Thanks for all the replies and advice guys! I typically wouldn't even think of getting a shot with thimerosal, but this is a unique situation. It's not that I'm not taking the time to find a doctor who has thimerosal-free....it's just that there simply is no time. I just found out that I am supposed to get the shot, and they need you to get it 2 weeks before the trip if it's going to work. I am under the 2 week mark as it is, and my wedding is coming up in 10 days.

Don't worry, I already know the dangers of mercury, and I already got my amalgams removed. I'm scared to death of thimerosal, and when I was required to get a hep b shot for school, I fought it tooth and nail until they waived the requirement for me. I just felt like I was in a bind, and although my holistic practitioner advised against all the other shots they advise (there are some ridiculous ones on the list, like rabies!), he thought that hep a would be a good one to get. This doctor wasn't trying to sell me on it, because he is vehemently against most all immunizations. He didn't exactly advise this one, but said that it might be a good idea, and he wouldn't advise against it like he did for the others. In fact, he laughed at the ridiculousness of the other shot recommendations, because they are so unnecessary.

i called the place, and they checked the ingredients and claim that thimerosal is NOT in their shots. When I arrive, I am going to insist on seeing the ingredients myself, because I honestly don't trust them. If it contains it, I think I will probably go without. Eating packaged food is not a possibility for me to do the entire trip, but I would probably rather take my chances with getting hep A and getting sick as a dog (it's temproary, and is described kind of like a stomach bug that really knocks you flat), rather than increase my mercury toxicity.

Thanks again for the replies.

~Tia