Hepatitis

[caseysmom]

I just had a flu shot today....I just try to think of something else and usually by the time it starts to hurt its over with....

[Cincy'sMom]

I started my hepatitis series last year when I started my new job. I got the first two in the series, but a year later have not got the third (I really should look into that!) It really is not a bad shot. You'll be fine!! Just don't watch what they are doing, and if you can , talk to someone while they are getting ready, and you'll barely notice it!

[.powerful]

I'm soooo scared! I have such a weak stomach though, what if I throw up and I ment to ask, does your arm feel weird after?

[caseysmom]

I definetely agree that you should not watch....as far as your arm feeling funny after it depends on the shot, I don't believe the hepatitis b series will do this.

Its a little pinch and then its over....not to scare you but during your life you will have to have shots so its better to try not to get worked up over it, and definetely tell the nurse you are scared they can help you.

[Karen]

We've had them, it's an ordinary little needle, nothing big or scary. And the next day, my arm felt like somebody had hit me in the arm - just a little stiff/sore, but I had gotten three shots in one day in that arm, so that was nothing!

And it is far better to be safe than sorry, hepatitis is awful.

[Logan]

I was thinking like Karen. The alternative is much worse!

Suck it up and take the shot. My daughter had to do them a couple of years ago and she did fine with the series of 3. And she was just a young girl! I'm sure you will be fine.

This shot is no worse and any other you have had to have. I can't remember a single complaint from my daugher. Now I'm wondering why I didn't have to go back and have the same shots, though! LOL!!

Logan

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

And it is far better to be safe than sorry, hepatitis is awful.

Trust me, this is so true! How do I know you ask? I had hepatitis - and not the kind you get from restaurants either - the kind you only get from blood or bodily fluids (don't ask ). I was in the hospital for about a week and trust me, if you're afraid of a vaccine needle, you most certainly do not want to be in the hospital where needles are everywhere, including the nice big one in your arm!

I don't like needles anymore than anybody else, but if the sight of it makes you queasy, don't look at it. If you know the needle is near the nurse, don't look her way. Like others have said, think of something completely different and something that makes you happy. I just had blood taken this morning and ever since I had hepatitis (where they take blood all the time!) I've hated having blood taken. Today (for some odd reason), I realized it's only my mind that is making it so bad. The minor little prick was so insignficant I couldn't believe it and wondered aloud what my problem was. The nurse smiled and said she hears that a lot, but even though she knows it's no big deal, she doesn't like it either.