Do You Get The Flu Shot?

SweetPoison2 · 09-22-2008, 08:47 AM

I do. Once I did not and I was so freaking sick I will never forget it and I swore never again!

I get it every year ~ October 6th, if it is out then ~ Our company offers it for free as well and we take all of our clients too ~

Too bad it only protects you agaisnt the most deadly strains that hit after the first of the year!

Charski · 09-22-2008, 09:03 AM

Nope. The only two times I've been VERY SICK is after I've had immunizations! One was for the old "Swine Flu" epidemic and the other was a few years back when I got the inhaled version.

As a general rule, I NEVER get sick! I retired from a medical office a year ago. My boss gave me that inhaled stuff, then I got sick, and she says, "So I suppose you're gonna blame the stuff!" LOL! She knows me too well.

So nope. Not gonna do it.

stews · 09-22-2008, 09:04 AM

I usually do. I have asthma and if I get the flu it knocks me down for an extra week, at least because of it. I forgot to last year and thank goodness never got the flu but will try to get it this year.

homestretch · 09-22-2008, 09:15 AM

I get them and so do my kids. I got the Bejing flu back in the 90's and got bronchitis that would not go away so now I am careful. I had the flu shot last year and still got the flu. However, my husband did not get the flu shot and ended up in urgent care. We both took Tamiflu to get over it but had he got the shot he would have not brought it in the house to begin with. None of my kids got it though which is good since dd has asthma. This year my kids got the nasal spray vaccine....how great is that?

JerseyGirl1969 · 09-22-2008, 09:20 AM

yup, started a few years ago and it dawned on me that it was really worth it.

auntiesocial · 09-22-2008, 09:21 AM

No, no, definitely not.
I have had the flu exactly twice in my entire life -- once in 1990 and once in 2007, and both times were awful -- but if I take a flu shot I am GUARANTEED to get sick. I'd rather just chance it... after all, I'm not really due for the flu for another 16 or so years, with any luck.

dae_tona · 09-22-2008, 09:33 AM

Nope. Never.

I considered it about 12 years ago when they had them for free where I worked but I don't like needles. So I opted out. Then-all my co-workers who had the flu shot-got the flu. That was enough to convince me not to get the flu shot. And I didn't have the flu that season.

In fact, I haven't had the flu in like a long time. In fact, I haven't even had a cold nor the flu since I stopped doing cow's milk products.

Dyan

fawn · 09-22-2008, 09:35 AM

Never. I work on keeping my immune system high.

FloridaShell · 09-22-2008, 10:26 AM

artsyfartsy · 09-22-2008, 11:03 AM

No, never.

My hubby does get the shot, but I swear he gets the flu because of it. He says he so lucky that he got the shot because his condition could have been worse. Ya, you keep on believing that dear!

SashimiMark · 09-22-2008, 11:04 AM

No. I'm trying to avoid getting sick by eating only unprocessed foods. Of course, I'm sick this week. Spent the last 5 days taking care of a sick friend, and now I have a sore throat this weekend, though it's not as bad as it was this morning. Hopefully I can fight it off quickly.

dointhis4me · 09-22-2008, 11:08 AM

My entire family gets them....I didn't get mine last year, I got SO sick while at Disney World (my favorite place on earth!!!) in Jan and thought I was gonna die, it was horrible!

berries&cream · 09-22-2008, 11:23 AM

As a nanny with both kids in preschool, I will this year. Otherwise I am pretty much guarenteed to get it. Can't tell you how sick I was last year. It was one disease after another all winter. It was kinda interesting though. At one point we all had something that made us puke every 45 minutes for 12 hours. We all had it within 3 days of each other, and wasn't food poisoning, dad ate different stuff. lol.

