The Flu Shot

[Tyler]

A couple of weeks ago I was getting a checkup at the doctor and she (the hot nurse) talked me into getting a flu shot.  Well, I should have known better.  Just like the last two times I got royally sick two weeks after getting the flu shot.  Yesterday spent the entire day in bed and couldn't get out.

I know the doctors say that you can't get sick from it, but this is the third time it's happened, so I can say that there's no more flu shot for me.

[BaldBear]

there's no more flu shot for me.

Couldn't agree with you more!

[wpruitt]

The one time I had the flu shot, I stayed ill all winter. 

[tomgallagher]

I had one a month ago and no problem.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

I've never had a problem w/ the flu shot but I have had the flu when I didn't get it and that was the pits.  In this area there is a 24-48 virus going round w/ tremendous gastric consequences.  My wife got it, it hit her fast.  In less than an hour she was down for the count.  Last night we were at dinner w/ my wine group and one guy's wife was dressed and ready to go, wham, down.  Only lasts a little more than a day, but it's a mean sucker, lots of bathroom action, vomiting and diarrhea.  Also, since our kids are grown we get sick far less often than when the kids would bring home everything from school.  If you have a child over 3 that takes part in any pre-school activities up until their teen years you're going to be exposed to everything and get sick.  Loved our kids as youngsters, but I can do without the headcolds, etc. they'd bring home with them.

[Magoo]

A couple of weeks ago I was getting a checkup at the doctor and she (the hot nurse) talked me into getting a flu shot.  Well, I should have known better.  Just like the last two times I got royally sick two weeks after getting the flu shot.  Yesterday spent the entire day in bed and couldn't get out.

I know the doctors say that you can't get sick from it, but this is the third time it's happened, so I can say that there's no more flu shot for me.

Wonder if there is something other than the flu virus in the shot that your body reacts to. Because most people do not get the flu from the shot , other wise there would be a epidemic from all the inoculations given annually.

[Arnie]

I prefer the flu vapor/inhaler...

Got that my last 2 years in the Navy...easy and you administer it yourself...

[aarrggh]

A couple of weeks ago I was getting a checkup at the doctor and she (the hot nurse) talked me into getting a flu shot.  Well, I should have known better.  Just like the last two times I got royally sick two weeks after getting the flu shot.  Yesterday spent the entire day in bed and couldn't get out.

I know the doctors say that you can't get sick from it, but this is the third time it's happened, so I can say that there's no more flu shot for me.

Wonder if there is something other than the flu virus in the shot that your body reacts to. Because most people do not get the flu from the shot , other wise there would be a epidemic from all the inoculations given annually.

  I`m guessing its the tiny microchip the goverment is secretly injecting with the shot in all humans for easy tracking . . .   

[kenny57028]

Ya I seem to get sick from the shot, too. I always wonderd the point of taking the shot when I get sick from it, and it doesnt seem to keep me any less sick during the winter. So I aint gettin one this year.

[Nonick]

Hmm... sounds like different people have different immune systems!  
After you get the flu shot, it takes about 2 weeks before it is effective in your system.  So if you got the flu 2 weeks after getting the shot...hmmm.  
Oh, yeah and that mist vaccine, there is an upper age limit, I believe it is around 50, but it could be younger.  Regardless, for younger people, it can be an easier way to go!  
Last comment (for now   ) if you want to not feel bad about getting the flu shot, [don't] try this, like I did: get a pneumonia shot in the opposite arm.  You will not think twice about the flu shot because the pneumonia shot is so horrific (for me)!!!  My arm was absolutely inflamed for 4 solid days.  It was about as bad as getting an actual shot in the arm.  There was this solid mass in my arm and the entire upper arm felt like it had an infection or something in it.  OMG I though it would never end!   (Duh! )

[tomgallagher]

A couple of weeks ago I was getting a checkup at the doctor and she (the hot nurse) talked me into getting a flu shot.  Well, I should have known better.  Just like the last two times I got royally sick two weeks after getting the flu shot.  Yesterday spent the entire day in bed and couldn't get out.

I know the doctors say that you can't get sick from it, but this is the third time it's happened, so I can say that there's no more flu shot for me.

Wonder if there is something other than the flu virus in the shot that your body reacts to. Because most people do not get the flu from the shot , other wise there would be a epidemic from all the inoculations given annually.

  I`m guessing its the tiny microchip the goverment is secretly injecting with the shot in all humans for easy tracking . . .   

So that's why the vaccine was delivered via a black unmarked helicopter.

[fcb2001]

i prefer not to take the flu shot, but a health professional has asked me to take the flu shot.

[Nonick]

Well, if you're going to get one, now is probably a good time.  I heard just yesterday from a health professional who lives in Denver, that there are some people with the flu showing up at emergency rooms in Denver.  So, it is out there.  Remember it takes about 2 weeks before it's totally in your system.

[fcb2001]

ill go and get it

Well, if you're going to get one, now is probably a good time.  I heard just yesterday from a health professional who lives in Denver, that there are some people with the flu showing up at emergency rooms in Denver.  So, it is out there.  Remember it takes about 2 weeks before it's totally in your system.

[Magoo]

Hmm... sounds like different people have different immune systems!  
After you get the flu shot, it takes about 2 weeks before it is effective in your system.  So if you got the flu 2 weeks after getting the shot...hmmm.  
Oh, yeah and that mist vaccine, there is an upper age limit, I believe it is around 50, but it could be younger.  Regardless, for younger people, it can be an easier way to go!  
Last comment (for now   ) if you want to not feel bad about getting the flu shot, [don't] try this, like I did: get a pneumonia shot in the opposite arm.  You will not think twice about the flu shot because the pneumonia shot is so horrific (for me)!!!  My arm was absolutely inflamed for 4 solid days.  It was about as bad as getting an actual shot in the arm.  There was this solid mass in my arm and the entire upper arm felt like it had an infection or something in it.  OMG I though it would never end!   (Duh! )

Never got the reaction that some people get. I would refuse a shot also if i did.