Flu Shot

My parents get a flu shot every year. I never have but I'm thinking about it. How is it working for you?

i usually get a flu shot every year and actually havent heard much about them (could be because just yesterday here in canada, we had a federal election) but it is usually around the mid to end of october, but this year, i will have to wait a little bit because i have a really bad head cold right now.

I have never had the flu shot. I've talked to too many people who have told me that they were extremely ill from it. I kinda figure, I can get the shot and guarantee sickness, or I can take my changes with the flu. I haven't had the flu in probably 5 or 6 years. I know the shot is different for everybody, but I just don't wanna risk it. Sorry you're arm's gonna hurt. Hope it doesn't last too long :)

Funny you should ask, carolbee, since I just left my doctor's office where she asked me if I wanted to take a flu shot. I declined because I never take them. My best defense against getting the flu has been staying out of crowds and eating healthily, drinking plenty of fluids, etc.

I don't get a sore arm, but I definitely feel a little more tired the next day. I do take tylenol right away though. I don't get any of the so called symptoms from the shot that others claim to get. With this asthma, I want the protection.

I quit getting the flu shot because I would always still get the flu and still get hospitalized, so it didn't work for me. The pneumonia shot, that's better and works better. I'm sore the next day from shots, but the Hep B shots were the worst, took me about a week to get over those. They give it right into the muscle and I swear they're trying to do it for way too long. I hate shots. Take care

I have only ever had one flu shot in my life carolbee and I don't recall my arm being sore the next day at all? The shot that DOES seem to make my arm ache though is the one for tetanus! I have had this one on multiple occasions in the past and I am always very tender around the needle area the following day.

I am scheduled to get mine this Thursday. In the past it has left my arm sore, last year it did not bother me at all, I was surprised. Feel better.

I got my flu shot last year and it didn't bother my arm at all but the one I got in the hospital the year before got real sore. I hope mine this year don't bother me. I wonder if it has something to do with who gives the shot?

I do not.....that last time I got a flu shot was the swine flu shot. And I was sick all winter. I don't get the flu much anyway. Once in the last 36 years! And that was last year when I got a 24 hour bug. So I don't get one! take some ibprofen....and hope you are not too bad tomorrow.

Hi Carol, I got my flu shot last week and my arm was a little sore that night but it really didn't bother me like it has in the past years. I did come down with a cold, but I don't relate it to te shot. My husband says I gat a cold last year too, but I don't remember that. His memory can be a little distorted at times like mine can be. At any rate, the flu shot to me is really important for me and people my age and older. I just wish I could get hubby to get one. He is one of those people who think it will give him the flu. For a smart man he can be foolish. I just hope it doesn't come back to bite him. leenie

Hi carolbee, Oh, you poor thing, I am going for mine next week and not looking forward to it, I had it last years as well and my arms hurt for sometime. Rest your arm and don't do too much. Love & Hugs. Tamara

hello carolbee it is good to hear that you went to get your flu shot this morning, and sorry to hear that your arm will be sore tomorrow afterwards. and to answer your question about getting a flu shot, i have had one flu shot in my life so far and i need to get Downtown to get mine for this year as well. and when i got my flu shot, i cannot remember having a sore arm thou, i was like achey all over the next couple of days and then after that i felt back to normal again. well, i sure hope that your arm isn't too sore tomorrow! have a beautiful evening.

I don't get the shot because I never get the real flu(just an occasional stomach virus people call the flu). i think I actually get a mild cold when I'm exposed and get over it quick. The one time I got it since early childhood was a couple years ago and almost everyone in the trucking office had it regardless of shots so I guess it was a strain they hadn't immunized for that year. It took me down for 3 weeks and left an office that usually ran more than 35 drivers with 2 dispatchers and an owner-operator working for nearly 3 weeks during the after Christmas rush.

My 83 year old Mother got her flu shot on Friday and on Sunday her arm was still really sore and hurt.