What’s it like getting a tetanus shot?
I can tell you what it’s like — because I just had my first tetanus shot as an adult the other day!
This wasn’t my first tetanus shot ever — it was my fourth. My first three? I got them when I was a child (in the 1980s). So, let’s just say I was a bit overdue for a booster, which adults should get every 10 years.
So why did I suddenly rush off to get a tetanus shot for the first time since ABBA had a Top 40 hit on the radio?
Here’s how an accident during a do-it-yourself project at home brought me to the urgent care center for a tetanus shot… what the process of getting a tetanus vaccine was like for me… and how to know if you need to get a tetanus shot or not…