I was damn worried about the meningitis shot. Bukannye ape la. All my friends had taken the vaccination and the only person left is, well, me. I DID consider taking it, but since there was a lot of other stuff that I need to consider too, it took me about weeks before deciding to take the shot.
First, the vaccination costs about $30, which is a lot of money if you ask me. I thought, damn I can but three McD meals with that same amount of money. Second, it’s gonna hurt. Third, needles make me depressed…. (I hate needles). I was pretty sure that this meningitis disease was nothing until I stumbled across an article about a uiuc student infected with meningitis one year ago. I was definitely shocked that she had both her legs and arms amputated because of the disease!! I mean, gosh. I would die if one of my fingers got chopped off, let alone my arms and legs and other body parts!
I was in shock for the rest of the day, and worried of course thinking that I haven’t done the vaccination. So, under my own initiative, I decide to walk to McKinley Health Center and demanded the vaccination. But I was still scared of needles…. I was thinking too much of the pain that it will cause me that I could care less about what was happening around me. And then there was some woman calling “Rihanna” (alah, org yg nyanyi lagu SOS tuh. Haha) and she led me into a room where there were two other doctors giving injections to some students. The woman asked “You’re Rihanna?”. And I was only like, “Ehm…”. She then introduced herself; her name is Cindy bla bla bla (I had already taken my seat) and then asked me to show my arm and then bla bla bla. And then, she lifted up one tiny needle. I tried to play it cool, but God Knows how scared like hell I was. So I turned my face away from the fearsome needle and started to read Alam Nasyrah and mane2 surah yg ader dlm kpala otak aku waktu tu (yee. Al-Fatihah pon aku bace). “Did you say something?” I heard the doctor asked. I was like, blur gler kan. “Prayers….” I replied. I swear to God the doctor was trying to hide her somehow amused expression. Well, she did give a little laugh though… “Don’t you worry. Nobody ever dies under my attention” she said while smiling. Ye la tu…. How would you know if I would be the first one? Hah? HAH?! And then aku pon kene inject la. Alhamdulillah nothing bad happened. Truth to be said, x sakit pon injection tersebut. Bukan nak belagak ah, tapi series, xde la sakit mane pon… Yet, that doesn’t mean I’m looking forward for another injection. I still despise all the needles that ever existed in the world.
By the way, I’m skipping one class nih. That’s why I have the time to write this crappy piece of my life experience. Xnak bagitau la kelas aper kan… All I know is I am damn terok dalam klas tuh. And who knows? Maybe some of you will inform the professor about me skipping the class? Haha. Looks like I’m being my usual paranoid self again. Aih. Aper2 la…..
I have just received my meningitis shot and it was like YEAHHH!!!