Public Service Announcement

[bojojoti]

Gardeners should get a tetanus shot every ten years, because tetanus bacterium can live in soil and manure.  It only takes a break in the skin--and what rosarian doesn't have battle wounds?--for Clostridium tetani to attack the nervous system.  Most people think of lockjaw, but there is so much more to the symptoms.  It's a long, lingering, horrifying death that can last for weeks.  So, get your innoculation!

And *ow* I got mine yesterday, and my arm is sore!  But it's better than having convulsions strong enough to break bones. 

Comments

[lorelei-n.livejournal.com]

I think you're supposed to get one every ten years anyway, but my brother is allergic to the shot and is a gardener. He almost died from the shot as a kid.

[bojojoti.livejournal.com]

Hopefully, your brother's severe reaction is indicative that he is fully protected. How frightening that he had such a reaction.