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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:54 PM
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Did your flu shot make you sick?
I'm on day two after a flu shot and I feel like crap--low grade fever and just totally wrung out. I've talked to a few other folks and now I'm hearing THEY had problems too. So here is my question:

Other than a sore arm did YOU have problems after your flu shot this year?

Laura
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obietiger Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:56 PM
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1. no
Been almost a week now and no after effects. Not much of a sore arm either.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:57 PM
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2. Nope.
I've gotten it 4 years running now, and have never had a problem.

If you get the shot, you are getting KILLED viruses. You might experience some symptoms as your body expends energy into identifying the proteins and manufacturing antibodies, but you can't get "the flu".

If you get the nasal mist vaccine, you're getting WEAKENED viruses, and it IS possible to get the flu. Which is why they don't recommend the mist for children or the elderly.
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:11 PM
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12. Are you sure they weren't playing possum?
They told me it was a killed virus vaccine, but I gotta say that I've wondered if those little devils were just playing dead!

I just keep tellimg myself that if the killed virus promoted this kind of response how BAD would the hale and hearty one have been?!

Laura
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:16 PM
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14. BAAAAAD.
I came down with the flu on Xmas Day 1999. It knocked me out for the next week. 104 degree fever at times. I had never gotten the flu shot before (never really had the flu before), but then & there (despite my fever-induced delirium) I vowed to get it every year in the future.
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Nicholas_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:00 PM
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3. Just gon mine yesterday
ad a bit of a headache afterwards, but i think I feel ok today.

Mine was a deactivated virus inoculation, and so, you cant get even a tiny flu from those, but you can have allergic reactions, but a serious one would happen minites after the injection. You might get a lessser allergic reaction later, and get a horse throat and such, but thats it. My arm didnt get red afterwartds.

The injection materials usually are egg based with stuff like thimersol in them as a preservative, so you acn aqlso have reactions if you are allergic to these. Hard to say, but a deactivated virus injection should not cause illness.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:01 PM
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4. flu shots do not give you the flu
but there can be a few side-effects:

http://www.columbiahealthnet.org/Flu_FAQ.htm
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:01 PM
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5. I heard from some DUers
that their flu shots started beeping.

Which was probably the funniest thing I'd heard all year. :D
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:03 PM
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6. day two wasn't good
it gets better.
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smirkymonkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:04 PM
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7. The strain of flu virus in the
vaccination is dead, so it is not able to give you the flu. Perhaps you caught another strain or you were already in the incubation period. Hope you feel better soon, but I have been fighting it off and on for over a month. Take care of yourself and get lots of rest.
:)
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HERVEPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:04 PM
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8. No problems (not even sore arm)
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LincolnMcGrath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:07 PM
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9. Never had one Ma`am
I take a "oneaday" and load up on the Vit C when sniffles or nausea comes around the way.
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Kookaburra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:09 PM
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10. I'm allergic to eggs and feathers
My doctor practically laughed in my face when I asked if I should get a flu shot. He said I'd be better of getting the flu.
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MuseRider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:11 PM
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11. I got mine yesterday
plus a pneumonia shot in the other arm. I feel a bit draggy and both of my arms are sore. Typical reaction after vaccination.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:15 PM
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13. No, it was the Winn-Dixie cashier.
Coughing and sneezing and wheezing all over everything. I washed my hands as soon as I got home but that didn't work. Started coming down with this #@*%#@ cold last week and it's still hanging on.
Was supposed to leave for Boston today for a visit with our grandson, but I'm too sick to travel.
DAMMIT!
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KC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:25 PM
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15. Got mine yesterday
Sore arm, feel a little draggy today, headache, low grade fever..
I feel like I've been bugged hahaha

KC
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benddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:43 PM
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16. NO
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cmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:44 PM
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17. no
I got mine about a week ago. No problems at all.
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:49 PM
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18. Yep
I am finally feeling half way human again

DDQM
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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 03:06 PM
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19. If you have already been exposed to the flu,
the shot might not protect you from developing it. (quote from the above link) Also, there are lots of viruses going around that are not covered by the shot.
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