"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in
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"Matthew Reed" nospam at zootal dot com nospam wrote in
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2 years ago - broken shoulder, tetanus shot. 12 years ago broken
collarbone, tetanus shot. 8 years from now - who knows? Probably
break an arm or leg this time, and get another tetanus shot

Just out of curiousity, why would a broken bone require a tet shot?
Were they compound fractures? Tet shots aren't routinely given for
things that do not break the skin, AFAIK.

Road rash. In both cases there was a bit of missing skin. I fell off
my bicycle (both times in my own parking lot, go figure) while moving
slowly, but hit hard enough to break the bone and take off a small
patch of skin.

http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2005%...ulder/images/D
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http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2005%...ulder/images/D
SCF1078.jpg.

So the tet shot was for the skin injury, not the break. We don't want
anyone going around thinking they got inadequate care because they didn't
get a tet shot for a broken bone, right?