TaDa! · 09-22-2008, 11:31 AM

Always - I've had mine already since I qualify as high risk with Asthma. One of my dd's also has chronic illness and always gets it ... I try to get all of us a shot but some years my littlest dd and dh can't when the vaccine stock gets low. It is best for all of us to have it, to minimize the risk of flu coming into our house and infecting my eldest.

ouizoid · 09-22-2008, 11:33 AM

oh yeah. I'm a shrink, and I am always having to retrieve used kleenex from the couch after the patients leave--I totally use another tissue to pick em up, but people spend all day leaking mucous in my office (TMI I know). Flu shot every year.

flatferenghi · 09-22-2008, 11:54 AM

I got an irrespressible urge to eat B A C O N. that plus a curly little tail that i grew. No harm, no fowl. but, as long as I get it for free, I might as well get it. Being sick is no fun for adults HEWMON or otherwise. Love & Profits: FLATFERENGHI

SugarFreeSheila · 09-22-2008, 12:04 PM

None for me; but I have to have a Yellow Fever vaccination administered in the days to come for an impending trip. I dislike vaccinations as it is, but it must be done!

sazzie · 09-22-2008, 12:27 PM

No, not my husband or myself!!

CarolynF · 09-22-2008, 01:33 PM

I got the "flu" shot last year, but I got the stomach flu several times. My chiro told me that "they" misjudged which flu was going to go around and the shot they gave was ineffective against the true "flu". He said that they have a 4 in one chance of getting it right. I thought this was very interesting..

inatic · 09-24-2008, 04:04 AM

NOW WAY.

not for me or my kiddos.

Su11 · 09-24-2008, 04:22 AM

Every year. I would do anything I can to protect my family as much as possible and since I still have my dad, I won't risk his health by being sick around him.

I've always worked around or with hospital/ LTC facility patients/ residents so vaccinations are simply good health practice in that setting, more for their good than for mine. I also recommend the pneumonia shot.

A couple of years after my first pneumonia shot I worked in an office where EVERYONE came down with pneumonia, and several folks had to be hospitalized. I had a mild cold.

If the flu that goes around is a different variant, you may get that flu, but having the vaccination keeps you from getting the other variant or pneumonia (if you get that shot every few years) as a secondary due to your weakened condition from the flu you did pick up.

It is now believed that most people who died in the great flu epidemic died as a result of the secondary disease that the flu made them very vunerable to.

SweetPoison2 · 09-24-2008, 05:22 PM

I was told by my doctor that there are 30 dif strains of the flu. The shot protects you against the three deadliest that hit in January ~

Works for me ~

CurveControl · 09-24-2008, 05:55 PM

Yes, I will get mine this year.
It has been a difficult year for me allergy/asthma wise.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CarolynF

I got the "flu" shot last year, but I got the stomach flu several times. My chiro told me that "they" misjudged which flu was going to go around and the shot they gave was ineffective against the true "flu". He said that they have a 4 in one chance of getting it right. I thought this was very interesting..

there is no 'flu' vaccine for 'stomach flu' (gastroenteritis.)

Flu (influenza) is a respiratory disease, not a digestive one.

There are many strains and they do have a lot of guess work but a lot of research goes into the vaccine too.

SweetPoison2 · 09-24-2008, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CurveControl

Flu (influenza) is a respiratory disease, not a digestive one.

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This is very true. For years I thought that the flu was hershey squirts and tossing your cookies...it isn't...it is a respiratory disease!!

verynicebecky · 09-25-2008, 07:46 AM

I had a liver transplant 24 years ago so yes, I do get a flu shot in the Fall. There have been 3 or 4 years when I didn't get one. I have never gotten the flu in all of this time but I did come down with pneumonia a few years ago, and this was after having the pneumovax 20 years prior to this. I have since had a 2nd pneumovax and will be getting one every 10 years from now on.

jezzie · 09-25-2008, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Do You Get The Flu Shot?

Every year except one for the last ten years.

I've only had the flu twice - the last time over 30 years ago.
Do not want to go through that again. lol.

.

prettysue · 09-25-2008, 11:16 PM

I had a flu vaccine last 2006 and it made my arms swell. It was not really bad. I still ride the bicycle despite the situation.

