AUTHOR: Julie
DATE: 11/02/2007
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<div style="clear:both;"></div>When I tried to get a flu shot at my local pharmacy last month, I got turned away after disclosing that I was pregnant. "You need to get the preservative-free version," the nurse said. It was tougher than I thought to track down someone offering the vaccine without thimerosal though. I finally heard about a flu shot clinic just for pregnant women, and I went down and got the shot yesterday. My arm has been sore ever since, but at least now I'm protected.<br /><br />This was the best advice I could offer for a friend who feels taken for granted: do what you can to preserve your dignity, stop giving pieces of yourself away, and save them for people who matter. I take tons of my own medicine and it works for me, but I don't know if it will work for her. Every person is different.<div style="clear:both; padding-bottom:0.25em"></div><p class="blogger-labels">Labels: <a rel='tag' href="http://juvin.com/labels/meds.shtml">meds</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://juvin.com/labels/nablopomo.shtml">nablopomo</a>, <a rel='tag' href="http://juvin.com/labels/pregnancy.shtml">pregnancy</a></p>
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