flu shot

[lovemysgt 4]

just wondering if you guys got them.

[spoiltmom 44]

I'll get this year's shot next week but we always get them every single year. I got the flu once when I was 13 and I swear I thought I was going to die I hurt so badly.

My kids get them also.

[emjay 8]

Never got one. Had the flu in second grade. I don't come into contact with that many people in the course of my day (no kids in school either), so the probabilities are pretty low for me. And I don't get sick easily.

[MellieW 0]

Nah, I never get a flu shot and I can't remember the last time I was sick. Like emjay I don't have kids in school so I don't know that I'm really high risk.

I'll leave my dose to the young and the elderly. :drool: lol

[trishfish 1]

had the swine flu so bad last year along with bi-lateral pneumonia....so yes...i will get it!

[Melissannde 41]

Got mine yesterday. DH has asthma and is also exposed to lots of germs in his work.. so he gets one. I get one to protect him.

[papoose 48]

i take the flu shot every year. they give it to us free at my job. i may miss it because i am recuperating from the surgery.

[ledgins 0]

Due to other health conditions the dr recommends that I ahve one every year.. I will get one

[LapNYC 3]

I don't usually get one but I got one this year specifically because of the band. I figured that 24 hours of throwing up is of much greater consequence now.

[bogus01 0]

I'm scheduled to get mine next Wed.

[Nicole74 4]

I have never got the flu shot before since I havnt had the flu in many years and am usually pretty healthy BUT since I got the band Im nervous about getting the flu and vomiting and figured with my luck this would be the year I get it so I scheduled a flu shot for next week!!

[annie007 0]

The CDC recommends them for virtually all people and there is no predicted shortage this year. Most people infected with the flu virus are contagious for a full 24 hrs before they develop symptoms, so flu spreads quickly. The only way for us to protect our families, friends, co-workers, and communities is to encourage vaccinations for all. The flu vaccine is formulated with killed virus and cannot cause the flu. So that is my long answer to the question......Yes, I have already gotten my vaccination.

[litlkrazykat 0]

I agree 100% with Annie :thumbup:

[MaggieB 6]

I do every year. I'm a pediatric nurse and around sick kiddos so need to protect myself and family.

[BetsyB 9]

I never have in the past. When I worked in neuro, I had a patient who experienced Guillain-Barre syndrome after a flu shot. The first time, it was chalked up to unlikely coincidence. The second time it became pretty darn evident that it was a response to the vax. Since then, I've read about quite a few cases of GBS related to flu vaccination.

Ordinarily I am VERY pro-vaccination. But because I was a young, robust woman who bounced back easily from illnesses, I chose not to take the risk. (My husband, OTOH, is in a high-risk group, and has always been vaccinated; for him, the risk of flu has always outweighed the risk of the shot.)

This year, I will be vaccinated. I got pneumonia the last time I got flu--and while I'm still relatively young and resilient, I am for the first time facing being a single parent---and want to reduce the chances of becoming ill. I have a child who relies on me, and as I stare down the barrel of having no one to help me pick up the slack if I'm ill, I need to protect myself as much as possible so that I can be the best parent possible.

But I will cringe as I get the shot, and worry that I will end up like Mr. B--on a ventilator for months due to vaccination-induced Guillain-Barre syndrome (fully realizing that the odds are very, very, very slight that I will be adversely affected).

ETA: And thank you for the reminder; I will make an appointment today.