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mwooldri

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115. I have a similar mark on my upper arm.

Thu Feb 27, 2020, 04:25 PM

Feb 2020

Though it's an outside and not an innie and it was from the BCG (tuberculosis vaccine) injection we all got during the first year of secondary school.

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So, if you have one of these on your upper arm or thigh, [View all] MineralMan Feb 2020 OP

Some on the thigh n/t OneBlueDotBama Feb 2020 #1

I edited the post title to include that. Thanks! MineralMan Feb 2020 #10

My dear wife OneBlueDotBama Feb 2020 #18

I posted in another thread that the fancy girls' doctors did them on their upper rzemanfl Feb 2020 #2

Lucky you, eh? MineralMan Feb 2020 #5

Some also got the shot in their butts, too. When my sister was born in 1957 our parents debated.... George II Feb 2020 #67

Indeed. It was long ago. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #8

I was told they were less effective MuseRider Feb 2020 #34

That's funny, my husband and I have matching scars. Mariana Feb 2020 #116

Mine seems to have disappeared. Mossfern Feb 2020 #3

They varied a lot on different people. MineralMan Feb 2020 #7

I never had chicken pox either. Mossfern Feb 2020 #12

I had everything except whooping cough, as far as I know. MineralMan Feb 2020 #15

Isn't there a shot now for whooping cough Butterflylady Feb 2020 #91

Yes, there is. MineralMan Feb 2020 #92

My Dad actually had diptheria as a kid in Holyoke, Massachusetts; Backseat Driver Feb 2020 #145

I had measles, mumps and chicken pox kimbutgar Feb 2020 #28

It wasn't a "shot" DarleenMB Feb 2020 #38

I got mine via a 6 needle gun. MicaelS Feb 2020 #47

So did I. nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #65

Mine is virtually gone, too... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #50

Got one! redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 #4

Got mine Walleye Feb 2020 #6

I have that mark on my upper arm Leith Feb 2020 #9

The anti-vaxxers are mostly too young to remember MineralMan Feb 2020 #11

I remember polio and went to school with some kids that survived the disease. Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #56

Post-Polio Syndrome is pretty horrible too. It seems to come back when the person is over 60 +/- Hestia Feb 2020 #144

Too bad there's not a shot for Butterflylady Feb 2020 #93

Yes. MineralMan Feb 2020 #95

Hunh - I never had one, though I am a Boomer csziggy Feb 2020 #13

My original vaccination never "took," either and they did it again a few years phylny Feb 2020 #87

No body ever checked until I was in college csziggy Feb 2020 #88

Mine never took either. hvn_nbr_2 Feb 2020 #130

I haven't noticed mine in years. yonder Feb 2020 #14

Oh my!!! I forgot it was even there. Butterflylady Feb 2020 #96

I got it, upper left arm. SunSeeker Feb 2020 #16

Same here True Blue American Feb 2020 #62

Mine used to be a very noticeable white depression when I was a skinny teen. SunSeeker Feb 2020 #79

Mine doesn't True Blue American Feb 2020 #100

Ditto. roamer65 Feb 2020 #76

Everyone I knew in grade school had their arm done. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #17

Gen X but have one I covered with a tattoo JCMach1 Feb 2020 #19

LOL! MineralMan Feb 2020 #20

I have one of those. Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #21

It's a mark of distinction. MineralMan Feb 2020 #23

Well, it is the devil's work, you know... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #51

Well, I got punished with measles, German measles and mumps. Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #121

I don't know about others here, but when my vaccination was done they used a little fork-like Arkansas Granny Feb 2020 #52

The tattoo True Blue American Feb 2020 #101

I got it before I can remember but I often think it must have hurt like Squinch Feb 2020 #22

I don't remember mine, either, but I remember my younger brother's. MineralMan Feb 2020 #27

Mine is pretty big, but I am very freckled so it camouflages it. Squinch Feb 2020 #32

Lol Butterflylady Feb 2020 #98

Lol. LOTS of them. Squinch Feb 2020 #114

Got one when I was 5 years old in PA. Greybnk48 Feb 2020 #24

The word "Vaccination" comes from the virus "vaccinia." MineralMan Feb 2020 #25

Nope, never had one. luvs2sing Feb 2020 #26

I have a big ole scar on my upper thigh peggysue2 Feb 2020 #29

Will not tan,either! True Blue American Feb 2020 #103

No, it doesn't peggysue2 Feb 2020 #108

I've got one. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #30

Like me & Barack Obama, you're Generation Jones! CottonBear Feb 2020 #37

My hubby was born in the early 60s GreenEyedLefty Feb 2020 #60

I watched (and remember) the moon landing. I was a little kid. CottonBear Feb 2020 #104

Generation Jones! MontanaMama Feb 2020 #70

Now you know! CottonBear Feb 2020 #99

They also call us "Crackers". GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #127

The things you learn on this board... Maeve Feb 2020 #122

See! You learned something new today! CottonBear Feb 2020 #124

This message was self-deleted by its author GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #128

Not just Boomers! Gen-X here with one of those. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #31

I remember getting lots of vaccinations to go overseas as a chile Skittles Feb 2020 #132

Thank you, boomers! OhZone Feb 2020 #33

Had mine surically removed after that ONE episode of The X-Files,,,,,, benld74 Feb 2020 #35

