booboos.
now i’m usually pretty chill, but the one thing that still psyches me out every single time is a vaccination. thankfully, i only got four of them today.
i’m no good at shots, but at least i don’t bite strangers in defense anymore, which i think is an improvement. nowadays, at least i try to look at a wall as to not get so queasy.
what i mean by saying shots still psyche me out is that i kept dramatizing the situation in my head, thinking about nurses playing games of darts with me as the bullseye, and the darts replaced with the whole gamut of giant needle vaccines: 10 points for a flu shot, 25 for hep a, 50 for a typhoid, and 100 points for a straight shot tetanus because they hurt like hell for days.
and the worst thing is when the young nurse messes up a little with the shot and says, “uh oh. looks like we hit a sensitive spot, didn’t we?” voice in my head says, “KDFLSDJFLSDKJF..! what does that MEAN sensitive spot?! why the hell is it bleeding so much?!”
the other thing i mean is that after the consultation at yale health, i just really had a craving for a saf-t-pop. i mean, c’mon, i thought that was standard procedure. and what happened to a dunk into the little toy chest? now, seriously!
speaking of hurt, you know what else is hurting? my wallet. well, not quite. at first, i didn’t mind paying for the hefty bill i ran up, until i called my dad (because i needed moral support after the harrowing incident), and he told me that once again, i’d been ripped off. that just goes to show that it doesn’t matter what it is, it could be underwear or fruit or absolutely-necessary-health-procedures-like-vaccinations, and i’d still be blamed for getting ripped off.
the other advice (well, hardly advice) that my dad gave my pitiable post-shot self was that i shouldn’t have gotten those shots because now i’m just going to get all sorts of fevers and headaches and sores in the next few days because of inactive viruses consorting and running amok.
at the very least, four vaccinations has now become an excuse to do anything i want and guilt others to treating me nicely. ”you had a midterm exam today? oh that’s too bad. i had four - count ‘em - FOUR vaccinations. which is worse, hm? that’s right, that’s right.”
