Too late for a Flu shot?
Dec 30th, 2005, 06:05 PM
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Had the flu shot once and got the flu 3 days after. Kind of counterproductive since its use is to avoid being sick. Never again will I get it.
Again, I've been sick many times since then and my PCP has always told me "virus" and not flu and I've had to wait it out not be given pills to make me feel like something is being done to help alleviate the symptoms.
Had the flu shot once and got the flu 3 days after. Kind of counterproductive since its use is to avoid being sick. Never again will I get it.
Again, I've been sick many times since then and my PCP has always told me "virus" and not flu and I've had to wait it out not be given pills to make me feel like something is being done to help alleviate the symptoms.
Dec 30th, 2005, 07:33 PM
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Do think about your mental attitude towards life. I firmly believe that a good attitude is the best medicine of all. Bad things happen that is for sure, but having faith (whatever faith you have), knowing that "this too will pass", having a dream that is important to you and working on making that dream come true, thinking of others besides yourself IMHO does help one stay healthy.
I took the flu shot for a few years..felt sick after having the shot. Have never taken one since.
Washing hands, always a good idea. And a really good and better idea when out and about is do not put your hands on your mouth, nose, eyes etc. So many people do, it always amazes me when I see that.
Keep positive, get sufficient rest, eat well and healthy along with some "fun" food, enjoy a drink of your choice, keep in touch with family and friends, think of others and their needs instead of your own needs and wants all the time. Enjoy life!!!
I truly believe a good mental outlook on life does as much to keep one healthy and maybe more so than all the so called medications.
If you have a disease of course you need medications. But all the OTC meds are a waste of money IMO and most of them are not good for your body and health.
Wishing all good health in 2006 and along with many happy and joyous days!
I took the flu shot for a few years..felt sick after having the shot. Have never taken one since.
Washing hands, always a good idea. And a really good and better idea when out and about is do not put your hands on your mouth, nose, eyes etc. So many people do, it always amazes me when I see that.
Keep positive, get sufficient rest, eat well and healthy along with some "fun" food, enjoy a drink of your choice, keep in touch with family and friends, think of others and their needs instead of your own needs and wants all the time. Enjoy life!!!
I truly believe a good mental outlook on life does as much to keep one healthy and maybe more so than all the so called medications.
If you have a disease of course you need medications. But all the OTC meds are a waste of money IMO and most of them are not good for your body and health.
Wishing all good health in 2006 and along with many happy and joyous days!
Dec 30th, 2005, 08:18 PM
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FWIW, my husband got a flu shot when he went for chemo this morning. The nurse told him it takes about a month to become fully effective. But she said that since the flu season lasts through March, she felt it was worthwhile. They'd discussed giving him the shot earlier in the season. But, for one reason or another, they didn't get to it until today.
Unfortunately, I guess most of your travel will be over by the time the shot fully "kicks in". But I suspect it's still worth it.
Unfortunately, I guess most of your travel will be over by the time the shot fully "kicks in". But I suspect it's still worth it.
Dec 30th, 2005, 08:20 PM
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Stephanie, it takes a few days up to two weeks after getting a flu shot for your body to build up the immunity. If you got the flu three days after you got the shot, that means you were exposed to the flu virus before your body developed immunity, not that the flu shot gave you the flu.
I finally got my flu shot today - arm was really sore for a couple of hours but that's about it. I've never had side effects from getting the shot other than that. Actually you may get a slight fever as your immune system works against the dead viruses (some flu shots protect against more than one strain) that are in the vaccine.
Andrew
I finally got my flu shot today - arm was really sore for a couple of hours but that's about it. I've never had side effects from getting the shot other than that. Actually you may get a slight fever as your immune system works against the dead viruses (some flu shots protect against more than one strain) that are in the vaccine.
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Dec 31st, 2005, 03:33 AM
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Andrew:
All of us are exposed to virus and bacteria on a daily basis. There is no real valid point to your argument. I was totally healthy before I got the shot. I'm someone who washes their hands religiously and handles doorknobs in fall/winter with paper towels instead of directly. If I get the shot again I will get the flu again. That is how my body acts unique to having a dead bacteria organism being injected into my body. By the way after that injection and sickness I got 4 viruses afterwards by the time May came around.
Another point, I listened to Bev Smith on the radio and she had a top notch doc from the D.C. area and was telling people if they get sick before the end of December its probably a virus and more people get misdiagnosed with flu by GPs and Internal Med docs than people imagine. Patients want the meds, no matter how useless, for a disease instead of hearing from their doctor's office that they have to wait it out and don't go home with an Rx drug.
