I had almost no side effects with shots 1 and 3, just a standard soreness in the arm that was poked. Shot 2 was definitely the worst for me; for the first couple of hours following it, I was fine, but soon after I developed a fever, full body soreness, joint pain, lethargy, and pretty severe nausea. The closest thing that I can compare it to is the hit-by-train feeling from the flu. Thankfully, I had scheduled my series in such a way that I was getting the vaccines on Friday afternoons/evenings after class during first semester of first year, so I was able to just sleep it off and was fine after that weekend.
Only had very mild muscle pain, no Tylenol needed.
Got it; thanks all! Sorry to hear about shot 2 @Elkhart -- hopefully my shots go smoothly...
It was just a little surprising because I'd never had any reaction to a vaccine beyond very mild fever and soreness at the injection site, and it was only shot #2 that made me feel sick---the others were fine.
If you're worried about it, you could always try to schedule the series so that you get the shots on off days in case you do end up feeling ill afterward.
It was just a little surprising because I'd never had any reaction to a vaccine beyond very mild fever and soreness at the injection site, and it was only shot #2 that made me feel sick---the others were fine.
There's no real way to know ahead of time, unfortunately, unless you have had reactions to other vaccines before. But severe reactions are rare, so chances are good that yours will go smoothly and you'll be just fine.
Trust me I researched everything befor posting, for fear of the SDNers all coming down on my head. Insurance will only cover the rabies vaccine and treatment AFTER exposure to rabies. I also work for the government (with animals in research) and rabies is not required and will not be covered by my department. My insurance, as well, will not cover the vaccine if billed as a preventative. I called my docs office and they have no problem using the CPT (procedure code) that codes for “rabies treatment” for the 3 vaccine doses, so theoretically, the insurance should just read that code, and it will pop up and walla! Covered! ...again, theoretically. I mean, what’s the worse... only $1000
We shall see; I will report back.
Trust me I researched everything befor posting, for fear of the SDNers all coming down on my head. Insurance will only cover the rabies vaccine and treatment AFTER exposure to rabies. I also work for the government (with animals in research) and rabies is not required and will not be covered by my department. My insurance, as well, will not cover the vaccine if billed as a preventative. I called my docs office and they have no problem using the CPT (procedure code) that codes for “rabies treatment” for the 3 vaccine doses, so theoretically, the insurance should just read that code, and it will pop up and walla! Covered! ...again, theoretically. I mean, what’s the worse... only $1000
That is the exact insurance plan I have. If you have your doctor prescribe the vaccine, you can get it special ordered at a pharmacy and then you pick it up and bring it to your doctor's office for injection. That's how BCBS made me do itDamn, I didn’t think my insurance would have covered it. I have BCBS federal employee plan and I was told no. But maybe because my school doesn’t require it? I’ll have to call and harass more to see if I can get it covered so I can try to get it covered before I can’t be on my parents insurance
Thank you! I will try to see if my PCP will do that. I was going to wait till i had graduated and had an income to get it, but if my insurance will cover it I'll do it now.
That's nice! Not worth it for me to drive to Vermont
Hopefully it'll work out for you!
I had a mild fever the night after the first shot, but I was better the next morning. With shots 2 and 3 I just had a bit of arm soreness! I've never had a reaction to any other vaccine.
Try contacting the school and seeing if they can give you what it costs to do through them when school starts. If it’s the same as doing them now through the clinic, you could just get it over with now if you wanted and had the ability to
BCBS would always tell me they wouldn't cover it. I called 3 different times at 3 different points in my life. Went and got it anyway at the Dr no special codes. They paid for it 80/20 per my health plan. Not saying it will be covered but that was my experience.
...three times? In a pandemic? Preexposure rabies is a three shot series at least two weeks apart (maybe three, can’t remember and it’s been ten years since I was vaccinated) so you’d probably have to stay for six weeks or go back and forth three times. I mean if your school will accept a foreign vaccination then more power to you but it doesn’t seem that much cheaper to me and given the current global pandemic I wouldn’t really recommend it even if it was.
