Do I take a shot or not?

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » September 28, 2009 1:12 pm

I have a chance to get a flu shot tomorrow at work. I am undecided on if I am going to do it or not. Part of the reason, this shot won't protect from the H1N1 flu. Those shots will be available to us in November. The other reason is the last time I got a flu shot was about 13 years ago and ended up down with the flu 3 times that year.

I'm curious how many pholks out there are going to get a flu shot this year.....

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » September 28, 2009 1:14 pm

WOOOHOO!!!! SHOTS!!!!!

oh. the arm kind.

citcat · Post by **citcat** » September 28, 2009 1:17 pm

RinglingRingling wrote:WOOOHOO!!!! SHOTS!!!!!

oh. the arm kind.

Here's my thinking: yes if you are around people, especially kids every day.
I'm NOT. Because the last three years I got a flu shot, and yes...you guessed it. I got the FRIGGIN' FLU !!!!!!!

Before that, I hadn't even had as much as a cold for several years. You will probably never convince me there was no connection.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » September 28, 2009 1:18 pm

A flu shot in the boobies?

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 28, 2009 1:20 pm

I'll take Victoria in to get one when the H1N1 is available. Because of Celiac Disease, her immune system becomes extremely compromised when she accidentally gets gluten. A few weeks ago she got glutened, and within a week she had a sinus infection she's still trying to clear.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » September 28, 2009 1:24 pm

I already got mine...the flu vac is a DEAD virus, you can't get THE FLU from it!!! The nasal spray thing is a LIVE virus...i will not go near that!

The CDC has been telling hospitals that the SEASON FLU (not H1N1 piggie flu) is going to be BAD this year....it's a personal choice but i always get mine! The one year that they ran out and i did not get one i was SICK AS HELL for 10 days!

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » September 28, 2009 1:28 pm

I'm undecided. So many folks I know that have gotten flu shots have gotten incredibly sick, both from the shot as well as getting a strain of flu that the shot doesn't cover (or one that has mutated). I could never understand why teachers were never included with the high risk groups for getting shots (health care workers, elderly etc). I have a feeling the H1N1 vaccines are going to be hard to come by for the average Joe...

Fruitcake14 · Post by **Fruitcake14** » September 28, 2009 1:29 pm

I get one every year. I got the flu a few years ago. Haven't had it since I started getting the shot (knock on wood)

There's been word if the schools get the H1N1 vaccine, they'll get enough for us teachers to get it as well....

citcat · Post by **citcat** » September 28, 2009 1:30 pm

well, ok. But I chose "boobies" as my response.

txaggirl91 · Post by **txaggirl91** » September 28, 2009 1:35 pm

As soon as I posted this, we got an email saying they need to postpone the shots for 3 weeks and to go somewhere else to get it.

Maybe it was a sign..... Lol

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » September 28, 2009 1:44 pm

here is info that we were emailed from the CDC about the H1N1 vaccine you have to get the seasonal flu vaccine first:

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/ ... ans_qa.htm

pair8head · Post by **pair8head** » September 28, 2009 2:01 pm

I will get the seasonal flu shot as I am one of those that really really need to.
However since I have already gone thru the swine flu thing back in the 70's and
had the shot for it then I have been told by my doctor that I will not need to get
that vaccine.

East Texas Parrothead · September 28, 2009 4:43 pm

Janice: I'm sure they've improved the vaccine since 1989, but that was the last time I took one ... and I got so sick I thought I was going to die. Spent two weeks with fever, chills, aches and a headache that got so bad I WANTED to die.

Mr. Mojito takes one every year and hasn't had any problem ... but I'll never take another one.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » September 28, 2009 4:50 pm

East Texas Parrothead wrote:Janice: I'm sure they've improved the vaccine since 1989, but that was the last time I took one ... and I got so sick I thought I was going to die. Spent two weeks with fever, chills, aches and a headache that got so bad I WANTED to die.

Mr. Mojito takes one every year and hasn't had any problem ... but I'll never take another one.

i think years ago the vaccine was a live virus.

East Texas Parrothead · September 28, 2009 4:54 pm

flipflopgirl wrote:
East Texas Parrothead wrote:Janice: I'm sure they've improved the vaccine since 1989, but that was the last time I took one ... and I got so sick I thought I was going to die. Spent two weeks with fever, chills, aches and a headache that got so bad I WANTED to die.

Mr. Mojito takes one every year and hasn't had any problem ... but I'll never take another one.
i think years ago the vaccine was a live virus.

You're probably right, Christine ... but it made me want to be dead!

fabduo · Post by **fabduo** » September 28, 2009 5:01 pm

I'm in the catagory that needs to get one every year & the pnuemonia vaccine every 5 years. I do get it & I never get the flu.

thebeachbumm33 · Post by **thebeachbumm33** » September 28, 2009 5:33 pm

I never get the flu shot and I never get the flu, my children do have a dr's appointment late this month to get both shots after recommendation from the doc on thier well check-ups back in August:-?

Frank4 · Post by **Frank4** » September 28, 2009 6:48 pm

I've been in the healthcare industry for a few years....I have gotten a flu shot and gotten the flu. I have also not gotten a shot and not contracted the flu. If you talk to nurses and doctors they are split on the issue.

I am still thinking about it

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » September 28, 2009 7:04 pm

I got mine today.

flipflopgirl · Post by **flipflopgirl** » September 28, 2009 7:12 pm

Frank4 wrote:I've been in the healthcare industry for a few years....I have gotten a flu shot and gotten the flu. I have also not gotten a shot and not contracted the flu. If you talk to nurses and doctors they are split on the issue.

I am still thinking about it

Like Kat said there are strains that mutate and end up not being covered but...i swear by it. It is a personal choice! But being in a job like mine where i work right in the heart of the ER i will take all the protection i can get!

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