Yesterday I somehow managed to get myself stuck with two needles! Ow! No I didn’t do it to myself (remember I’m a nurse) it was a doctor that gave me two shots.
Again – Owwww! Doctors generally don’t give shots as good as nurses do. yes I know I’m biased, but for the most part, IMO, it’s true.
I had an appointment with my pain doctor yesterday afternoon and after we’d discussed how I’d been feeling over the last month and a half or so I asked her if I could possibly get the seasonal flu shot from her.
The doctor went out of the room to get the shot and after she’d injected my left arm with the seasonal flu shot she jabbed a needle into my right arm with the H1N1 vaccine … the shot that I’d specifically told her I didn’t want to get! ARghhhh!
I guess she misheard me?
Anyway, so far so good – no terrible reactions to the shots, well, other than having sore arms. The right arm where I got the H1N1 shot hurts a lot. The doctor pierced a blood vessel when she gave me the shot so it’s bruised, but there’s a very large lump below the bruise. I guess my arm is reacting to the vaccine. I also have a headache – not a really bad one, maybe a medium pain one – bad enough that I know it’s there and bad enough that the Tylenol that I’ve been taking to make it go away isn’t working. I’m also feeling tired and a little bit nauseated.
Hopefully I feel better tomorrow. I decided not to do my shape boxing workout today because my right arm is so sore that it hurts to lift it to shoulder level or higher so I figured jabbing my arms around shape boxing wouldn’t be a good idea.
Anyone else get flu shots this year? And or mistakenly get one you didn’t want?
I am skeptic about getting the H1N1 vaccine too, and so far I didn’t get any kind of flu vaccine and I don’t intend to. I believe that having a healthy life style is better than any kind of vaccine.
I haven’t, but my dad had had two flu shots…one for regular and the other for swine flu
I also am experiencing a lump and bruising right this very moment. I just received my shot at work (gov. agency). I took aspiring as soon as I got back to my desk and hopefully won’t be sick tonight.
I am against getting the H1N1 but I will be traveling soon to the Philippines where the virus is supposedly worse so I may have to get it anyway.
Oops..you remind me to get the flu shots. I wonder if there is a side effect from getting all those shots.
Great design of your blog, sorry off topic but I love your design, very balanced and easy on the eyes. We all had the vaccine recently due to my daughter being in the ‘at risk’ group. No problems over than a slight temp for any of us though.
Ouch! I always prefer a nurse to give the injections than a doctor
I’ve never had a flu shot, and never plan to. I’ve heard that they hurt, make you feel awful afterwards, and don’t work that well. Maybe they do though? You’ll have to keep us posted. God bless!
I am from Philippines and so far, there is no flu outbreak now here. Though I promised myself I’ll get my flu shot early next year. As they say, Prevention is better than cure so better safe than sorry.
That kind of mistake would cause me to change doctors.
I hope its not to late but putting a heating pad on the bruise will help a great deal. Also just try massaging the area as much as possible and this will help with the pain and the bruise a lot. I was told this after my last blotched shot and it did help.
I am sorry about your condition…how can a doctor make a mistake like that? and now you are the sufferer…you should really have a talk with him…