After having been told that our travel health clinic was closing, we found another doctor through our travel agent. He was very good. It's Dr. Weiner (pronounced, like the term for hotdog). I kind of felt like I was insulting him if I called him by name! He was very easy to talk to and pretty good with the needles. Usually my arm hurts the next day, but not this time.
We discussed our travel plans and the shots we had already taken, and came away with a few more shots, and more planned. The whole family now has our boosters for both Hep A and B. The girls also got Meningitis, but he didn't have enough in stock for Nadim and I too, so we'll have to get it on the next trip. He checked some of his books and determined that when we're in India, it isn't going to be the season for Japanese Encephylitis, so we don't need those shots, but he did suggest Rabies shots. It's low risk, but since we'll be gone so long it's better to be safe than sorry.
Next visit we still have to talk about Malaria pills too. It's not an issue in most of the areas we are going to, but if we go to rural areas we may want to take something. We'll get more info on that later.
CM
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