That the shots were 6 or 12 in number, given in the abdomen and incredibly painful to receive? Those urban legends? But were they all legend?
I had a round of the shots in ‘67. The needles weren’t so bad, but the vaccine burned like you-know-what. Each injection left a bruised area that was real sore. After a few days, it became hard to find a place on my skinny belly that wasn’t too sore to stick. I had one month left to go on my tour of sunny Southeast Asia. Since I was the Corpsman, I gave myself the shots.
My daughter got rabies shots once about 20 years ago. I think there were 6, in the butt cheek. As I remember they started off with two gamaglobulin, then once a week for the remainder of the weeks. Painful because it was a big shot.
Possibly exposed at a petting zoo she had been at.
It had been after it appeared on the news about the zoo and the dates and the specific animal.
We contacted the state health dept as instructed. It was only 2 or 3 days after. The idiot public health nurse told us to just watch for symptoms and call back if we saw any. She also said the shots were expensive, like 800-1000.
Of course, when you see symptoms it’s too late. You’re dead.
So I guess watching for symptoms was so we could measure her for a coffin.
Called her doctor and he exploded and called someone. Within the hour we got a call back and instructions on where to go. Shots were free of charge.