our vaccinations were required for college admission (or just for the good of seniors who would go to college), but I don't know. I don't think that my university requires any vaccinations now, but that may not have been the case three years ago; I can't remember. I only remember that I had to provide proof of my vaccinations to be eligible for graduation in high school.
I didn't get my third hepatitis B shot. By the time I was scheduled to get it, my phobia of syringes had developed. XP
but schools are funded by the states and the states are in charge of 'health safety and morals'.
I just take the pain, a little needle is nothing.
what i'm sick of is iv's.
Just wait til you have to do the like.. 5 viles of blood for your baby. That sucked 'cause like we talked for 5 minutes and then I'm like "*looks over and sees its still in* ARGH"Quote:
Originally Posted by Caraliz
I don't remember ever having to need IV's. I'm going to try to stay hydrated when I'm at the hospital during labor with liquids outside an IV but I'll prolly end up on one anyways. ; ;