Get your flu shot yet?

Grampa Don

Grampa Don

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I got mine at CVS this morning, the extra heavy dose for seniors. I'm not convinced they do much, but the wife will bug me if I don't. Last winter I got the flu anyway.

Don
 

Yes, over a week ago. Now I have to get the other pneumonia shot. There are two. I need the one ending in 23, said my doc at my checkup but she was out of it that day.
 

Haven't decided yet. Only got the flu shot once years ago when it was required for volunteering at the hospital. Had no problem or side effect from it.

I also never get the flu but I'm feeling more fragile this year, so I might.
 
I'm going to Target today and will get my flu shot then (high dose for seniors).

P.S. Only got the flu one time in my life, and that was when I wasn't getting flu shots.
 
Haven't taken the flu shot in many years and don't intend to this year. Last time I had the flu was when I was getting the shots.
 
Hubby and I got ours a couple weeks ago at our local pharmacy. We tried to tell the kids (49/44) they need to get theirs because they always get sick every year, but they aren't going to get them.
 
Will get the senior shot at Walgreens next month. Had the actual flu one year I did not get the shot and thought I was going to die. Always get it now especially after my stroke as my doc says my immune system is comprised. Have not had even a cold for years.
 
I can't get the flu shot for nearly three more weeks. Doctor gave me a shot in the knee on the 14th and said I had to wait a month to get the flu shot.

The shot in the knee sure helped. I haven't had any pain at all.
 
SeaBreeze said:
Haven't taken the flu shot in many years and don't intend to this year. Last time I had the flu was when I was getting the shots.
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Same here no flu shots, and I had a Asian Flu in 1956 and maybe some small flues over the years but keep my immune system strong with my trusty supplements. Don't like all those chemicals shot into my body. It's funny where we've come to, I'm going to the market to get my flu shot. Sometimes I hear them announcing at the market get a 10% discount on your groceries if you get the flu shot today. Pharma is desperate to pump us full of their drugs.

I guess so many feel a comfort with these shots. Not me. I feel most comfort in being my own doctor as best I can.
 
I usually get mine at Walgreens for free. At least I did when I was on husband's insurance. Hope it still is now. Trying to get my husband to come too. But, he sees his doctor next month anyway, and I know he gets one there every year anyway.
 
Grampa Don said:
I got mine at CVS this morning, the extra heavy dose for seniors. I'm not convinced they do much, but the wife will bug me if I don't. Last winter I got the flu anyway.

Don
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Was it the real flu (influenza of some kind) or just a very bad something else. I had the real influenza (can't remember what kind) years ago and I've had flu shots ever since. I've never had influenza again, but did get some bad upper respiratory stuff -- nothing that came anywhere near to how sick I was with that influenza, though. I was seriously afraid I was going to die of it.
 
Butterfly said:
Was it the real flu (influenza of some kind) or just a very bad something else. I had the real influenza (can't remember what kind) years ago and I've had flu shots ever since. I've never had influenza again, but did get some bad upper respiratory stuff -- nothing that came anywhere near to how sick I was with that influenza, though. I was seriously afraid I was going to die of it.
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I don't really know. Maybe it wasn't the flu. I just remember feeling pretty rough for about a week. At any rate, I'll keep getting the shots.

Don
 
I've never gotten any of these "recommended" flu or pneumonia, etc., shots. It seems that every year, after everyone has rushed to get the shots, the news reports that most of them are only marginally effective. I just try to avoid crowds during the height of these seasons, and practice good hygiene habits. My wife got the flu shot about 3 years ago, and was almost bed ridden for several days afterwards.
 
Back in 1995 I was working for a pharmacy and got the flu so bad that I was down in bed for over a week. Our bathroom was upstairs and I had to crawl on my hands and knees to get up there. It was terrible. I probably should have been hospitalized because I was so dehydrated. I had no one to take care of me at the time.

Ever since then I get a flu shot. To my way of thinking, your playing Russian Roulette as you get older if you don't get a flu shot. I'm not a good gambler so I would rather get it and not worry about being exposed by someone in a grocery store.

I hope all of you that opt not to get one stay healthy this flu season.
 
i got my flu shot today--i had the flu when i was younger and it left me weak for a month or more
 

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