flu and the "new pneumonia" shots UPDATE

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Felt kinda funky. They are both covered by Medicare but the total of the two was $270. Hoping I'll feel better in the morning. Have you got you shots yet? At least the Flu?
 

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The sore arms (one in each arm) are a little sore but I have a little fever and just feel funky. I don't know which shot did that.
 

We get our flu shots in March .. Many who have had their shots for years ,have been struck down this year with a fairly bad flu keeping most in bed for up to six weeks.... We have had a very cold winter .. It was 14 c yesterday where I live . ..its forecast to be 35c this coming Saturday ...its going from winter temptures to mid summer temptures in 3 days
 
I got the high dose flu shot and the new pneumonia vaccine Monday last week. One arm got VERY sore (never happened before) and I felt funky for several days. Never happened with the regular flu shot, but this year with the high dose one I got a reaction.

Worth it, though. I had influenza once, and thought I would die -- really. Ever since that, I've religiously gotten the flu shot every year.
 
Jim... the reaction you are having is probably a good thing. It means you were not immune to the strain of flu expected and your body is cooking up antibodies to the bug as we speak... It happens to me some years... some years not.. so don't sweat it.. take a nap.. you will be fine in a day or so.


I've had my pneumonia shots... I am scheduled to get my yearly flu shot in a week or so. I get it free at work.
 
I had my 'flu shot in one arm, and (at my request) a shingles shot in the other.

I'm pheeling normal.
Probably the bottle of gin that I drank....
Hic!
 
Got pneumonnia vaccine (think it's called Prevnar 13) a couple months ago at dr office. Got flu shot a few weeks ago. My arm was sore for a few days. Got Shingles vaccine last year.
 
I got my pneumonia shot and the shingles shot. I will get my flu shot about the end of October. I almost never get sick but I want to keep it that way.
 
Well today, I feel much better but yesterday I had a fever and really felt punk. This "new" pneumonia shot is apparently superior to the one I had two years ago but they suggested it provides much better protection so I got it. Both shots are covered by Medicare here in the U.S..Ibuprofen saw me thru a couple of days.
 
Had flu shot 2 days ago. Sore arm but nothing else. Had a 2-year pneumonia shot last year, so not needed. I forgot about the shingles shot; I never had one. Maybe I'll wait on that.
 
debbie in seattle said:
Perhaps it was the 'jabber' who gave it. Worked in medical all my work life and some folks just suck at giving injections, just saying..............
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Agree. I think that has more to do with the soreness part of it than anything else. Some years my arm gets sore from just the flu shot. Other years nothing at all.
 
venus said:
Anyone had any problems with pneumonia jab? I could barely lift my arm yesterday. Glad this is a one off :D
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Yes. My arm was so sore I could barely lift it, and it hurt and throbbed all night long. Not a good experience. In truth, however, I got the pheumonia shot in one arm and the "high dose" flue shot in the other, and I don't know which one went in which arm. One was so painful it kept me up all night, and the other not hardly at all.
 
Josiah said:
Jim, what's new about the "new" pneumonia shot?
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They said it gives improved immunity, and also gets a couple things the old one didn't. They told me the old pneumonia shot was only good for 5 years, and since it had been a bit more than 4 years for me, I should go ahead and get the new one. So I did.
 

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