That tetanus shot

I had to get a TB skin test and tetanus vaccine today for upcoming work. I am pretty darn sure I have had tetanus shot before, but it wasn't on my vaccine history so I had to get another one. Well, not a big deal, they can just give it to me right there at no charge to me. Easy breezy. Right? Not so much.

The nurse told me I might feel muscle pain at injection site and have flu like symptoms. I am not particularly afraid of shots and have never had bad reactions to vaccines, so I wasn't scared or anything like that. It was over fairly quickly and painlessly.

As soon as the vaccine was done I started to feel a little lightheaded. I thought maybe I was just tired and need something to eat since I haven't had lunch yet. So I head out and started walking to the elevators. I started to feel more and more lightheaded within that 1 minute walk to the elevator and by the time I was in the elevator full of people, my vision started to blackout and I couldn't stand up straight. I managed to say "I don't feel well" before crouching over, then completely face down laying on the floor. At this point, I couldn't focus my eyes or keep my balance. I felt nauseated and just overall sick. I remember distinctly as soon as I went down, the elevator went completely silent, which made me very nervous because I couldn't see anything. For a second I thought these people were going to leave me laying there. Then, a man asked me if I was lightheaded or something else. A women asked me if I have eaten anything, which I said no. I hope I didn't make them think I'm anorexic or something. I told them I just had a tetanus shot and I now I don't feel well. They took me back to the clinic and explained the situation to the nurses there.

The nurse lay me down on a bed, gave me some water, and just let me rest there for a bit. I have no clue what happened to me, but whatever it was went away as fast as it came. Within minutes I was fine again, felt a little weak but fine. The nurse told me to go get something to eat, which I did, and that was it.

Even though it turned out to be nothing serious, I was really scared at the moment. I didn't know what was happening or why I was feeling so sick. Almost passing out in public really is an... interesting experience.

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