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I went through the post exposure treatment twice. First in 1974 in the USAF I removed a dog’s head that was positive for Rabies. I didn’t wish to take a chance on the disease even though I was wearing gloves. It was the old protocol with around 19 injections of DEE vaccine made in the duck eggs. I was painfully sore in arms, legs and stomach after the injections. In 1982 I was exposed when I put my hand down a dog’s mouth that I discovered he had pharyngeal paralysis. It was rabid. The Human Diploid series consisted of six painless vaccinations. The downside is that the insurance company would not pay for it because it was a “vaccine” and not to treat a disease (yea, they were pricks) and even in 1982 it was $3K. I had the highest titer against rabies of all of the veterinary students at Tennessee because of the two post exposure treatments I received. Both times it was a rabid dog in an area that hadn’t had rabies in decades.