4 Brave Women Who Didn’t Cry at the Doctor’s Office Today Even Though They Had to Get a Shot

For most of us, the chickenpox is nothing more than a distant childhood memory. But not for Janice Bermann, a 40-year-old accounts manager, who never received the illness as a child. When her doctor warned her that the chickenpox is much more dangerous when contracted as an adult, she knew there was only one possible choice. “I have to get the fucking shot, don’t I?” she asked her doctor. Janice knew that the vaccine was totally voluntary...but when a hero is called to action they do not put the call on hold. “It was pretty extraordinary,” remarked Dr. Barry Silver, the physician who delivered the vaccine. “She’s a new patient of mine and I honestly expected her to make a real scene. The shot sucks. It hurts, it’s not like other shots, which also suck.”