MY Flu Shot Experience

[Guest IM_Moore]

There was a time when I would simply go to my personal doctor and his nurse would give me my flu shot. Well, those days are long gone. Now flu shots are a big biz. Like the oil industry it's supply and demand. And like the oil industry they seem to run out of supply just as the demand kicks in x(

 

So I head to my local drug store these days as my doc doesn't even have the goods anymore. I wait in line about 15 minutes with people sneezing and coughing and little kids drooling on me ... if I didn't need a shot before I sure did after spending time breathing in all their germs.

 

Now I get near the counter and some forms have to be filled out. I felt like I needed to contact an attorney there were so many hold harmlesses written into the thing. Well, being the brave dude I am I went ahead and signed it.

 

Next stop the cashier, this is worse than hiring an escort! I have to pay before I get the shot ... what the fuck is up with that. I looked at the nurse, an older women and felt if they ripped me off I could probably beat her in a race to the car, so I went on and paid.

 

Then I get into the shot line. I bravely step up to the nurse and roll up my sleeve. She rubs the spot clean (with her tounge and jabs the needle in my arm. Problem is I don't feel a thing. I just see the thrusting of the needle in her hand toward my arm. After about 15 seconds she says oh I missed... oh I missed, who the fuck misses giving an im injection? A blind person could feel their way around and get it right! So now she has to do it again and hse is now all huffing and puffing like it is my fault her aim sucks.

 

The second try she got it, basically problem free. Now I am ready to head home, but noooooooooooooooooo, I have to sit down and wait 10 more minutes in case I have a reaction. They won't be responsible if I leave before. Man did I want to give that bitch a reaction, instead I just sat quietly till I was properly dimissed.

 

As you all know I am such a nice man who doesn't like to cause any problems or create grief or anybody }>

 

Anyway, that was about 90 minutes of my day. How was your (like I care)?

[ManHoleNC]

Couldn't have been any easier or user friendly. One of the local grocery stores has nurses come to their many locations for several days and with you prefered customer card the charge is 14 dollars...and yes you have to pay up front...so big deal!

 

The lines are always pleasant...neighbors catching up with one another. Some vendors giving out free samples of drinks, cookies, toiletries etc.

 

The entire process takes about 10 minutes. You end up getting to meet more neighbors and with the proper outlook...it can be nice to meet new people.

[+ Lucky]

Well, Mr. Moore, your experience wasn't great, but neither is having the flu. For myself, I was in and out in 5 minutes!

[Guest cmp]

Got it an hour ago at work. My employer has contracted a doctor and a nurse with 800 shots. They are doing it every year. I've got no idea how much it cost my employer, but it's cheaper for them than not doing it (consider the losses to sick days). There were 3 persons in the line, it took about one minute (one minute of my office time, not of my free time).

[ready182]

"For myself, I was in and out in 5 minutes!"

 

Too easy, can't do it

[Guest JT]

>Anyway, that was about 90 minutes of my day. How was your

>(like I care)?

 

Oh come on, IM, I know you DO care! :-)

 

Anyway, I never realize getting a flu shot can be so difficult or unpleasant out there. I got my immunization at one of my work places (thanks to my affliation with a local hospital and university), so the process was pretty straightforward and convenient.

 

It is a good idea that nurses ask people to stay behind for a few minutes after any immunization to ensure that they do not develop any serious vaccine-associated adverse events such as anaphylaxis.

 

Starting next week, you can bravely go out and let all the escorts drool over you or sneeze and cough at you! }>

 

Glad that you're in a better mood these days.

 

JT

[Guest JT]

>Got it an hour ago at work. My employer has contracted a

>doctor and a nurse with 800 shots. They are doing it every

>year. I've got no idea how much it cost my employer, but

>it's cheaper for them than not doing it (consider the losses

>to sick days). There were 3 persons in the line, it took

>about one minute (one minute of my office time, not of my

>free time).

 

You're right cmp, your employer is no fool! When compared to the potential loss of productivity and profits due to the flu, the cost of the flu shots are very reasonable and cost-effective. Plus, with a relatively large volume, your company probably have got a good deal from the vaccine provider! ;-)

 

JT

[Bilbo]

I got my flu shot at Empower 2001, a Houston gay community indoor thingy with booths for most of the gay organizations and the businesses that want our money. And it was a good thing that I had a chair waiting for me at the booth I was helping to man. On my way back to our booth from the booth I got the shot at, I went just about green and had to sit down for about 10 minutes to get my strength back. So, yes, please stay in a safe place for a few minutes after you get your shot.

What got to me was that they don't have room in one shot to cover all the different strains of flu, only the ones that they expect to come through town that year. A couple of weeks later I got a bad cough and a small temperature, etc. which slowly gave way for Coricidin HBP flu medicine. So I guess it was one of the strains they hadn't been expecting!

[+ nycman]

Ahhhhhh!

 

I love the smell of Karma in the morning!

[Scorpio]

>Ahhhhhh!

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>I love the smell of Karma in the morning!

 

LOL! :7

[Guest cp8036]

I smoked mine in a pipe.