All of us are exposed to virus and bacteria on a daily basis. There is no real valid point to your argument. I was totally healthy before I got the shot. I'm someone who washes their hands religiously and handles doorknobs in fall/winter with paper towels instead of directly. If I get the shot again I will get the flu again. That is how my body acts unique to having a dead bacteria organism being injected into my body. By the way after that injection and sickness I got 4 viruses afterwards by the time May came around.
Another point, I listened to Bev Smith on the radio and she had a top notch doc from the D.C. area and was telling people if they get sick before the end of December its probably a virus and more people get misdiagnosed with flu by GPs and Internal Med docs than people imagine. Patients want the meds, no matter how useless, for a disease instead of hearing from their doctor's office that they have to wait it out and don't go home with an Rx drug.
Dec 31st, 2005, 07:17 AM
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Stephanie, according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC), you CANNOT get the flu from a flu shot. You could have an allergic reaction to the shot (allergy to eggs) and you could get mild flu symptoms but not the actual flu (and it's dead virus, not bacteria, that is in the flu shot).
I'm not sure why you think it is impossible that you could have been exposed to the flu virus in the time before your body developed the immunity from the shot? Obviously we are all exposed to viruses all the time (most of which our bodies silently dispense with), but we don't all get the flu all the time - you have to be exposed to one PARTICULAR virus to get the flu, and that doesn't happen every day.
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I'm not sure why you think it is impossible that you could have been exposed to the flu virus in the time before your body developed the immunity from the shot? Obviously we are all exposed to viruses all the time (most of which our bodies silently dispense with), but we don't all get the flu all the time - you have to be exposed to one PARTICULAR virus to get the flu, and that doesn't happen every day.
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Dec 31st, 2005, 08:56 AM
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Stephanie, you are misleading yourself and drawing the wrong conclusion. You didn't get the flu from the shot, you got a virus roughly at the same time that may well have been some OTHER virus other than the flu for which that year's shot was designed. It's true that the shot will not protect you from a lot of other viruses, but it's also true that the strain of flu that the shot's designed to protect you from can be far more debilitating. It is a gamble, sure, whether you "need" the inoculation or not, but one of these years, you will get that flu and it will flatten you -- AND you will give it to other people. Either you or those other people may be in weakened condition at that time (children, elderly, on chemo, already sick, react unexpectedly to it, etc.), and people DO die from it -- that's why we have the immunization program.
Dec 31st, 2005, 10:07 AM
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One of the most common ways that people get "sick from the flu shot" is because most people get immunized in large immunization clinics run by medical groups, hospitals, towns, etc.
Just being exposed to that many people at one time is unusual for most people - think of all the germs flying around there - all the people touching the backs of chairs, handrails, etc.
It's part of a dead virus - it can not give you the flu. It can give you a sore arm, an allergic reaction, etc - and in rare cases make you feel rotten - but it is not the flu.
Just being exposed to that many people at one time is unusual for most people - think of all the germs flying around there - all the people touching the backs of chairs, handrails, etc.
It's part of a dead virus - it can not give you the flu. It can give you a sore arm, an allergic reaction, etc - and in rare cases make you feel rotten - but it is not the flu.
Dec 31st, 2005, 10:42 AM
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A vast majority of people who get sick get the common cold they do not get the flu. Its just that they like to say they have the flu because they'd like a some little pill to take to make them feel something is being done to alleviate their problems. I haven't had the flu in eight years and that was diagnosed by a PCP and I'm someone who has had pneumonia twice as a child so I know the differences in sicknesses.
Also what your body does when it detects any kind of virus or bacteria in the body is raise the temp so the organism cannot reproduce itself again. It has nothing to do with what the organism does in your body its what your body does to protect itself that make you feel like crap.
A vast majority of people who get sick get the common cold they do not get the flu. Its just that they like to say they have the flu because they'd like a some little pill to take to make them feel something is being done to alleviate their problems. I haven't had the flu in eight years and that was diagnosed by a PCP and I'm someone who has had pneumonia twice as a child so I know the differences in sicknesses.
Also what your body does when it detects any kind of virus or bacteria in the body is raise the temp so the organism cannot reproduce itself again. It has nothing to do with what the organism does in your body its what your body does to protect itself that make you feel like crap.
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