I just got my Senior Double Dose Influenza shot this morning. Am I glad I got it...........definitely! Now, my wife is next. My next shot will be the Shingles one.
Cody.. I had the shingles shot about one year ago.. Believe me when I say that getting shingles is just about the worse thing you can get.. The shot is the best thing.. I had NO reaction to the shot..
Never used to think these shots were necessary until I lived through the swine flu about 5 years ago. I lived to tell the tale and have gotten the shot ever since. Also got the shingles vaccine last week and will update others such as the tetenus vaccine.
I always get the flu shot but haven't yet this year. I heard on the news that this years shot is only about 10% effective. I'll get one anyway my next trip to town.
When my wife went for her pre-op for her ankle replacement, the hospital asked her if she had her flu shot.. Of course she had and they told her if she hadn't had the shot, there would be NO operation till she had the flu shot....
Up until a couple years ago I got the flu shot every year, for at least ten years..and also got the flu at least once every year..sometimes four or five times a year. Flu shot never hurt me. Never helped me either. Couple years ago I started wearing the surgical mask. First year was the first time I made it flu free. This year I got the flu once. Went out and walked a block before I figured out the reason I was so comfortable was because I had forgot the mask, and that's all she wrote. Two days later I was sick. I still get the pneumonia vaccine though.
We were able to get our Senior Double-Dose Flu Shot yesterday at Walmart. Went to CVS first, inside a Target, but there was a sign by the register that stated they were out of the Senior Flu Shot. More was on order, but they had no idea when more would be in. That's when we went to Walmart. They had run out as well, but (luckily) had got a shipment in that morning. We were told that Walgreens and Safeway Grocery Store Pharmacy was out as well. The Pharmacist used a new band aid for the shot. The skin is cleaned with an alcohol pad, then a semi-hard round band aid is placed over where the needle will go in. This band aid is OSHA approved so that no blood gets on the Pharmacist or the patient when the needle comes out. As soon as the needle is pulled out, the small injection area is immediately sealed up.
We will be getting our flu shot on the 6th of November at the local health clinic.. They are available as of the 23rd of October but I have an appointment in Sault Ste. Marie with my orthopedic specialist for my annual check-up about my 2 shoulder replacements on that day.. We have already been contacted by the clinic to come in on the 6th for our shot.... I have been getting the flu shot for the past 40 or more years and I NEVER had a reaction to the shot.. I NEVER had the flu .. I have had a cold but that isn't the same at all.. There is NO WAY I would avoid getting the flu shot.. We all get vaccinated as a child for various diseases such as... POLIO, SMALLPOX, MEASLES, and many others, so why not the flu..... I know this topic is about the flu, but I also had other shots that I NEVER had a reaction to either.. The SHINGLES vaccine..... This is an extremely important one as getting shingles is horrible.. The shot is for 10 years.. Pneumonia vaccine.. Tetanus vaccine..