RealFoodLiving · 09-26-2008, 11:31 AM

As a chemo survivor and a hubby with chronic respiratory illnesses and a daughter with asthma, yes, we do get the flu shot, every year.

Jennyl · 09-26-2008, 02:25 PM

I get one every year. I have asthma too. I've never had a bad reaction to the shot, but I've heard a lot of people say that the only time they ever got the flu was after getting a flu shot.

09-22-2008, 08:47 AM	#1
SweetPoison2 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 2,461 Gallery: SweetPoison2 Stats: 246/230/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 4, 2008	Do You Get The Flu Shot? I do. Once I did not and I was so freaking sick I will never forget it and I swore never again! I get it every year ~ October 6th, if it is out then ~ Our company offers it for free as well and we take all of our clients too ~ Too bad it only protects you agaisnt the most deadly strains that hit after the first of the year!

09-22-2008, 09:15 AM	#4
homestretch MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,351 Gallery: homestretch Stats: 206.5/153/155 WOE: Lost 35 on SB/Now Atkins and calorie counting Start Date: 5/26/06	I get them and so do my kids. I got the Bejing flu back in the 90's and got bronchitis that would not go away so now I am careful. I had the flu shot last year and still got the flu. However, my husband did not get the flu shot and ended up in urgent care. We both took Tamiflu to get over it but had he got the shot he would have not brought it in the house to begin with. None of my kids got it though which is good since dd has asthma. This year my kids got the nasal spray vaccine....how great is that? __________________ Start 206.5 5/26/2006.......Current 153.......Goal Met Nov. 1, 2007 "Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them." ~ W. Clement Stone BELIEVE IN THE POWER WITHIN YOURSELF!

09-22-2008, 11:54 AM	#16
flatferenghi MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,594 Gallery: flatferenghi	when i got the swine flu vaccine I got an irrespressible urge to eat B A C O N. that plus a curly little tail that i grew. No harm, no fowl. but, as long as I get it for free, I might as well get it. Being sick is no fun for adults HEWMON or otherwise. Love & Profits: FLATFERENGHI

09-24-2008, 04:22 AM	#21
Su11 Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Outside Perimeter Atlanta Georgia Posts: 9,626 Gallery: Su11 Stats: Total loss- 50 (since Sept 05) WOE: General lower carb	Every year. I would do anything I can to protect my family as much as possible and since I still have my dad, I won't risk his health by being sick around him. I've always worked around or with hospital/ LTC facility patients/ residents so vaccinations are simply good health practice in that setting, more for their good than for mine. I also recommend the pneumonia shot. A couple of years after my first pneumonia shot I worked in an office where EVERYONE came down with pneumonia, and several folks had to be hospitalized. I had a mild cold. If the flu that goes around is a different variant, you may get that flu, but having the vaccination keeps you from getting the other variant or pneumonia (if you get that shot every few years) as a secondary due to your weakened condition from the flu you did pick up. It is now believed that most people who died in the great flu epidemic died as a result of the secondary disease that the flu made them very vunerable to. __________________ Su "A friendship that exacts oneness of opinion and conduct is not worth much." (Mohandas Gandhi) "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers." (Socrates) "You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough." (Mae West) "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) Last edited by Su11 : 09-24-2008 at 04:23 AM.

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09-22-2008, 09:03 AM	#2
Charski Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Central Coastal CA Posts: 10,673 Gallery: Charski Stats: 174 (WW)/130/150 goal 5'5" 55 years young WOE: ATKINS! now and always.... Start Date: 5/03	Nope. The only two times I've been VERY SICK is after I've had immunizations! One was for the old "Swine Flu" epidemic and the other was a few years back when I got the inhaled version. As a general rule, I NEVER get sick! I retired from a medical office a year ago. My boss gave me that inhaled stuff, then I got sick, and she says, "So I suppose you're gonna blame the stuff!" LOL! She knows me too well. So nope. Not gonna do it.

