On 1/24/2015 8:11 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 1/23/2015 11:13 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> My insurance company's nurse didn't say anything about bird flu but did
>> suggest I get a tetanus shot along with the Typhoid vaccine, Hep A and
>> usual flu and pneumonia vaccines.
>>
> Many years ago, I had a series of three typhoid shots. Within a half
> hour of the first one, my arm blew up like a balloon, and my blood
> pressure dropped. The second one, a week later, wasn't quite that bad.
> The third one was tolerable.
> It was a combination of typhoid, paratyphoid, and typhus vaccines, IIRC.
> I hope they've improved since then.

They must have because I got one shot and no reaction.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 1/24/2015 11:05 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> On 1/24/2015 8:11 AM, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 1/23/2015 11:13 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>>> My insurance company's nurse didn't say anything about bird flu but did
>>> suggest I get a tetanus shot along with the Typhoid vaccine, Hep A and
>>> usual flu and pneumonia vaccines.
>>>
>> Many years ago, I had a series of three typhoid shots. Within a half
>> hour of the first one, my arm blew up like a balloon, and my blood
>> pressure dropped. The second one, a week later, wasn't quite that bad.
>> The third one was tolerable.
>> It was a combination of typhoid, paratyphoid, and typhus vaccines, IIRC.
>> I hope they've improved since then.
>
> They must have because I got one shot and no reaction.
>
I'm glad to hear that!