I’m paying a lot to become a NHS pincushion

September 27, 2010

We just went through the amount of injections that we need, it’s a ridiculous amount of things that can kill you out there in the world, and also I am afraid of needles, eeeek! So because I’m from Sweden I don’t really get immunised against anything, and have always just gotten the Gamma Globulin injection on holidays that kinda boost your immune system for 3 months, but this travel will more than likely extend beyond 3 months. So I’m going to need:

Yellow Fever
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Rabies
Tetenus
Typhoid
Cholera
Japanese encephalitis
Thickborn encephalitis
Meningococcal meningitis
Tubercolusis

Which totals up to around £450!!! Is this a case of scaremongering or better safe than sorry? I mean the ones that has no treatment after infection costs more, also don’t we have ticks in Europe that can give you encephalitis? Maybe I should bring shit loads of antibiotic in case i feel a tad sick anywhere! Anyways this is the site that gave us the break down: http://www.fitfortravel.scot.nhs.uk