flu injection or shots?

[Star]

I have been lucky to escape flu for a couple of years but have copped it twice this year. Really can't afford the down time and a friend suggested I should get a shot each year.

Anyone here get one of these and recommend it or is it just for the oldies

 

[Dry Rot]

I have had them each year and find them pretty good - but have to hope that the selected coktail is what comes here that winter

 

[Aquamarinejewel]

I have the flu shoot every year...but I seem to cop the flu a couple of weeks later after that I am fine for the rest of the year and don't cop the flu when everyone else has it. Would definitely recommend it.

 

[nicky]

Every company i've worked for has offered free flu vaccinations and i've always declined.

You said you had the flu TWICE this year... do you realise how serious influenza is? People often confuse a bad cold with the flu.

Anyway i don't have flu shots because i know the difference between the flu and a bad cold.

Squeeze lemons into a mug and poor some warm water in and drink it every morning

 

[nicky]

I have the flu shoot every year...but I seem to cop the flu a couple of weeks later after that I am fine for the rest of the year and don't cop the flu when everyone else has it. Would definitely recommend it.

see what i mean, you're injecting the flu into yourself, so you get flu symptons.

I remember this girl was getting massively pyssed with me for not getting flu shots when all they did to her was give her flu symptoms.

 

[Star]

Every company i've worked for has offered free flu vaccinations and i've always declined.

You said you had the flu TWICE this year... do you realise how serious influenza is? People often confuse a bad cold with the flu.

Anyway i don't have flu shots because i know the difference between the flu and a bad cold.

Squeeze lemons into a mug and poor some warm water in and drink it every morning

Yep, you are correct. 'Bad Cold' would have been a more apt description.

 

[*Crash*]

If you get flu, get onto Relenza, it is taken by inhaler and will fix you up.

 

[Dry Rot]

If you get flu, get onto Relenza, it is taken by inhaler and will fix you up.

Very difficult to get now. And if you find some, perhaps it's better to keep it and Tamiflu up your sleeve for when bird flu comes.

 

[janiek]

forget the injections - they only work for certian types of flu anyhow
as some of the earlier posters have said - more than likely you've had a heavy cold a couple of times rather than flu

my recommendation enhance your immune system with some fish oil/omega 3 every day

 

[RoosterLad]

Yeah as nicky says, the flu (influenza) is different to the common cold.

Flu shots GIVE YOU the flu so quite often you will get sick and then its up to your antibodies to start taking steroids and boost themselves up, something like that anyway.

Fish oils work i guess, i just drink heaps of water and eat oranges and stuff like that, and it seems to work. Also heaps of rest, take a day or two off work and do nothing.

Dont get too excited girls and boys.

 

[utility]

Very difficult to get now. And if you find some, perhaps it's better to keep it and Tamiflu up your sleeve for when bird flu comes.

The sky is falling.

I don't get shots as I don't see value in them given my age, current health status and the likelihood of serious flu-related problems.

 

[Fire Storm]

1000mg of Vit C twice a day minimum for the rest of your life.

 

[nicky]

Yeah as nicky says, the flu (influenza) is different to the common cold.

Flu shots GIVE YOU the flu so quite often you will get sick and then its up to your antibodies to start taking steroids and boost themselves up, something like that anyway.

Fish oils work i guess, i just drink heaps of water and eat oranges and stuff like that, and it seems to work. Also heaps of rest, take a day or two off work and do nothing.

Dont get too excited girls and boys.

oh. my. god.

I didn't know about fish oil though.

 

[Paul Kersey]

I tell you whatever flu is getting around at the moment is a shocker. Fever for near on three days with terrible chills and body aches. Fever has broken but now can't rehydrate properly and have that annoying dull headache when lying down. * you flu.

 

[04 Durif]

Every company i've worked for has offered free flu vaccinations and i've always declined.

You said you had the flu TWICE this year... do you realise how serious influenza is? People often confuse a bad cold with the flu.

Anyway i don't have flu shots because i know the difference between the flu and a bad cold.

Squeeze lemons into a mug and poor some warm water in and drink it every morning

Yes yes yes yes. I've had the flu once. It was an awful experience for a week or two. I get a cold normally once or twice a year. There should be a punishment for people saying they've got the flu when they only have a cold

 

[outabounds]

Get free jabs at work. Havent even had a sore throat this year.

 

[grumpythecat]

I don't do the whole flu shots or injections. I'm allergic to the ingredients that is in it. Makes me itchy.

 

[bkozican]

Havent had the flu shot in years...havent had the flu in years...



Weird....

 

[campbell]

I know i should have them,working in health. I offer them free to my staff. Others around me have had bad glu this year.touch wood, i have not.