The girl was there with her father. She was the right age for Gardasil. Call it intuition, but his was NOT a pregnancy issue.
Maybe 2 months earlier, I’d had my oldest (age 12) in for a physical, and Gardasil was pushed. I asked about the “side effects”, etc. Of course I’d done a lot of reading about it already — but the doctor offered no specifics other than “soreness at the injection spot”. I asked about the mandatory 20 minute waiting period in the office post-injection, because I’d never seen that with ANY other vaccination. “Oh, that’s just a precaution — almost NOBODY reacts very strongly.”
Sure.
That doctor sounds like Obama. Lying like a crappy rug.
Time for a new doc.
Err, that’s not true. They made me wait for a TDaP 304 years ago. No reaction other than a sore arm for a day or two.
Might be a needlephobic twit having a freakout...
One time, many years ago, the emergency department where I worked had a young lady develop sudden pulmonary edema in response to a tetanus toxoid injection. She did not die, but she would have if she hadn’t asked a question that required an answer from the doctor and the nurse told her “wait here, I’ll be back in a minute.” Usually we gave the shot, and out the door you go.
After that, all patients getting any kind of medication had to sit for 15 minutes or so. No exceptions.
Maybe this is that kind of thing, but I doubt it. Took my teenage sons for physicals this week and the doc told me they were giving it (Gardasil) now to boys too in that office. I gave him “the look” and he said “Oh, you can refuse.” LOL We refused.