09-22-2008, 09:04 AM	#3
stews Random WIT Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: in the state of desperation Posts: 53,909 Blog Entries: 20 Gallery: stews Stats: 196/189.4/135 OR size 20-22/14-16/4-6 WOE: Learning2Lose with Jackie Brown Start Date: restarted 11/9/08	I usually do. I have asthma and if I get the flu it knocks me down for an extra week, at least because of it. I forgot to last year and thank goodness never got the flu but will try to get it this year.

09-22-2008, 09:20 AM	#5
JerseyGirl1969 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,428 Gallery: JerseyGirl1969	yup, started a few years ago and it dawned on me that it was really worth it.

09-22-2008, 09:21 AM	#6
auntiesocial Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Athens, GA Posts: 640 Gallery: auntiesocial Stats: 192/154/115 5'1" WOE: Atkins Start Date: Originally 6/06... Back as of 8/08	No, no, definitely not. I have had the flu exactly twice in my entire life -- once in 1990 and once in 2007, and both times were awful -- but if I take a flu shot I am GUARANTEED to get sick. I'd rather just chance it... after all, I'm not really due for the flu for another 16 or so years, with any luck.

09-22-2008, 09:33 AM	#7
dae_tona MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Soon to be AZ!!!!!!!! Posts: 2,122 Gallery: dae_tona Stats: 130/129/we'll see on 2/12 WOE: No sugar, starch or grains Start Date: 01/01/2009 (HW 186 in 2002-lost 60 lbs on Atkins)	Nope. Never. I considered it about 12 years ago when they had them for free where I worked but I don't like needles. So I opted out. Then-all my co-workers who had the flu shot-got the flu. That was enough to convince me not to get the flu shot. And I didn't have the flu that season. In fact, I haven't had the flu in like a long time. In fact, I haven't even had a cold nor the flu since I stopped doing cow's milk products. Dyan

09-22-2008, 09:35 AM	#8
fawn Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 9,524 Gallery: fawn Stats: 210/120 WOE: Eating For Health Start Date: 2/2000	Never. I work on keeping my immune system high.

09-22-2008, 10:26 AM	#9
FloridaShell MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,955 Gallery: FloridaShell Stats: 163/133 sz 6/? WOE: My own way of l/cing Start Date: 1/2/08	No.

09-22-2008, 11:03 AM	#10
artsyfartsy Junior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 32 Gallery: artsyfartsy Stats: 120/115/110-lost 30lbs. prior WOE: Low Carb Fusion	No, never. My hubby does get the shot, but I swear he gets the flu because of it. He says he so lucky that he got the shot because his condition could have been worse. Ya, you keep on believing that dear!

09-22-2008, 11:04 AM	#11
SashimiMark MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Worcester, MA Posts: 1,984 Gallery: SashimiMark Stats: in love with myself WOE: organic whole foods with lots of fat Start Date: January 2008	No. I'm trying to avoid getting sick by eating only unprocessed foods. Of course, I'm sick this week. Spent the last 5 days taking care of a sick friend, and now I have a sore throat this weekend, though it's not as bad as it was this morning. Hopefully I can fight it off quickly.

09-22-2008, 11:08 AM	#12
dointhis4me MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 2,221 Gallery: dointhis4me Stats: (was 246+ in 3/07) lc start wt- 239+/164/146 WOE: Atkins-ish Start Date: 4/4/07-5'6" and 31 y.o.	My entire family gets them....I didn't get mine last year, I got SO sick while at Disney World (my favorite place on earth!!!) in Jan and thought I was gonna die, it was horrible!

09-22-2008, 11:23 AM	#13
berries&cream Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 872 Gallery: berries&cream WOE: Atkins	As a nanny with both kids in preschool, I will this year. Otherwise I am pretty much guarenteed to get it. Can't tell you how sick I was last year. It was one disease after another all winter. It was kinda interesting though. At one point we all had something that made us puke every 45 minutes for 12 hours. We all had it within 3 days of each other, and wasn't food poisoning, dad ate different stuff. lol.

