Sounds like you either had a bad nurse, or a tetanus shot ;o)
Recommend: take a couple of Advil.
Looks like Alpha might be on the way, NautiNurse. Check out the huge burst of deepening convection just SE of the Windwards:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/TROP/DATA/RT/WATL/IR4/20.jpg