{"id":49667,"date":"2021-04-30T14:37:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=49667"},"modified":"2021-04-30T14:37:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T18:37:55","slug":"vaxxed-to-the-maxx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=49667","title":{"rendered":"Vaxxed to the maxx"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s me.<\/p>\n

And it’s not just the two COVID-19 vaccinations I got a month or so ago.<\/p>\n

Let’s see if I can remember everything I’m vaxxed against.<\/p>\n

Shingles.<\/em> A relative once got shingles and her description of the experience was so awful, I jumped into anything that would prevent it. After I received the first shingles vaccine, my internist told me a new, stronger one was coming down the pike and she’d let me know when it was approved. It was approved and I got its two shots, nearly a year apart.<\/p>\n

I’ll repeat part of that. And bold the repeat: my internist told me about the upcoming vaccine. <\/strong>Notice I did not see a TV commercial and pester my internist. She<\/em> told me.<\/em> Because that’s what physicians do. They do not dawdle around paying no attention to all the meds on the market until a patient asks them.<\/p>\n

At some point a few years ago, I was told about a pneumonia<\/em> vaccine and offered up my left arm for the shot.<\/p>\n

Mm. What else? How about a shot for this year’s unspectacular flu<\/em>? Got that shot, too. I always get flu vaccines because why not?<\/p>\n

And how about several different Hepatitises<\/a>? Several different shots.<\/a><\/p>\n

So at this point I was feeling fairly immortal. Then my niece gave birth to a darling baby boy and she and her mother — both physicians — passed on the word about a vaccine shot called TDaP. Which I would need to get before I got close to the baby. Because babies are particularly vulnerable.<\/p>\n

And I’m about to go out to get that shot, which is a blend of vaccines against three bad diseases: Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis.<\/a><\/p>\n

Summary: Every time I get a vaccine shot, my physician’s nurse tells me I might have a reaction. And I smile because I never have a reaction. Then I had a (mild) reaction only to one of the vaccinations. I don’t remember which.<\/p>\n

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That’s me. And it’s not just the two COVID-19 vaccinations I got a month or so ago. Let’s see if I can remember everything I’m vaxxed against. Shingles. A relative once got shingles and her description of the experience was … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5369,1175],"tags":[5668,7156,7153,7158,7157,7151,7152,7154,7155,6962],"class_list":["post-49667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid-19","category-the-facts-of-life","tag-covid-19-vaccine","tag-diphtheria","tag-flu-vaccine","tag-hepatitis-b","tag-pertussis","tag-pneumonia-vaccine","tag-shingles-vaccine","tag-tdap","tag-tetanus","tag-vaccination"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t