I don't have that scar, but I did get the vaccine. iscooterliberally Feb 2020 #36

Too bad the vaccine wasn't a lottery ticket, eh? MineralMan Feb 2020 #40

Oh I wish it were a lottery ticket. I could use the money. iscooterliberally Feb 2020 #49

Mine disappeared. rickyhall Feb 2020 #39

For some people, the scar was always almost invisible. MineralMan Feb 2020 #42

I also cannabis_flower Feb 2020 #43

Mom had mine put on my thigh Heartstrings Feb 2020 #41

Well, that was thoughtful of her. MineralMan Feb 2020 #44

Some were more fun to find than others. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #80

Mine has freckles over and around it so it is barely noticeable. TNNurse Feb 2020 #45

I don't have a scar Mosby Feb 2020 #46

You must have excellent self-control. MineralMan Feb 2020 #48

I did at the time. Not as much now, lol. Mosby Feb 2020 #131

Best pop cultural mention of smallpox ever: Aristus Feb 2020 #53

Yes. That's very good! MineralMan Feb 2020 #84

Boomer here. Upper left arm. Dem2theMax Feb 2020 #54

When I was 5 and we were leaving West Pakistan my whole family went for a round of shots abqtommy Feb 2020 #55

I was born in 71 and do not have one of those. GreenEyedLefty Feb 2020 #57

We should have continued smallpox vaccination. roamer65 Feb 2020 #78

anti vaxxers aren't dealing with a full deck dawn5651 Feb 2020 #58

Indeed... MineralMan Feb 2020 #61

I have that scar on my arm gopiscrap Feb 2020 #59

This is the weirdest trending DU thread I've ever written. MineralMan Feb 2020 #63

I just checked my arm Skittles Feb 2020 #133

I have two large ones on my right arm and another on my left. dhol82 Feb 2020 #64

When I was in the USAF, I got so many shots! MineralMan Feb 2020 #69

Yeah, it seems like the military has been experimenting for quite time. dhol82 Feb 2020 #112

Typhus burrowowl Feb 2020 #117

Human test jberryhill Feb 2020 #66

I thought that was navels. MineralMan Feb 2020 #73

OMG I have that lol but I'm gen x!!! TalenaGor Feb 2020 #68

Mine was always very hard to see. trackfan Feb 2020 #71

I have the scar. In my youth, I actually knew a young man who had had smallpox. Shrike47 Feb 2020 #72

I've met a few people in my lifetime who had smallpox scars. MineralMan Feb 2020 #74

I have one Danmel Feb 2020 #75

Mine is lost among the other scars, especially those caused by overexposure to the sun... hunter Feb 2020 #77

If I recall correctly, Jonas Salk took no money because Captain Zero Feb 2020 #81

Yes. And nobody paid for the polio vaccination, either. MineralMan Feb 2020 #82

My grandmother in law had six children mainstreetonce Feb 2020 #83

Wow! A very practical woman... MineralMan Feb 2020 #85

I don't have one any longer sdfernando Feb 2020 #86

It's still barely visible on my right upper arm. 11 Bravo Feb 2020 #89

Mine's on my left upper arm meow2u3 Feb 2020 #90

For some reason, the Doc stuck mine right near my arm pit pink-o Feb 2020 #94

Yup. If the doctor tells me I need a shot, I say, "OK." MineralMan Feb 2020 #97

Used to have a scar from the small pox vaccine solara Feb 2020 #102

My college roommate had polio as a child. Old Terp Feb 2020 #105

That's right JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #106

I had two. El Supremo Feb 2020 #107

I had both Salk and Sabin vaccine, Greybnk48 Feb 2020 #137

Anti-vaxxers making diseases great again IronLionZion Feb 2020 #109

Mine is on my upper back because my mom didn't want me to have scarring on my arms. The_REAL_Ecumenist Feb 2020 #110

I have one on each arm Glorfindel Feb 2020 #111

One on my upper left arm...... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2020 #113

I have a similar mark on my upper arm. mwooldri Feb 2020 #115

Had the vaccine. Scar is faint now. badhair77 Feb 2020 #118

I know I have one. Susan Calvin Feb 2020 #119

I got one Cirque du So-What Feb 2020 #120

In the "Gor" sci fi world, it was proof that someone came from Earth Maeve Feb 2020 #123

Mine, on my upper left arm, is the size of a dime. My mom's was larger than a quarter... Hekate Feb 2020 #125

Mine is on my left arm. gademocrat7 Feb 2020 #126

I have one of the rare thigh scars. GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #129

it was such an interesting scab. mopinko Feb 2020 #134

Oh, we all were! MineralMan Feb 2020 #141

Lots of Xer and Millennial veterans have those too Recursion Feb 2020 #135

My sister is a Boomer and has it Polybius Feb 2020 #136

i have it Demovictory9 Feb 2020 #138

How did getting a vaccine cause that? Flaleftist Feb 2020 #139

The smallpox vaccine uses a live virus for cowpox. MineralMan Feb 2020 #140

Interesting. Thank you. Flaleftist Feb 2020 #146

Mine faded away but I still have wnylib Feb 2020 #142

If there were a vaccine for the coronavirus right now... Sloumeau Feb 2020 #143