Hi Ravenclaw,
Two years ago, I fell badly in a trench and one of my legs was scrapped to the bone on about 5 to 6 inches.
I was transported to an ER 20 miles away and the doctor carried out a test to check my immunology (antibodies) towards tetanus and the results came back negative. I told her that I was having regular PLEX's for my MG and that the circulating antibodies were supposed to be removed.
I told her also that I previously elapsed due to a vaccine shot for bronchitis and that I was not very keen for another shot...
She replied that the effects of tetanus were horrible and caused death 50 % of the time and that she would give me the shot anyway...
I survived that shot without any problem, same for the second part of it one month later, if I remember correctly.
I still wonder about the effect of PLEX versus the vaccine protection...
Maurice.
She also did a beautiful job mending my leg with 12 stiches on a location where there is no flesh, only skin on the bone!