I Saw on TV Last Evening…..

Been There said:
I got the high dose flu shot on Friday and now I have the flu. Funny how that works. I heard about this happening to other people, but it’s the first time it happened to me.
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Supposedly it takes the flu vaccine 2 weeks before becoming effective. Are you sure you have the flu?
 
We got the covid and high-dose flu shot a few days ago and I had a bad reaction to one of them. I felt like I had a mild case of the flu for about three days. I slept most of the day today and now I feel pretty much back to normal.

I guess it's worth it if it prevents me from getting a severe case of the flu or covid.
 

RambleTamble said:
We got the covid and high-dose flu shot a few days ago and I had a bad reaction to one of them. I felt like I had a mild case of the flu for about three days. I slept most of the day today and now I feel pretty much back to normal.

I guess it's worth it if it prevents me from getting a severe case of the flu or covid.
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I found out last year, don't get some vaccines back to back or together. I had the RSV and my Covid booster together. Yeah, Skippy, I was down for a couple of days. But I knew why and not to do that again.
 
Pinky said:
We've always gotten the flu shot and covid shot at the same time.
I guess it depends on the individual, as far as reactions are concerned.
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That's the first time I ever had a bad reaction to a vaccine. Who knows what caused it this time. I'll get the both vaccines again at the same time next year and see what happens. If there's a correlation, maybe I'll deduce causation.

When we were at King Sooper's for our shots, the pharmacist informed me that I needed a second shingles shot. I sure as hell don't want to get a case of shingles. That seems really unpleasant. So, I'll have to go back to King Sooper's for that... probably next month. I read that the ShinglesX vaccine can give you flu-like symptoms. Great. :rolleyes:
 
People are still getting COVID. Just last week, a friend of our family called me and asked if I would watch the house for a few days. I asked what’s up. He said he had just been diagnosed with COVID and had to go stay with his daughter. His wife has some rare illness that if she catches it, she could die, so she’s flying to her son’s until he is better.
 
Born_To_Lose said:
People are still getting COVID. Just last week, a friend of our family called me and asked if I would watch the house for a few days. I asked what’s up. He said he had just been diagnosed with COVID and had to go stay with his daughter. His wife has some rare illness that if she catches it, she could die, so she’s flying to her son’s until he is better.
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I still get it. Most times twice a year. I learned the hard way to get the booster or be almost as sick as the first time I got it.
 
That Lady in PA said:
so no aspirin, tylenol, mylanta, pepto bismol, etc. ?
I am impressed a senior doesn't need any of that!
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Here’s a strange situation that happened to an Officer in the Marines. There was a Colonel based in Virginia that had been in the service for over 35 years. He always bragged about the fact that he never took any medications, or OTC drugs of any kind and other than the vaccines he needed to go to school or overseas, he was never ill, not even a cold.

During his 33rd year in the Marines, he became very ill with pancreatic cancer and died 4 months after his diagnosis. I knew him from staff meetings, so I did go to his funeral. Another oddity was that he did not have any family members or any other civilian friends show up for his service. I did like the man. He was always very personable. He was buried in Arlington at his request.
 

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