How to cope with receiving multiple injections?! Help!?

If you got your usual childhood immunizations, I can't imagine you would need 8 shots. Do you have records of what you got in the past? Make sure you bring them along. What might be recommended for your age would be Tdap, meningococcal, and HPV. That is 3 shots. If you need proof of immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, and chicken pox, there are blood tests for those.

Even if you did not get all your baby shots I can't think of 8 shots you would need at once unless you have a health condition where additional vaccines are recommended.

You should be able to look at your college's website, or contact the health service and see exactly which ones are required.

I would rather get them in the arm than in the thigh. Vaccines should not be given in the butt as there is the possibility of nerve injury and the muscle is too large to absorb the vaccine properly.

If you are college age, you will most likely get all your vaccinations in your upper arm(s). The vaccination itself is not that painful (if at all) but there may be some soreness afterwards in the area where the vaccinations are given for a few hours to a day. The most important thing is to be relaxed as much as possible. If your arm is tense, you will more than likely have more soreness. There should be no reason for 8 shots. Most college vaccine requirements are for you to be up to date on your MMR and Tdap vaccinations. The Hepatitis B vaccine and/or the Varicella vaccine 'may' also be a requirement. The meningicoccal vaccine is usually highly recomended. If all of those are given, that's five. (If you are female, the HPV vaccine may also be recomended, but it not required for college). The MMR and the Varicella (Chicken Pox) vaccines are given in the back of your upper arm and may sting a tad. The Tdap, Hepatitis B, HPV and Meningitis vaccinations are given in the upper arm muscle and if you are relaxed, you will more than likely not even feel the injection.

The Hepatitis B and the HPV vaccinations are a series of three shots given over six months. The Meningitis vaccination is one shot. The Tdap would also be a one time booster (to last 10 years.)

The Varicella vaccine is given in two doses. If you need an MMR vaccination, you most likely got one as a child so only one more is needed.

Prepare to have two sore arms for a day but the more relaxed you are, the less soreness you will have.

It won't be bad. The biggest issue will be your anxiety beforehand. It is understandable that 6 injections is scary, but it won't hurt much. The nurse will pinch your skin and inject the vaccine. You'll feel the pinch more than the injection.

I'm sure plenty of people might try to scare you, but it is not a painful ordeal.

You will probably feel tired the next day, as your immune system responds to the vaccines. Be ready for that.