One thing's for sure - I could never be an addict, shooting up with needles all the time. After going through all this treatment, there's no way in hell I could self-puncture myself with even more drugs. Nuh-uh. No sir-ee bob.
Yesterday I had to receive all my vaccines, like Polio, Hepatitis B, Tetanus and one other one I can't remember the name of. As I sat in the exam room playing Hold'em on my iPhone, the nurse comes walking in with a stack of needles, eerily reminding me of the doses of meds I'd receive in the hospital. I tried to recall what it was like to receive these when I was a child. But no memories surfaced. I knew the Tetanus shot would make my arm sore, as I have had that one a few times over the years just from being a clumsy ass. So I politely asked,
"What are these going to make me feel like afterwards?"
Nurse: "Well, it's hard to tell really. Everyone reacts differently. I once had a patient pass out."
Me: "Whoa, really?"
Nurse: "Oh yeah! I left her for a minute after administering them, came back in the room and she was lying face first on the floor."
At this point, I'm thinking 'oh, that's just freakin' great.' I start to go over all the medications I'm on in my head, wondering if any of them could cause a reaction like that. She then starts gloving up and un-capping the needles. My attention is quickly diverted to her hands.
Nurse: "We call it the Vaso-vagal. Happens all the time."
Seriously? 
That's going in my blog, I start thinking.
I must spread awareness. Shoot me in the face. Vaso-vagal? I don't know what's scarier...people passing out from vaccinations, or that it happens so damn often, there's an inter-office term for it. She then lifts up my sleeve and,
**poke**
**poke**
Other arm -
**poke**
Nurse: "But you'll be fine, don't worry."
**poke**
Me: "Yeah, next time - lead with that."
She just laughed. I didn't pass out. But I elected to stay for a few minutes afterwards just in case. Needles to say, my arms feel like an old set of 2x4's. All creaky and aged. Small price to pay I guess, considering.
Vaso-vagal. Hmph.
One thing's for sure - I could never be an addict, shooting up with needles all the time. After going through all this treatment, there's no way in hell I could self-puncture myself with even more drugs. Nuh-uh. No sir-ee bob.
Yesterday I had to receive all my vaccines, like Polio, Hepatitis B, Tetanus and one other one I can't remember the name of. As I sat in the exam room playing Hold'em on my iPhone, the nurse comes walking in with a stack of needles, eerily reminding me of the doses of meds I'd receive in the hospital. I tried to recall what it was like to receive these when I was a child. But no memories surfaced. I knew the Tetanus shot would make my arm sore, as I have had that one a few times over the years just from being a clumsy ass. So I politely asked,
"What are these going to make me feel like afterwards?"
Nurse: "Well, it's hard to tell really. Everyone reacts differently. I once had a patient pass out."
Me: "Whoa, really?"
Nurse: "Oh yeah! I left her for a minute after administering them, came back in the room and she was lying face first on the floor."
At this point, I'm thinking 'oh, that's just freakin' great.' I start to go over all the medications I'm on in my head, wondering if any of them could cause a reaction like that. She then starts gloving up and un-capping the needles. My attention is quickly diverted to her hands.
Nurse: "We call it the Vaso-vagal. Happens all the time."
Seriously? That's going in my blog, I start thinking.
I must spread awareness. Shoot me in the face. Vaso-vagal? I don't know what's scarier...people passing out from vaccinations, or that it happens so damn often, there's an inter-office term for it. She then lifts up my sleeve and,
**poke**
**poke**
Other arm -
**poke**
Nurse: "But you'll be fine, don't worry."
**poke**
Me: "Yeah, next time - lead with that."
She just laughed. I didn't pass out. But I elected to stay for a few minutes afterwards just in case. Needles to say, my arms feel like an old set of 2x4's. All creaky and aged. Small price to pay I guess, considering.
Vaso-vagal. Hmph.
