Foo - flu shot

anyone getting one this fall?

i've never had a flu shot, only had the flu 1x - way back in 1990...knocked me out for a good week, then still not fully recovered until about 3-4 wks later.

i hate needles and that's my #1 reason for not getting one. anyone want to come hold my hand while i get one??? serious. :)

hmm, I should get the flu shot this year...

Work pays for our shots and recommends them.

It's not so bad, WP. It's a quickie. But then again I'm used to getting shots every month. I'm allergic to dogs and cats!!

dunno....the silly commercials i've seen show them (nurses) just jabbing the needle like crap into your arm....i just don't do needles - 1x/yr to check cholesterol, etc....otherwise, nope...

In my school they are offering us the H1N1 shot...thinking about it! Should i Do it??

Just tell them you don't like needles and they will be gentle.

The flu shot was nothing compared to the whole vile of crap they put in when I get my allergy shots. Okay it's not really a whole vile but it's a lot.... The pain comes from the fluid having to be forced into a small area under the skin and it's the skin and muscle giving way to something that big being forced in. I'm not kidding when I get about an inch of antigen in there. The flu shot I just saw a drop of the stuff in there.

Probably not. Have doubts about something done in such a rush, have never had one before, last bad bout of flu was over 30 years ago. Have the immune system from hell.

If you don't end up going for it, just wash your hands compulsively. I'm really paranoid about washing my hands a lot, especially before eating.

OTOH, the shot isn't so bad. Its sore for an hour or two, then its fine. I got one the year before last, but then again I haven't gotten the flu in about 5 years or so.

i'm about 99.9999999999999% sure i'm not getting one. i am a stickler for hand washing at work and use paper towels to open/close doors....other than this dang bronchitis/allergy-pollen stuff, i'm hardly ever sick. i want to keep it that way.

The first rule of the flu is, you do not talk about the flu.

so, i'm jinxed now, eh?

so, i'm jinxed now, eh?
I can't say.

Never had a flu shot, never had the flu.
All this medication doctors want to pump into our systems just make our immune systems weak. I'm 41 and I've never taken a single prescription medication in my adult life, and I never get sick, except for the occasional cold.

I will probably get the flu shot this year, particularly for H1N1 because I teach on a university campus where I come in contact with a huge number of potential germ incubators.

I haven't done much with flu shots in the past after my mom had a bad experience with one - the med tech used the wrong type of needle and gave me mom the shot in the wrong location. To cut to the chace, she ended up with a frozen shoulder. It look about 6 months of physical therapy before she could move her arm without severe pain :(

If the goobment will cover the expense for h1n1 and regular flu shots for moi, fer sure. If not, no. I'm mildly asthmatic and last year I wound up with bacterial bronchitis after I caught some weird virus (still dunno what it was, I didn't have body aches/headache like the flu, just a fever for something 4 days.)

Yes to the regular flu shot. If the H1N1 is offered to me, yes.

However, I am not part of the at-risk population, time-will-tell if the H1N1 will be offered to me.

My work gives us flu shots for free. I take public transportation to work so am exposed to germs there, and inevitably there will be some doofus who gets the flu and comes to work anyway, spreading their germs all over everything in the office.

Whoops. It isn't my work that pays for them as stated earlier, it's part of my union benefit. I just remembered that some of the employees don't get theirs because they are in a different union.

I get allergy shots regularly like Siu, but I don't get flu shots.

I've never had the Flu, or had a Flu shot.

I think getting the shot will cause you to get the Flu later on.

free for me at work, but i'm still not getting one...

Meg (my lovely wife) and I don't get flu shots, but our kids get them.

I haven't gotten the flu shot for a few years ever since I found out about the mercury that many (not all) flu shots contain. I got the shot for a good 15 years or so up to that point, both in the military and through my current employer.
From: Most flu shots contain mercury, but few know it (http://www.jsonline.com/news/29295284.html)

-A typical flu shot contains 25 micrograms - or 50,000 parts per billion - of mercury.

-The EPA classifies a liquid with 200 parts per billion of mercury as hazardous waste. The limit for drinking water is 2 parts per billion.

-Using the standards set for the kind of mercury in fish, an average 130-pound person getting the flu shot would exceed the daily limit by more than four times. A 22-pound baby would get more than 25 times the amount of mercury considered safe. Doctors are recommending many babies and children get two flu shots this season.

I've never had the Flu, or had a Flu shot.

I think getting the shot will cause you to get the Flu later on.

I had asked the Dr. about that and she said it was a 'dead' shot, meaning that it would be enough to cause your body to build up the immunity but not enough to cause you to get sick.

