Comments on: We got shot

By: Arden

Arden — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:13:02 +0000

I was always petrified of needles until I got ill and had so many blood tests and shots of painkillers that I became desensitized. Then I got allergy shots for about 4 years, and now I have no problems (though blood draws still make me a bit squeamish, mostly because they hurt for a prolonged period of time, rather than a quick jab and it’s done.)

Despite my terror though, I don’t think I threw any tantrums, at least not past the tantrum age, though I know that I’d be so tense that I’d be as stiff as a board, I remember all the nurses saying to relax, it’d hurt less if I relaxed (seriously, that statement tended to only make me tenser!)

I hope GC doesn’t get any negative reactions of any kind! Aside from a bruised and tender arm, I’ve never had any reactions to the regular flu shot, and don’t anticipate any from this either.

By: Junkie_Monkey

Junkie_Monkey — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:25:14 +0000

zoom I can totally relate — I’m a huge people watcher/psychoanalyst/voyeur by nature that I find myself ignoring conversations to watch people and trying to predict how they’re going to act. the bus trip to van and back was heaven for people like us! Freud would be proud.

human interaction is fucking fascinating!

By: mudmama

mudmama — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:54:13 +0000

Try reading Robert f Kennedy’s book Deadly Immunity.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:56:27 +0000

Glad you got it safely done. I’ll be going, but I’m not priority so it’ll be eventually.

By: zoom!

zoom! — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:51:09 +0000

I stand corrected, you are absolutely right, we were 369 and 370. (Was John 270?) It was nice to get a chance to be your rock for a change. How was your oatmeal this morning?

By: gc

gc — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:44:36 +0000

I hate to knitpick.net but we were 369 and 370 and if I had to do that by myself I would have been out cold on the floor. Thanks for being my rock!