Anyone here get the flu shot?

[Shell Beau]

Did it make you feel like crap?

[Pendrench]

1. I didn't, but both of my kids got the "nasal vaccine" - luckily neither felt bad after getting it

(and neither have gotten the flu, yet).

Hope you're not feeling bad.

Tim

[Radio_Lady]

2. We got ours in early November. Audio Al had no reaction.

I got a reddish bump on my arm. You know what? I think the bump was from the shingles vaccine. We got the flu, shingles, and updated out diptheria-tetanus shot after ten years.

So it was three-for-one. I didn't feel well for about 1/2 day (sleepy in the morning) but that was it.

Hope you're OK. (Good news is that we haven't had the flu. Just a lot of trouble from one tooth, not related.)

Rest and drink water if you have to. Lots of people have subtle reactions to vaccines, but they are better than getting the disease.

:hi:

[sleepyhead]

3. I didn't.

And I've been feeling like triple crap since Christmas day. I apparently have managed to acquire not only the influenza virus, but also an adenovirus, and have had the worst of both: headache, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, fever. I would've been happy to feel mildly crappy from the vaccine if I could have avoided this. So, if your question is whether or not to get the shot, my advice is yes, do it. From now on, I am going to get it every year.

[Shell Beau]

4. No, definitely get the shot if you can!! Having the flu sucks majorly!!

I just wasn't sure if it was the shot that made me feel like crap or just me being in the early and nauseous stages of pregnancy!!

[bicentennial_baby]

7. I've never had the shot, and as of yet

I've never gotten the flu. *knock wood*

In fact, I'm not sure that I've *ever had the flu in my life...weird. :shrug:

[Shell Beau]

9. I have only had it a couple of times and that was because

I was in direct contact with someone who had it. They really encourage you get the shot when you get pregnant!

[Iggo]

5. Nope.

And the flu's been through my office twice already. I get a little nervous, but it'll be okay.

I mean, really...what could POSSibly go wrong?

[DeepBlueC]

6. Got the shot. No reaction.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Shell Beau!

I did get a flu shot...

And it didn't make me feel like crap...

Maybe because you're pregnant?

I hope you feel better, sweetie!

:hug:

[Shell Beau]

10. I am fine today!! Thanks!! I got the shot Monday and felt like

total crap Tuesday and Wednesday! So bad in fact that the doc prescribed phenergan! What a miracle worker that is! :hug:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. I got it in October

It felt fine. I even got a grape lollipop for not crying.

I haven't gotten the flu yet, just a mild cold. Much better now.

[Shell Beau]

13. Hey now! I didn't get a lollipop!! And I got my blood taken and got

the flu shot! x(


:P



:)

[Burma Jones]

12. Yes, I get it, it's to prevent certain strains of the Influenza Virus

And I have never had it make me feel like crap.

[no name no slogan]

14. I got one in November

I don't think it made me sick though.

My late grandmother got sick off one twelve years ago. She was pretty sick at the time, though, and probably wasn't strong enough for a flu shot.

[Ian David]

15. I felt slightly crappy the first year I got it, but have had no problems in the years since. n/t

[SarahB]

16. Yes (and I've given plenty too)

The first year I got one I felt like crap- like a mini-flu. Now, I just feel a little achey in the arm for 2-3 days. I tell patients when I give them that they may feel a little achey and sore for a few days, but no it won't give you the flu. It's more of your body's immune response (which is what it's supposed to be doing) that makes you feel kind of "meh".

[Shell Beau]

17. Yeah the doc said my arm would be sore and I may get a low-grade

fever from it. I think it was that mixed the nausea from being pregnant. Thanks for info!!

[SKKY]

18. I have to get it. I don't have a choice...

The whole Military and doing what I'm told thing.

[texas1928]

19. I can catch it just fine...

Why would I want to get shot with it?

[Shell Beau]

20. I know it sure is going around here! How about there?

[texas1928]

21. No we have this cold virus going around...

That you can not get rid of. Sounds like a TB ward here at work.

[Orsino]

22. Only a little bit.

Felt sick for most of a day a few years back.