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nudge for Mary

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I phoned my surgery this morning
and asked about the flu jab .was told it would start on 10 Oct
i also asked if the swine flu jab was combind with the normal flu jab and was told yes it is.. so this year i wont be having it ..had the swine jab last year .. my arm was so swollen and i couldnt touch it for about a week
Hazelx

had mine .. good gal me :o) but apparently i have to have the swine flu jab ? but i thought if you have had swine flu (which i have had and don't recommend ) didnt think it was needed ?
rosex

Flu jabs booked for 9.30 a.m. this morning for myself and other half.

Regards Paulene x

Head to toe Julia (well arm to toe) you will be fit for anything!!

My flu jab is booked for next Thursday. Friday I have me corns done.
Busy social week for me LOLOL
Julia in Derbyshire

i think the flu jab is great
i have it every year and take a vitamin c tablet twice a day

and hardly ever have a sniffle now let alone flu

Got my jab booked for 9th Oct..x

You're welcome. I got mine at 59/60 and although asthmatic - at that time it was well under control, but we hve to listen and trust our doctors. Good luck with op.

hi chris went to gp a few days ago and asked about the pneumonia jab. she said there is strict criteria about who is eligible. mainly over 65 or those that suffer with copd or chronic chest problems, bronchitus etc. although i am astmatic, it is fairly under control and i dont have any other problems.

however, i am waiting to get my sinus operation before end of oct, so she said to come back after i have recovered from that if i want to discuss it, but really didnt think i was eligible. its really decided on ones individual health assessment.

thanks for you advice though
florence

Seriously, though, f61. Two weeks between anything and someone getting sick makes it pretty clear there's no connection at all. No virus (no ordinary virus like these) takes two weeks to show up as an illness!

I'd hate to think *you* didn't get the vaccine because you thought this, because you could be at risk of getting pneumonia as a result of flu yourself.

hi janey, yes probably about the same time last year. of course you are right i dont have any proof and to anyone who read my thoughts it is only my opinion that it caused my pneumonia and not any doctors. i wouldnt want anyone to take my advice and not have the jab and then get seriously ill .

so sorry if anyone has been misled by my remarks, that was not my intention so apolgies all round.

thanks janey for keeping me right.

florencex

florence61, old pal, I think I've seen you bring up this pneumonia-after-flu-vaccine thing before.

Your physician has said it's not possible for the flu vaccine to cause pneumonia. You don't seem to have any scientific basis for not believing that.

Unless you do, wouldn't it be wise not to say things that might scare off people who are at risk of serious problems if they get flu from getting the vaccine?

Coincidences happen. Sometimes, my neighbour's dog barks and then it rains. Doesn't mean my neighbour's dog is a rainmaker!

Checked with surgery, difference of opinions amongst reception staff, they checked with nurse - the pneumonia jab is for life. Good job it is - mine apparently was 1997!

Ann, I think if you have chest problems you are eligible for pneumonia jab. Best check with GP.

Each year,the 'flu vaccine is prepared from the strains of 'flu virus present in the Southern Hemisphere's winter season(our summer) ,so just like it contained the SARS strain last time,it will be made from all the strains,including the "swine-'flu"virus this time round .
The difference is that the viruses used for this more general 'flu vaccine are no longer active(or live,in other words) Most adverse reactions to the purely "swine-'flu"vaccinations last year were due to that vaccine being produced in a rush,using the"non-attenuated"(live)virus,due to the very high mortality figures in Mexico and other South American countries.
I'm an asthmatic,diabetic and wildly allergic (overweight) nurse--I have the "standard"flu jab yearly,but refused the "swine-'flu" one last year.This year will be no different,I'll have my regular 'flu vaccination,as soon as they're ready.
The "anti-pneumococcal"vaccine is usually only available to those aged 60 or over--I've got a couple of years to go,but that interests me more,as I get a couple of bad-throats-becoming-bad-chests per winter,meaning time off work and antibiotics,with the accompanying problems "at the other end !",due to the antibiotics killing off my healthy "gut" bacteria,which is unpleasant,to say the least !
I'll get down from my soapbox now !

Ann-o-ni-mouse.

Ringing the Drs. tomorrow to see if they have a list going yet. Never had any trouble with it. I have also had the pnuemonia jab, and had no trouble with that either.
Julia in Derbyshire

I had the swine flu jab last year i think it was
but had already had my flu jab before that ..
i also had a pneumonia jab about 5 years ago now and was told
that it would last for 10 yrs i have the flu jab every year and to be honest ive never had even a cold i'm asthmaic c.o.a.d and ive have to say that since having the flu jab its kept me out of hospital .
Hazelx

Last year in hospital I asked about my flu jab as I would have had it had I been home. I was given the Swine Flu and a couple of days later the ordinary flu jab.