Tetanus shots: the way I REALLY feel

April 26, 2011September 21, 2020 Joanna V.

So, I really hate getting tetanus shots. In fact, getting the b0osters makes me downright mad.

Y’know why?

Because if you are ever in any kind of accident or experience any trauma, they make you get another one.

WHY do I need to get a new one every 5 years if you’re going to make me get another one as soon as I cut myself??

There was a period when I got a tetanus shot about once a year because I’m just an accident-prone person. I have now reached 6 years since the last time I know for sure that I got one, and I really wasn’t planning on getting another one, but now I find out that to leave the country I have to have one. SO I need to go back to my doctor and get one.

This irritates me in so many ways.

Y’know why?

Because if I cut myself while in a foreign country, do you know the first thing I’ll get?

A tetanus shot.

Published by Joanna V.

Joanna currently lives in southern California with her husband, two cats, and extensive book collection. She is on staff with the International Geek Girl Pen Pals Club and spends her time writing or traveling as often as possible. She loves national parks, wildlife conservation, geeky conventions, and weird roadside attractions. She knows that Han shot first. Joanna still hasn’t decided what she’s going to be when she grows up, though she suspects it will probably be herself. Her debut novel, Threadwalkers, is published by 50/50 Press and available for purchase online. You can find her other ramblings at joannavolavka.com or by following her on twitter @joannavolavka which is mostly cat photos and retweets of the geek culture variety. Need to get in touch? Head to her contact page. View all posts by Joanna V.

4 thoughts on “Tetanus shots: the way I REALLY feel”

Cassandra says:

April 27, 2011 at 01:14

I’m bad… I don’t think I’ve ever had one =\ I get hurt and that’s the end of it… even when I put a rusty nail (twice) through my foot! Doctor’s didn’t say anything.

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1. lavavolavka says:
  
  April 27, 2011 at 09:13
  
  Weird. My doctors have always been very tetanus-shot happy.
  
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Anna says:

May 2, 2011 at 20:54

I bet it’s probably because they know that lots of people don’t go to the doctor/hospital when they should (i.e. after having stepped on a piece of rusty barbed wire), and once the lockjaw sets in you’re really screwed!

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1. lavavolavka says:
  
  May 2, 2011 at 21:41
  
  Eh, you’re probably right. I finally went and got the booster today. This time the NEW and IMPROVED one with the diphtheria vaccine included. That was good at least.
  
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