Is anyone getting a flu shot?

[AnnaMarie]

I quit getting flu shots because I would always get a respiratory infection (like bronchitis) after getting the shot. I'd read all the articles stating flu shots cannot make you sick so when I was in the hospital last year, I asked if I could get a flu shot. They discovered I was allergic to latex and they told me I could not get a flu shot because, although the serum doesn't contain latex, the application thingy does.

Latex allergies have become somewhat common in recent years but allergy tests in the 60's didn't include latex. If strawberries give you a rash, you're probably allergic to latex.

Although I'm disappointed I can't get flu shots, I'm glad to know why they made me sick. It wasn't my imagination afterall

This sounds like some of the shots would be safe for people with latex allergy. Worth talking to your doctor if you want to get it.

Flu Vaccine Information Available | American Latex Allergy Association

 

[arista]

I say no to the flu shot. I have the opinion that I need to let my body build healthy immunity. I just do frequent hand washing. I avoid touching door knobs without a paper towel.

 

[no bounce no play]

This sounds like some of the shots would be safe for people with latex allergy. Worth talking to your doctor if you want to get it.

Flu Vaccine Information Available | American Latex Allergy Association

Thanks!

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Got one last week. My doctor tricked me into getting an entire physical. I thought I was just coming in so he could get my prescriptions refilled. He told me this was the first physical I’ve had in my entire life. I said “Yeah, and the only reason I’m having it done now is because you tricked me into it.” He wasn’t all to thrilled when I told him I took on some extra part-time work on weekends at hardware store working inside and outside garden. He said I was crazy with my medical history and the toll it has taken on my body. I said if “I didn’t you’d be telling me to get some exercise. So I’m walking about 5 miles a day, twice a week, and lifting weights (bags of stone, block, topsoil, fence panels, snowblowers, grills and fireplaces, etc). And they pay me for it... So it’s better then going to a gym and handing them my money” He laughed and said that since I’m too pig-headed to listen to him, I had to at least get a flu shot and a tetanus shot.

 

[Moderator]

Had my first one this year only because my daughter is insisting that until my granddaughter (due in November) is old enough to have her immunizations anyone coming in contact has to have a flu shot and be up-to-date with their DPaT. I have no intention of getting another one as I haven't had the flu in at least a decade, probably longer, and I'm not in a high risk situation.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

Had my first one this year only because my daughter is insisting that until my granddaughter (due in November) is old enough to have her immunizations anyone coming in contact has to have a flu shot and be up-to-date with their DPaT. I have no intention of getting another one as I haven't had the flu in at least a decade, probably longer, and I'm not in a high risk situation.

Do they make you get Captain Trips shots in the office?

 

[Kurben]

I take the flushot occasionally when i remember. Never had any problems.

 

[Moderator]

Do they make you get Captain Trips shots in the office?

None of those either. I think working in this office is all the protection against it we need.

 

[DiO'Bolic]

None of those either. I think working in this office is all the protection against it we need.

And piping Blue Öyster Cult elevator music though the office probably also helps.

 

[Mary Strickland]

Got the flu shot and shingles vaccine a few weeks ago. The ad on TV about shingles gave me nightmares.

 

[mal]

I got one about 7 years ago as I was getting really sick once a year. I haven't been really sick since but the NSA and CSIS always seem to know where I am!

 

[staropeace]

I really have to because of my immune system. It worked to my advantage that time they gave the Asian flu shot because I was qualified to get one first....remember when the hockey players got into the trouble for getting their before others, Anna Marie.
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[Neesy]

As the mother of a vaccine-injured child, I'm going to now unfollow this thread....this is why I avoid the hot topics section.

Sorry

 

[Neesy]

raw apple cider vinegar, a shot a day...that, or a chilled 4 oz glass of your own urine. cures what ails you. puts hair on your chest. conversation starter.

a chilled 4 oz glass of your own urine



Walter Oobleck

Spoiler: with a nice head on it?

 

[Neesy]

Got the flu shot and shingles vaccine a few weeks ago. The ad on TV about shingles gave me nightmares.

I HAD shingles!

February 2013 on (in) my left hip - it was very painful

I hope that never comes back again - I was under quite a bit of stress and my immune system was probably compromised at that time

Thanks for everybody contributing - I used to start more threads but just got lazy lately

 

[skimom2]

Nope.

 

[ghost19]

I caught a strain back in 1994 maybe? If I remember correctly, the doc called it "Type-A Beijing Flu". I can't ever remember being that sick before or since...that sucked.

 

[GNTLGNT]

....a simple inoculation like the flu shot really can be a complex mess...what with sensitivities and allergies, fear of needles, disease etc....but it is your OWN choice...I have helped give at this point, over 400 injections to our population at the prison-those that are considered at risk for issues without having it....and probably at least that many have AMA'ed....being a nurse, I myself don't get it, since it's not required, and simply because the germ puddle I splash through everyday keeps my immune system in pretty good shape...one other thing, I have never seen documented cases of GB from the vaccine but I know if you've had it-you are not to take the shot...

 

[CoriSCapnSkip]

Mom and I get one every year. We have had ours for this year and have never had a problem with it, thankfully!

 

[arista]

I think that the world would be a better place, if coworkers would just stay home when sick. UGH!! Do not come into work thinking that you are doing us a favor by spreading the germies everywhere.