Two Hours and Seventy Dollars Later...

So two hours and seventy dollars later I can say that I am very glad that the shots are over. As I was typing up my last post (immediately following my vaccinations) my throat began to feel weird. I figured that wasn’t the best sign- but it wasn’t too bad and subsided rather quickly. Soon after though, my chest began to feel tight. At that point I figured, “you know, it probably would be good to go back and ask if this is okay.”

So I walked back and told the receptionist what was happening. She went and got the nurse who had given me the vaccination (who was very very nice) and I told the nurse what was going on. She said that since the tightness had gone away and I wasn’t having trouble breathing that I was probably fine and should just wait around for a couple of minutes to make sure things were fine. So I sat in the waiting room for a while and she came out to check on me. I wasn’t feeling great, but I was doing okay and told her so. She mentioned that maybe I should get checked out at urgent care- but I decided to wait a few more minutes to see if it was going away. Between the time she proposed I go to urgent care and then next time she came to check on me, my lips had begun to tingle. The sensation actually only lasted 3 minutes or so, but I thought, “this isn’t a good sign. Urgent care might not be such a bad idea.” After all- what do I pay my health services fee for if I don’t use it?

The nurse walked me up to urgent care and made sure I got in right away (again, very nice lady). The new nurse took a bunch of info and decided, “let’s have a doctor take a look at you.” They got me a room and two nurses immediately came in and took a ridiculous amount of information in two minutes (blood pressure, oxygen in my blood, heart rate, temperature, breathing rate, ect.). They then gave me a fast acting Allegra. A few minutes later the doctor came in and checked me out. He said that before I get more shots I need to talk it over with my regular doctor to see if this was a true allergic reaction. He also prescribed me some allergy medicine to take incase this happens again (hence the $70). Good thing I figured this out stateside though, right?