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Have you ever been vaccinated against rabies?

Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:12 pm
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27070 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:12 pm
Yesterday, I was opening a patio umbrella when a bat fell out and landed on the back of my hand. He either bit or scratched me on the ring finger. Regardless, it broke the skin and the local health department recommended I get the vaccine and immune globulin asap.

The vaccine was just a small shot in the arm, but the globulin was a son of a bitch. They squirted it all around the wound with a giant frick-you needle, then spread the rest of it around my body with seven other shots of the same sized needle. I get several more vaccine shots in the coming days.

I know it's better than getting rabies, but I give the whole rabbies shot process a 0/10. Do not recommend. I've also heard I'm in for a nice invoice.

Any of yall ever had it? I'm the only one I've known get it, but I'm sure it has to be more common than I think it is. The ER intake nurse looked at me funny when I got there and was like, "pardon me? A what bit you?"

Csb.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113903 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:15 pm to
You mean did I get a jab?
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38461 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:19 pm to
I just didn’t date whores.
Posted by Anonymous95
Member since Sep 2014
2074 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:19 pm to
Congrats on the pending insatiable thirst for human blood.
Posted by BluegrassBelle
RIP Hefty Lefty - 1981-2019
Member since Nov 2010
98921 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:21 pm to
I’ve never had it but my brother had to get it when we were younger when he was bit by a neighbor’s dog who didn't gave their shots.

The shots are terrible.

Michael Scott appreciates your awareness though.

Posted by LSUA 75
Colfax,La.
Member since Jan 2019
3700 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:22 pm to
Never had it,don’t know anybody that has.I’ve always heard the series of shots are pretty awful.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27070 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:26 pm to
quote:


I just didn’t date whores


You gotta live a little.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
32857 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:27 pm to
Yeah. Rabies vax sucks.
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
8248 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:30 pm to
I recall someone saying you have to get the shots in your stomach and it sucked. That could have been a deterrent or something.
Posted by WONTONGO
Member since Oct 2007
4296 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:31 pm to
I was going to make a joke about what happens if you get, but after a quick google search I'm strongly encouraging you to finish the treatment.

Ts&Ps. Don't be roaming the streets of Gotham neither.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
32857 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:32 pm to
I was told the same thing but my shots weren’t in the stomach.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
27003 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:36 pm to
I haven’t, but a close friend of mine did a few years ago. fricking awful, and fricking expensive
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
113903 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:36 pm to
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23026 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:37 pm to
Don’t go back. You got the hyper immune globulins. Unless some test comes back positive, you’re good
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27070 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:37 pm to
Yeah, I got them in both arms, the hips, my hand, and my thighs. The doctor said the stomach thing hasn't ever been used in her career.
Posted by LSUGrrrl
Frisco, TX
Member since Jul 2007
32857 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:40 pm to
It sucked but it was better than I expected because I thought they were all going in my stomach. Only upside
Posted by Larry_Hotdogs
Texas
Member since Jun 2019
1332 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:44 pm to
I’ve had 3 of the shots.

Was in an oilfield emergency response position that required potential travel to extremely remote areas. The shots were basically a contingency plan that would keep the illness at bay for a short until I could get to better medical care in the case I was bitten.

The shots suck, but it sure beats a nearly 100% fatal disease when symptoms present. There are a few videos of late stage rabies victims- very creepy.
Posted by BottomlandBrew
Member since Aug 2010
27070 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:45 pm to
That was my very first question. They quickly put me at ease about the stomach thing. Then they pulled out the horse needle and said "but this has to go in your finger."
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
17932 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:45 pm to
Don’t do it. They gonna slip you the jab cause sales been declining.
Posted by AndyCBR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2012
7543 posts
Posted on 9/3/23 at 2:49 pm to
Sounds shitty but rabies is basically fatal should you contract it.

And it's a horrible death along the way.

Your choice but I'd pick the shots.
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