I usually have it every year but - never again... I had this year’s brew yesterday morning. My arm started aching by the afternoon. Now, I feel like someone’s taken to me with a baseball bat. I’ve got a monster fever, my skin feels like I’m badly sunburned all over, moving is agony and any movement of my head and I spin out. I’m simultaneously on fire and shivering and have barely slept a wink all night.
If this is what is supposed to protect me from flu then fuck that - I’ll take my chances next time.
If an 80yr old went through this it would finish them off.
Donald Trump needs kicking out of a helicopter
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I must admit I did feel shit too. Achy joints, nauseous and a bit of a temperature.
Take sone paracetamol or ibuprofen. You’ll feel ok soon enough.
A day with mild symptoms is better than up to a couple of weeks, bed ridden, and feeling like you’re about to die.
I can't help about the shape I'm in, I can't sing I ain't pretty and my legs are thin
But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to
In reality, you shouldn't feel a thing, as it's not a live vaccine.
avoiding that is definitely worth the risk of one day of discomfort
having said that, those sound like extreme reactions, have you called 111 to get advice on that?
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
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Should that particular flu be the one the UK and hits hard, then the jab only gives you an extra half day recovery time. You’ll still get the flu. Plus, a lot of people get flu from the jab itself.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/scientists-urge-ministers-tell-truth-on-over-hyped-flu-vaccine-8336184.html
I don’t have flu jabs, and I’ve only had actual flu once. Not bad in 56 years.
Whatever you’ve gone through after your flu jab is nothing compared to flu. Nothing.
I thought it was worth having the jab, as last Christmas I ended up with flu and I'd never felt so ill in my whole life. At one point I wasn't sure whether I was going to make it out the other side. Seems melodramatic, but they sent an ambulance out for me at one point. After two weeks of feeling incrementally worse each day, you do start to worry!
I said maybe.....
Sister in Law works at the pharmacy, always hassling us to come get our jabs. She had hers and had 10 days off work afterwards LOL.
Its good for you though, come and get em!