Yesterday, my company sponsored flu shots, and I decided to take advantage of this offer. Some of my colleagues remain apprehensive about getting the shots (one of them evidently got a real bad cold right after getting the shot last year), but I thought it best to buffer up my immune system ahead of the long flu season. It's not quite cold yet but I expect the dry overheated buildings to start taking its toll mid-January. So a good time to build up the anti-virus while it's still warm. And besides since I take the metro every day, in cramped quarters, I know that I'll be face-to-face (no pun intended) regularly with the flu virus. I've even given thought to wearing a mask to protect myself from sick people on the train.
So I went to get the shot. They made each of us fill out a form waiving all right to an attorney ... nah, but it did list certian disclaimers about how some times the flu shots led to illness or other side effects, and so on. Understandable, since you are injecting foreign bodies into your system and each person's reaction should be different.
Before they gave me the shot, they took the temperature, not with an underarm or oral thermometer, but with a space-age device straight out of Star Trek and Dr. McCoy. They scanned my forehead with a light scanner and bingo! 36.1 degrees Celsius. Slightly below the average human, but still within range ...
After that, they administered the shot, and in five seconds it was all over. I felt the needle go in and especially when it came out. They advised us not to scrub the area when taking a shower, and asked us to refrain from drinking and exercising (not sure why). If anyone knows, please let me know ...!
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