Ain't Army life grand?? I'm at about the mid stage, where it starts to fill with puss and itches like crazy..

Andrew

You're serious? How'd you get it?

Smallpox sucks. I've seen plenty of pictures of it, and I'd never want to get it. Are they doing anything to treat it?

Heal it? They gave it to me 😎 The vaccine is a live virus injection, that is supposed to be very localized, but hardly works out that way...I have about a 4x4 square on my upper arm....A few pretty good sized pustules and a really nasty rash..

Andrew

Thank heavens its only 4x4! Wow, I hope and pray that it goes away fast and doesn't get any worse!

Bull,

Did you get it from the Vaccine? or is that what they're telling you?

Hog

Are you sure? The smallpox vaccine is made from a virus called vaccinia and the last known case of smallpox in the US was 1947. It sounds like you have vaccinia. Still, that sucks and I hope that you recover quickly.

question,

Did you also take the Anthrax Vaccine along with the smallpox?

Hog

BTW Bull... they may have already told you, but then again NOT... you need to record this with this place

http://www.vhcinfo.org/ 

that your having an alergic reaction to the smallpox vaccine... also retain a copy of your shot records ASAP! and get the lot numbers off the vaccine they gave you!

Hog

should read..

vaccine(s) they gave you!

George Carlin

Used to be fairly funny, now just a pissed off bitter old man.

Please excuse me, I posted #10 in the wrong thread!^

dude..........imagine if you had smallpox on your balls!

yikes!

Forget about the balls...what about around the fudge hole..

Vaccinia, yup, that is what they called it...Either way, it isn't much fun...Feels like I'm 8 with the chicken pox again..I want to scratch, but have to fight it 😉 It's been logged and reported...As to the anthrax vaccine, I declined on that one for now...

And btw, I agree a bout George Carlin hehe...

Bull this was the website I was also trying to find the other night for you...

http://www.smallpox.army.mil/event/default.asp 

it is listed off this site here..

http://www.nvic.org/ 

and here is also some more information on this..

http://www.nvic.org/Diseases/Smallpox%20Home.htm 

Hope your symptoms are getting better?

Hog

The large area rash is gone back down again, and I'm left with just the one very large infection...It itches like hell is is starting to ooze, so I have to constantly clean it and the area around it so it doesn't spread again..

Bull here also is some more information on this from Dr. Nass... if your symptoms seem to persist I would shoot her an email...

http://www.redflagsweekly.com/nass/2002_oct10.html 

Hog