I get the flu shot almost every year and occasionally get sick for a day from it. One of the few years I did not get it, I was sick for over a week and for 4 days I could barely get from one room to the next at my place. I am not seeking out the H1N1 vaccine this year, but would consider getting it if I cam across it being offered.
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msbelle - Oct 23, 2009 7:05:08 am PDT #14953 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Dana - Oct 23, 2009 7:13:48 am PDT #14954 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Yeah, if I got the flu every year, I'd consider it, but it's been years and years. And I suspect if I do get sick this year, it will be H1N1, which is apparently going around here. Half of my coworkers are sick.
Connie Neil - Oct 23, 2009 7:16:20 am PDT #14955 of 30001
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I got my regular flu shot on Wednesday, and the doctor said H1N1 probably won't be available till November. H1N1 has been cavorting through my company, so I'm mildly worried. Fortunately I don't hang around seething bacterial farms, ie, kids.
Jessica - Oct 23, 2009 7:29:13 am PDT #14956 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The reason you feel sick from the flu is primarily the effect of your immune response - fever, inflammation, fatigue etc are all your body fighting off the disease, not the disease itself. Because a flu shot is designed to trigger an immune response, it's completely normal to feel crappy for a few days after you get one. It doesn't mean the flu shot "made you sick."
t /Mom
amych - Oct 23, 2009 7:31:25 am PDT #14957 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Dude, you'd think someone could've explained that in such nice, simple words to the anti-vax crazies. Possibly with the aid of tasers.
Hil R. - Oct 23, 2009 7:33:01 am PDT #14958 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I should probably get a flu shot. I've got mild asthma, which is usually almost no problem, but whenever I get a respiratory infection my breathing get really bad really quickly. The student health center announced that they were going to be giving flu shots, but then canceled that because they weren't able to get them. I'm not sure if it's been rescheduled yet.
Jessica - Oct 23, 2009 7:33:28 am PDT #14959 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Dude, you'd think someone could've explained that in such nice, simple words to the anti-vax crazies. Possibly with the aid of tasers.
Oh, don't you know? I've just been brainwashed by Big Pharma. But I find your taser suggestion intriguing...
Lee - Oct 23, 2009 7:33:36 am PDT #14960 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
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I thought you might like that one!
I have no desire to do work, even though I have a large pile of it to get through today.
shrift - Oct 23, 2009 7:36:06 am PDT #14961 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Considering the way I feel right now, I suspect that I'll be spending the weekend in bed. I hope it's not the flu. Maybe I should take my work laptop with me tonight in case it is.
I'm scheduled to get a regular flu shot next week.
Jesse - Oct 23, 2009 7:51:29 am PDT #14962 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hey, it's Yaya from Top Model on Ugly Betty! t /random