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Flu Shots?????
- Thread starter jpfabricator
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I get the flu shot every year. If you get sick then you most likely were coming down with the flu already.
I don't want to hijack this thread, but if you have had the chickenpox and you are 60 + you need the shingles shot also. That is a subject that is not discussed much by doctors and is very painful and the after effects can last a long time as I have had them and I know first hand. Unlike the name the shingles starts out as a rash. When you go to get your flu shot ask about the shingle shot.Places like Walgreens will give the flu shot and they also give the shingles shot.
I don't want to hijack this thread, but if you have had the chickenpox and you are 60 + you need the shingles shot also. That is a subject that is not discussed much by doctors and is very painful and the after effects can last a long time as I have had them and I know first hand. Unlike the name the shingles starts out as a rash. When you go to get your flu shot ask about the shingle shot.Places like Walgreens will give the flu shot and they also give the shingles shot.
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Yup, every year for the last 16.
If you think you got sick from a flu shot you are mistaken. The vaccine takes a couple of weeks to take the full effect. If you got sick after taking a the shot, you were already infected with the flu. The shot will not protect you from that. Also, there are different kinds of strains of the flu. You may have got a strain that the shot did not control. I got the flu one year, lasted a week and I had taken the shot months before.
If you think you got sick from a flu shot you are mistaken. The vaccine takes a couple of weeks to take the full effect. If you got sick after taking a the shot, you were already infected with the flu. The shot will not protect you from that. Also, there are different kinds of strains of the flu. You may have got a strain that the shot did not control. I got the flu one year, lasted a week and I had taken the shot months before.
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Yes, I get the shot.
And yes, sometimes I get sick around that time.
Not sure if it's related to the shot, or to the fact that I get exposed to sick people all the time.
Regardless, I've never been as sick as the patients who actually get the flu.
I suggest that we all find Docs/Clinics we trust and follow their recommendations.
Daryl
MN
And yes, sometimes I get sick around that time.
Not sure if it's related to the shot, or to the fact that I get exposed to sick people all the time.
Regardless, I've never been as sick as the patients who actually get the flu.
I suggest that we all find Docs/Clinics we trust and follow their recommendations.
Daryl
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NOPE..
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Yup every year. My wife travels a bit on business and brings back all sorts of germs from airplanes.
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I avoided them for years, but started up 2 years ago. I don't get very sick with stuff, but don't want to pass something on to my wife who gets really sick!! I have had no noticeable effects from the shots.
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Yes, every year since I was 9. That's when I was diagnosed with type-1 diabetes and the doctors all recommended that I get the flu shot. Never had the flu since then, either. 
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Yes.
My mother died from the flu.
My mother died from the flu.