College needs my shot records to attend but I do not have any

[Anonymous]

I am attending college and I need to fill out a medical form, along with my doctor. Listed needs to be records for when I received certain shots. The problem is, I do not have these records, and my doctor does not either. I actually do not have a doctor. I am 30, I see an obgyn, and if i get randomly sick, I go to urgent care. So, how or where do I go for my shot records? I have no clue how to fill out this form.

[Anonymous]

Check with your county health department where you grew up.

[Anonymous]

Ask your parents?

[Anonymous]

Don't be surprised to learn you are missing shots and need some. This happened to me.

[Anonymous]

it may be easier to just get the shots over again.

[Anonymous]

Tell them you have no record. They might require you to get all the shots. Tell them that not getting shots is part of your religion, and you may not have to get them (depends on what state you live in). Maybe you will have to get them all if you want to go to school. Thank heavens my state doesn't require that.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps you can go have titres drawn. The results will indicate of you still have immunity to something (i.e., measles). If not, you can get a booster shot of whatever you need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell them you have no record. They might require you to get all the shots. Tell them that not getting shots is part of your religion, and you may not have to get them (depends on what state you live in). Maybe you will have to get them all if you want to go to school. Thank heavens my state doesn't require that.

PP here. I misread- was your religion part of you not getting shots? If not, tell them the truth and see what they say.

[Anonymous]

Can you sign the religious waiver?

[Anonymous]

Good grief, its not that difficult.
Get your titer's drawn for proof of immunity.
If you are not immune on titer, and you lack records, the school's student health office will vaccinate you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good grief, its not that difficult.
Get your titer's drawn for proof of immunity.
If you are not immune on titer, and you lack records, the school's student health office will vaccinate you.

Wow. You didn't go to college, right? High school?

[Anonymous]

This happened to me with grad school. First, check with your pediatrician from childhood to see if they have any records. That might work. I was able to get some that way but not all. Ultimately, I had to get a bunch over again that were required in my state of attendance. Different states have different requirements. I was able to get them at student health.

[Anonymous]

OP who gave you your shots? Only you can tell us the answer to that. For most people, it was a pediatrician and if that was the case for you, you should request the records from that pediatrician.

It's not uncommon to receive boosters as an adult, if you have expired shots, or some of your records were lost and titres show you need them. Urgent care can give you most shots you need.

My advice is that once you have resolved this, make a record and store it in the same place as you store your birth certificate, your official transcripts, Social Security card, your parents' will... you get the idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP here. I misread- was your religion part of you not getting shots? If not, tell them the truth and see what they say.

I think that a PP brought up religion, not the OP.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks all! I had no idea about titres. I also do not mind getting all the shots over again if I have to do so. I just wasn't sure if any of these shots had to be given only as a child or what not. If urgent care can do this, that will be great but if not, time to do find a doctor. Also, no idea about the doctor who did my shots. I remember it was an in home doctor and he retired when I was still a child. My parents do not have records