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Hope22

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5. Last time I was due for a booster...

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Tue Feb 28, 2023, 02:51 PM

Feb 2023

The doc stuck me with the Tetanus / whooping cough combo. This was right before Covid and I think she was spooked. If that shot is offered my reaction was the same as straight tetanus with the extremely sore arm. Nothing too crazy. I think a booster is due at 10 years or 5 after a messy wound.

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Tetanus shot [View all] no_hypocrisy Feb 2023 OP

The only one they'd offer is a booster. Laffy Kat Feb 2023 #1

Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis). You need the combined vaccine because of waning hlthe2b Feb 2023 #2

This is what CVS gave me recently. The TDAP for my tetanus "booster." Irish_Dem Feb 2023 #7

thx for asking. Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #3

Not a whole lot of difference Warpy Feb 2023 #4

Sorry you had to go through that! Hope22 Feb 2023 #6

Last time I was due for a booster... Hope22 Feb 2023 #5