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hedgehog

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13. It used to be a requirement to prove a small pox vaccination to enter the US -

Reply to nenagh (Reply #12)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 02:09 PM

Mar 2013

a friend of my grandmother's was returning to Ireland for a visit and went to her doctor to get a small pox vaccination. She asked to have it on the hip to avoid having a scar on her arm - the doctor asked "what if the immigration official wants to see the scar?"

......she got it in the arm.

FWIW - I had several small pox vaccinations and I get queasy just thinking about it!

(oddly enough, i don't think any of them scarred - maybe none of them took!)

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Any older nurses here? We have a bit of a family mystery- [View all] hedgehog Mar 2013 OP

The only thing I can think of would be a penicillin shot. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1

Peggy - would you have any idea if penicillin would have been hedgehog Mar 2013 #8

Not to worry, my dear hedgehog! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #10

Tetanus? silverweb Mar 2013 #2

I'm more inclined to penicillin - whatever it was, it involved hedgehog Mar 2013 #3

That makes sense. silverweb Mar 2013 #9

My family was exposed to Hepatitis A and we all had to go get Gamma Globulin Squinch Mar 2013 #4

That was my sister's second guess - but she wasn't sure if gamma globulin hedgehog Mar 2013 #5

Things that were given in the butt were generally antibiotics Warpy Mar 2013 #6

If the shot wasn't enough - the migraine later did the job! hedgehog Mar 2013 #7

I had a terrible migraine the day after my last flu shot stopwastingmymoney Mar 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author nenagh Mar 2013 #12

It used to be a requirement to prove a small pox vaccination to enter the US - hedgehog Mar 2013 #13

My mother was a nurse. SheilaT Mar 2013 #14

Now i'm wondering if the lower dosages were more effective back then hedgehog Mar 2013 #15

Yes, that's exactly right. SheilaT Mar 2013 #16