I had asked the Dr. about that and she said it was a 'dead' shot, meaning that it would be enough to cause your body to build up the immunity but not enough to cause you to get sick.

It's true, you can't actually catch the flu from a flu shot.

However, your immune system can react to a flu shot so that you feel pretty sick. That's why a lot of people think you can get the flu from the shot.

I had asked the Dr. about that and she said it was a 'dead' shot, meaning that it would be enough to cause your body to build up the immunity but not enough to cause you to get sick.

Yes and no. I am required to get the flu shot every year (and H1N1 this year, too). And, of course, it's free to me. Military members are required to get them.

The SHOT is a dead virus. The nasal mist is a weakened live virus. Because my wife has a chronic immune disorder (Type 1 diabetes), I am not allowed to get the mist and must get the shot. It's highly unlikely the mist would cause her to get the flu, but better safe than sorry.

WP - get the mist. No needles and you're vaccinated. Most of my co-workers get that and none get sick.

I think H1N1 is only a needle option.

Do not want flu shot - which is being offered to staff, faculty and students (at a cost) again this year, and it's happening in a couple of weeks - I asked and it's not the H1N1 shot. That shot is going to be separate.

That shot, when available, I will accept. Hopefully it will be available soon. (and yes I hates needles)

NOOO!:twitchy: No shots for me! I hate needles. I had enough of shots when I worked at the animal shelter and had to get rabies shots every 4 years. Every time you turned around somebody gave you a tetanus shot just for good measure.
In all honesty, I should get the flu shot, but what I should do in life and what I really do are two different things.
Ernest

NOOO!:twitchy: No shots for me! I hate needles. I had enough of shots when I worked at the animal shelter and had to get rabies shots every 4 years. Every time you turned around somebody gave you a tetanus shot just for good measure.
In all honesty, I should get the flu shot, but what I should do in life and what I really do are two different things.
Ernest

THE rabies shot(s)?? I mean the series???? and they don't do them in the arm or the butt either!!! That's an abdomen shot! And from what I read/hear - quite painful! :eek::eek: <runs away flailing arms!>

THE rabies shot(s)?? I mean the series???? and they don't do them in the arm or the butt either!!! That's an abdomen shot! And from what I read/hear - quite painful! :eek::eek: <runs away flailing arms!>

They were pre-exposure in the arm. 4 shots given in a 2 week period. There is NO cure for rabies, but all shots, whether given to humans or mammals may give the subject a "fighting" chance if the virus dose is a weak or defective strand. If you get a good strong exposure to the rabies virus it may be a good idea to list me as your benificiary.:rolleyes: It's all we have at the time so it is required most anywhere nowadays if you own pets or work around animals.
Since the virus is deadly and contagious, we take it mighty seriously here in Texas. If you go to a hospital and report that you've been bitten and scratched and the animal that did the biting gets sick and dies of ANYTHING within the next 10 days from the bite. You WILL begin the rabies series immediately, no questions asked. We don't even care what the animal died from (tests will be done to determine cause of death but thats besides the point). The "men in white suits" will come down from Austin to "persuade" you to take the shots.
Ernest

Hooo boy!

Rather my puppies get the rabies shot than anyone else!!

I'm getting one. I got some $^!t that nearly killed me many years ago. I've been getting the shots annually ever since. ...And I've already been sick once this year. Thought I was going to get sick again the other day, but I pedaled and sweated it out. :)

Never had a flu shot, never had the flu.
All this medication doctors want to pump into our systems just make our immune systems weak. I'm 41 and I've never taken a single prescription medication in my adult life, and I never get sick, except for the occasional cold.

Lucky you! It doesn't work that way for all of us. :(

I'll probably get the shot...no reason to get sick if i can avoid it.

I take public transportation to work so am exposed to germs there,Yeah, this is one reason I'm going to be trying to ride through the Winter no matter what.

I have to get the full ride (regular and H1N1) as I work in healthcare. I'm too old for the spray, but wouldn't want it anyway- I hate nose sprays and drops, with probably the same degree of animosity WP has toward shots.

anyone want to come hold my hand while i get one??? serious. :)

I'll do it if you can either

a. come up here

b. wait till we come to NC to visit

seriously, girlfren, if you could handle the heat and exhaustion of that covered bridge ride, you'll live through the shot.:D Maybe ask around friends and coworkers for a dr. office or lab that has good people? (Some people are less Draculaic than others....)

I'm just now getting over the H1N1. It was pretty rough. No worse than regular flu though. I always get the regular flu shot. Unfortunately for me, the H1N1 hit me before the shot was available.

I woulnd't touch any flu shot if I were a 10ft pole.

yes