09-22-2008, 11:31 AM	#14
TaDa! Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10,054 Gallery: TaDa! Stats: 236.5/128.5/128-133 & 5'3" tall WOE: Atkins (Vegetarian + Fish) Start Date: 6/03 & Goal! 5/06	Always - I've had mine already since I qualify as high risk with Asthma. One of my dd's also has chronic illness and always gets it ... I try to get all of us a shot but some years my littlest dd and dh can't when the vaccine stock gets low. It is best for all of us to have it, to minimize the risk of flu coming into our house and infecting my eldest.

09-22-2008, 11:33 AM	#15
ouizoid Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 326 Gallery: ouizoid Stats: 225/175/145	oh yeah. I'm a shrink, and I am always having to retrieve used kleenex from the couch after the patients leave--I totally use another tissue to pick em up, but people spend all day leaking mucous in my office (TMI I know). Flu shot every year.

09-22-2008, 12:04 PM	#17
SugarFreeSheila I'm here to help! Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 4,713 Gallery: SugarFreeSheila Stats: 141 to 109 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 2001	None for me; but I have to have a Yellow Fever vaccination administered in the days to come for an impending trip. I dislike vaccinations as it is, but it must be done!

09-22-2008, 12:27 PM	#18
sazzie MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 2,224 Gallery: sazzie Stats: 162/148/140? WOE: low carb	No, not my husband or myself!!

09-22-2008, 01:33 PM	#19
CarolynF Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kansas Posts: 20,522 Gallery: CarolynF Stats: 195/150/139 WOE: Eat Fat, Get Thin/I Can Make You Thin Start Date: January 2001	I got the "flu" shot last year, but I got the stomach flu several times. My chiro told me that "they" misjudged which flu was going to go around and the shot they gave was ineffective against the true "flu". He said that they have a 4 in one chance of getting it right. I thought this was very interesting..

09-24-2008, 04:04 AM	#20
inatic Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Alpharetta,Ga. Posts: 12,647 Gallery: inatic Stats: 182/126.2 5'4 46!yo 16/4 5 kidlets later! WOE: Coach Supervised Start Date: LC since 2/02 B'building since 10/15/02	NOW WAY. not for me or my kiddos.

09-24-2008, 05:22 PM	#22
SweetPoison2 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 2,461 Gallery: SweetPoison2 Stats: 246/230/150 WOE: Atkins Start Date: July 4, 2008	I was told by my doctor that there are 30 dif strains of the flu. The shot protects you against the three deadliest that hit in January ~ Works for me ~

09-25-2008, 07:46 AM	#25
verynicebecky Junior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 6 Gallery: verynicebecky WOE: low to moderate carbs. Start Date: August 2008	I had a liver transplant 24 years ago so yes, I do get a flu shot in the Fall. There have been 3 or 4 years when I didn't get one. I have never gotten the flu in all of this time but I did come down with pneumonia a few years ago, and this was after having the pneumovax 20 years prior to this. I have since had a 2nd pneumovax and will be getting one every 10 years from now on.

09-25-2008, 11:16 PM	#27
prettysue Junior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6 Gallery: prettysue	I had a flu vaccine last 2006 and it made my arms swell. It was not really bad. I still ride the bicycle despite the situation.

09-26-2008, 11:31 AM	#28
RealFoodLiving Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 3,461 Gallery: RealFoodLiving Stats: 218.2/in-between/125 WOE: LC / Working towards renewed health Start Date: July 11 2007	As a chemo survivor and a hubby with chronic respiratory illnesses and a daughter with asthma, yes, we do get the flu shot, every year.

09-26-2008, 02:25 PM	#29
Jennyl Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: calgary Posts: 24,147 Gallery: Jennyl Start Date: manana	I get one every year. I have asthma too. I've never had a bad reaction to the shot, but I've heard a lot of people say that the only time they ever got the flu was after getting a flu shot.