ooh, i'm sorry to hear about your accident - tetanus shots are awful! when i got mine a couple years ago, it hurt for days!

what was your project?

I completely forgot to mention it. I was making a padded headboard... light brown pseudo suede.

> Other shots don't bother me either, the needle just sticks a little
> under my skin and barely into my muscle halfway down my upper arm--that's
> the triceps. The shot itself just stings when it goes in, when the needle
> comes out I hardly feel a thing.
> The tetanus shot hurts so much because the doctor told me she had to stick
> the tetanus needle really deep into my muscle, and I feel the stick all the
> way in for the few seconds it takes to go into my muscle. Usually the
> tetanus needle goes in two-thirds of the way up by my shoulder--that's as
> far as I’ve been able to roll my sleeve up. The other day I wore a racer
> back tank, and my arm was so sleeveless, the doctor took advantage and stuck
> the tetanus needle in way up high by my shoulder. She said it went in my
> right deltoid muscle, that's the muscle I need for all my basic arm
> movements, oooo! She didn't give me a chance to say I’m right handed,
> usually they do and give the tetanus in my left arm. Actually the tetanus
> needle didn’t hurt that much, it just felt like a sharp stick for a few
> seconds, and I thought I’d gotten off easy. Then the doctor pushed down on
> the syringe, and that's when I knew it was a tetanus. My muscle really
> tigthened up as the tetanus pushed in, and even when the needle was out, I
> still felt a tight bruisy feeling where the doctor put the tetanus in.
> She told me next time she'd have me let me arm hang down loose by my side so
> my muscle's relaxed, cuz she says tetanus goes in real easy then--hah! When
> I got the tetanus needle the other day the doctor told me to put my right
> hand on my hip, but in that position my deltoid muscle's all tight for the
> tetanus. Argh!
> Oh well that's it, it's over now. I just don't want a tetanus shot for at
> least ten years! And I don't know about wearing a tank for a tetanus, if
> they're gonna give the needle in the deltoid muscle so high up by my
> shoulder!
>
>
> > Aren't tetanus shots the worse?? I had a couple of shots when my son was
> > born and they didn't hurt near as much.
> >
> >
> > I had to get a tetanus shot the other day. I wore a really cool racer
> back
> > tank to stay comfortable. The doctor stuck the tetanus needle straight
> down
> > deep into my sleeveless right arm up high by my shoulder. The needle just
> > felt a bit sticky going in. Then she pushed down on the syringe and
> > suddenly I felt this really deep tight muscly ache up by my shoulder as
> the tetanus went in. She told me to relax--yeah right!--but my muscle always
> > tightens up for the tetanus. My arm ached for three days. Am I glad
> > tetanus is good for ten years! I just wore tank tops for a few days, so I
> > wouldn't have to hassle getting my arm in and out of a sleeve. Thank
> > goodness for tank tops!
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