Flu Jab

flashy · 13-10-2010, 17:17

Anyone else had theirs yet? just had mine, should have it every year but it's the first time i've actually gone for it...are there any side effects from it other than a piggin sore arm?

mthead · 13-10-2010, 17:20

Yeah your arm drops off Shaz

vera · 13-10-2010, 17:27

I have not had mine, please send me one!!!!

jaysay · 13-10-2010, 17:38

I haven't had one since 1995, I'm allergic to them, don't have the pneumonia jab either

Benipete · 13-10-2010, 17:40

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Originally Posted by flashy

Anyone else had theirs yet? just had mine, should have it every year but it's the first time i've actually gone for it...are there any side effects from it other than a piggin sore arm?

No you just feel a prick.

flashy · 13-10-2010, 17:42

nice to see you out and about in Ossy today John, caught a fleeting glance of you as i went down Union road today.....or at least i hope it was you in the wheelchair lol

flashy · 13-10-2010, 17:43

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Originally Posted by mthead

Yeah your arm drops off Shaz

thanx for that Ian lol

jaysay · 13-10-2010, 18:12

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Originally Posted by flashy

nice to see you out and about in Ossy today John, caught a fleeting glance of you as i went down Union road today.....or at least i hope it was you in the wheelchair lol

Sure was Shaz, had a nice jaunt down Ossy, had a look in the Youth and Community Centre and had a brew with Martin the centre manager, and the sun was shinning all the time too

shillelagh · 13-10-2010, 18:34

i dont have it ... supposed to but i refuse it .. if i have the flu jab i get flu (both times)... dont have it and dont get flu ...

jaysay · 13-10-2010, 19:13

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Originally Posted by shillelagh

i dont have it ... supposed to but i refuse it .. if i have the flu jab i get flu (both times)... dont have it and dont get flu ...

Thats my reason to Jen

flashy · 13-10-2010, 19:55

was talking to the nurse about it today and he said it isn't the same as it used to be, there is nothing 'live' in it anymore

Margaret Pilkington · 13-10-2010, 20:44

My other half is supposed to have it....and I know it is not a live virus, but if he has it he gets really bad colds(he calls it 'flu'...but it isn't) one after another...so last year he didn't have the jab, and he was well all winter......never got a cold.

ossylass · 13-10-2010, 20:55

Yup, have a flu jab every year, and I have the sore arm to prove it - five days later! - but I don't get flu.

flashy · 13-10-2010, 21:08

i've had it this year because i've had a really bad chest, my asthma seems to be getting worse, everytime i have a cold it seems to lay heavy on my chest making me very breathless, i know it won't stop me having a cold but if it stops me having flu and feeling a lot worse than i do at the moment it was worth having it

jaysay · 14-10-2010, 09:06

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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

My other half is supposed to have it....and I know it is not a live virus, but if he has it he gets really bad colds(he calls it 'flu'...but it isn't) one after another...so last year he didn't have the jab, and he was well all winter......never got a cold.

That's exactly what happened to me Margaret, I used to have the flu jab every year and within a few days I ended up in Queens Park E3 and was in and out of hospital all winter, I had my last flu jab in October 1994, the next year I refused, it wasn't until august 2002 that I was next admitted to hospital, seemed to work for me