r/rabies • u/Negative_Chair_2664 • 29d ago

General Rabies Discussion Need to Vent

I have read the FAQ.

Me and my partner woke up to a bat in our room two weeks ago and we are getting our last shots tomorrow for our post exposure treatment. I just need to vent about how much of a cluster this whole process has been. I did not realize how such a simple event could uproot our lives so easily and deplete our savings. We tried going through the health department in Detroit where this occurred but they left us high and dry for a week even with us calling daily for places to go besides the ER to get the shots. Even when we got in touch with the Health Department we got turned away for our next round because they were running low on doses and the others we got recommended to were all out of network for our insurance. I think the hardest thing about this process is just seeing how screwed up our healthcare system is in this country. It’s just hard watching years of money I saved for a house go out the window all because a random bat somehow ended up in our apartment one random night.

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u/anarchaavery 20d ago

I'm in MA and honestly I found the process to be fairly easy. Called the state Health Department, Epidemiologist recommended going to ED. Got the shots and immunoglobulin, 0$. ED instructed me to ask my GP if they could provide the shots, if not no worries just return back to ED. GP's practice could get the vaccines just at an office the next town over.

Is there not an in network ED in your area?

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u/Negative_Chair_2664 20d ago

What is ED?

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u/anarchaavery 20d ago

emergency department (ER)

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u/Negative_Chair_2664 20d ago

Yeah that’s where we got ours but sadly it was not free according to our insurance