I'm scared to go get my TB test.
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 miss apprehensive |
I'm scared to go get my TB test. |
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Posts: 14933 (07/07/2008 1:15 AM) |
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 abby since 1984 |
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Posts: 49442 (07/07/2008 1:16 AM) |
Why?
I've done like 7 this week, let me do it, I'm a pro. 
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miss apprehensive |
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Posts: 14934 (07/07/2008 1:18 AM) |
You've given them? Or gotten them? What should I expect?
I've always been really good with shots...they don't even phase me. But something about them injecting stuff that's gonna make a bump under my skin freaks me out. |
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NiteSky83 |
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Posts: 5462 (07/07/2008 1:19 AM) |
Those hurt like hell. Mine always flares up really bad and then goes down. It's weird.
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miss apprehensive |
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Posts: 14935 (07/07/2008 1:20 AM) |
NiteSky83 wrote: |
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Jenny Cide |
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Posts: 15892 (07/07/2008 1:22 AM) JJB Angel '07 |
Mine always make a huge red place the day I get it done and freaks me out.
 But it always looks fine when it comes time to get it read.
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Oy Humbug |
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Posts: 8893 (07/07/2008 1:22 AM) |
Is TB test the one with a little needles in a circle and they do it on your forearm?
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abby since 1984 |
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Posts: 49444 (07/07/2008 1:22 AM) |
I give them. I get them every year also. I have a reaction to them, not a positive result but a skin reaction. The injection is right under the skin, most
people don't complain. I don't find that part all that difficult. Just look away when they do it.
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abby since 1984 |
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Posts: 49445 (07/07/2008 1:22 AM) |
Oy Humbug wrote: Yes/ |
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TimeisHoney |
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Posts: 5967 (07/07/2008 1:24 AM) |
TB is like, the worst disease
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miss apprehensive |
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Posts: 14936 (07/07/2008 1:24 AM) |
needleS? how many?
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PLURfekt |
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Posts: 11366 (12/04/1926 3:15 PM) |
i am allergic to the serum. i've tested positive since my first tb test. i have to get chest x-rays every two years now. they have x-rays dating back to
11/12/1987
i wasn't even a year yet!
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Jenny Cide |
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Posts: 15893 (12/04/2001 3:15 PM) JJB Angel '07 |
Just one needle!
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abby since 1984 |
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Posts: 49447 (07/07/2008 1:27 AM) |
It's only one needle. It's intradermal, it does even go into the subcutaneous tissue or muscle.
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miss apprehensive |
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Posts: 14938 (07/07/2008 1:27 AM) |
Whew! Thank you.
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