I only received 2 shots today - typhoid and a hepatitis B booster - I was immune to everything else that I would need. I usually joke about shots hurting, but this time I'm not kidding when I say that the typhoid shot hurt like a mother! It feels like I got stung by a bee, then slugged in the arm, and then got a cootie shot from an grade schooler. Why do shots have to hurt so much?
Maybe I just wanted to have something to complain about since things are going so well lately? I had the option taking typhoid in an oral form - 4 doses every other day over 8 days - but the pills had to be refrigerated and I could not take the pills with "too much" water or food. The pills also lasted 5 years versus 2 years for the shot. I opted for the shot because I thought that the whole chilled pill with water, but not too much, over 8 days was way too much work. I was told the shots would hurt, maybe I should have listened. Next time, I will opt for the pills.
So if anyone else needs to get immunized from typhoid, take it from me. That shot HURTS! Opt for the pill with the encyclopedic restrictions instead.
Travel shots definitely hurt. Yellow fever is a bad one too! I took the oral typhoid before going to Ethiopia and it wasn't too bad...sounds better than the shot!
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