Flu vaccine time yet again

My husband has a visiting nurse who comes to his office this time of the year. We are getting the flu shot the end of this month. I've been doing this for the last few years and never had a bad reaction. The shot has kept me from being really sick in the winter here so I make sure to get one each year.

I've had mine against the H1N1 a few months back. It seems effective enough. I don't have flu that often now which I normally would at the slightest sneeze by people around. And my family is safe too because one sneeze is enough to spread it at home.

I am getting mine in October because that is when I have been told to get it. i am working at Long Beach Comic Con at the end of October, so I think that that would be the best time to get it.

ours doesnt generally come out til well into november and then there are lots of free clinics around. (and yes, i usually get one because i seem to always get sick.

you escaped that one,phew,,my boyfriend also has to have them due to his lung conditions,he hates them and whinges about them the whole time,he does'nt get any sympothy from me though,coz i'd rather him have it than possibly die from a severe asthma attack

I never got any of those. I make sure I have lots of "airborne" so I can take some whenever I think Im starting a cold and it works for me and hubby. None of my family gets those flu vaccines and we've all noticed that everybody who gets them are sick more than once during the winter. I have nothing against those who get them and I would never try to prevent anyone from getting them is they want to........its just not for me though.......and Im afraid of needles so LOL

lol =D Flu jabs again?? ALot of ple seems to be takign flu jabs nowadays huh?? Some of my friends are getting their flu jabs more regularly now. Is flu really that scary?? I dun believe in jabs at all. The only jabs i have taken so far, are those compulsory ones, such as against hepatatis B. Other than that, i'm not into those usual jabs. I guess that's what makes my body stronger, because i had not fallen ill for almost 3 years now.. haha

And now it is 12 months later so it is that time again. I had my shot last year in December and so I will be having one again this year in December. I get mine every year when I go for my physical check up. It used to cost money, up to about 4 years ago, but now they give it for free. When we had to pay for it, I think it was around $25.00, I only got one every two years but now that it is free I get it every year. In one of your other responses someone says you can get the flu from the shot and then someone else says that's not possible. I have asked several times when getting my shot...my doctor and before I worked for Home Care and got it from then and asked the nurse who gave it to me... about that same subject and I have been told every time I asked someone...that yes you can get the flu from the shot because what the flu shot is...is a strain of 4 different types of flues that they are putting in you so you can get symptoms but they wouldn't last very long, a day or two. I think it is worth getting as I haven't had a flu since I have been getting the shot which is about 10 years now. I am so happy to not get the flu...... Cheers my friend, Chris

Yep its flu shot time again, I just went to see my doctor last week, I'm surprised they didn't ask me if I wanted it, maybe their not doing them yet. Remember to get the H1N1 shot too if they offer it, because the flu shot doesn't work on the H1N1 flu very much. I got the H1N1 flu last year, but because I had gotten the flu shot, I didn't get it as bad as others did. The doctor told me that there is a separate vaccine for it, even tho I didn't get the right one, it did help me a little.

I did have one this winter because the last time both my daughter and I had one she became quite ill and the doctor told us she had an allergic reaction to the injection. Watching my little one so sick put me off flu vaccines forever! Having said that it is wise to remember that not everyone reacts the same way!

They are giving them to us at work next month. I get them everytime. I have not caught the flu but I am a little concerned about this vaccine. I am wondering if it is the swine flu vaccine included.

We really to take vaccine to strength our defends against any illness or flu. Because as we all know this days. Diseases are every where and we can be infected if not be careful... Have a great day!

It is always safe to have the preventives because you love yourself and your family. Thanks for sharing this with us. I feel you are a great mom... Regards, Sids.

Hello jugsjugs Friend recently we had this flu in some parts of my state orissa, my city was included, there were many deaths, govt was unable to control, shots were sold in black market, masks were sold for 50 rupees!!none in my family took injections, but all took homoeopathic preventive for 10days, 3 times daily luckily we are safe.. Thanks for sharing. Welcome always, cheers. Professor. .

I lucked out this year. My clinic had just gotten a shipment of flu shots in the very day I went in to get a prescription for antibiotics for my abcessed tooth. My daughter and grandson will get there's as soon as their clinic has the shots come in. My grandson had the nostril type last year and didn't even remember having had it.

It's to early for us, our flu season usually comes in Feb. so we wait until late Nov. or even early Dec to get our shots.

I was suprised when I realized it was time to get a shot again! It seems like I just got one. I will have to call my doctor and see if they have them in yet. He usually likes me to be in the first round of high risk people. I don't have resperatory problems, but he still wants me to be in the first round. I didn't realize they gave them in other countries. I guess other countries are more like us (US) than I thought.

Hi jugs, I do not choose to have a flu injection, I prefer to let my body manufacture my own antibodies. If I have to get sick, I will not avoid it. But I will choose to build up my immunity in the first place.

I have to get a flu shot too. I wonder if they will have special shots this year like they did last year. Hopefully we will only have to get one shot this time. I hate shots. I always feel crummy the day that I get the shot done but I am a heart patient and I have asthma so I am very high risk.

I wont take a flu vaccine or any kind of vaccine if possible. I want my body and health to be at its natural best. Let it deal with those viruses on its own. I don't like my body to depend too much on vaccines to the extend of not being able to fight on their own. Taking vaccine jabs is a preventive measure to things, but i prefer the natural way.