Do you get an annual Flu injection, have you had it yet and did you get any adverse reactions to it?

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I'm booked in at my local pharmacy tomorrow for mine

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

Just got mine Friday, along with a Covid booster.

Last year I felt TERRIBLE, like I was fake-sick from the immune response. In fairness, it was my first flu shot since I was a kid, haha.

The Covid shot (Moderna every time except this time, when I got Pfizer) has always left me with a very sore arm, and the second dose of the initial vaccine in 2021 had my immune system responding. I remember having a high fever, and waking up SOAKED in the middle of the night when the fever broke the second night.

All Covid shots since then have just been the sore arm, very minor immune response (face got hot for a bit, occasional chills), except last year’s combined with the flu shot. I figured it was the combination of both that had me laid up.

But this year I did the same, and unless I’m just reacting better to Pfizer than Moderna, I think it was just the result of coming off of a recent flu shot that helped. I had my whole weekend cancelled in anticipation of having to lay low, and I was totally fine. My face got hot and I had a couple chills like six hours after the shot, but that was it.

9.6/10, would vax again😝 There’s a Covid outbreak on a team in my hockey league almost every week, so I gotta be protected, for my old man’s sake. That shit almost killed him a couple years ago.

So, I can’t precisely pinpoint it just due to getting other vaccinations simultaneously, but if my suspicions are correct, the first flu shot after decades might hit you a little as your immune system adjusts, but if you’ve had one fairly recently I don’t think you should feel much, hopefully. I think the younger you are, the stronger the immune response, like my dad is 92 and didn’t get hit with any side effects at all. I think you should be good. You might feel a little unwell for a brief period, but nothing serious👍

gatixek710 · Accepted Answer

Nah, after the covid nonsense, I'm never getting a flu shot and will avoid as many vaccines as possible.

IslaTheWitch · Answer

I don't take flu shots, I'm not in the risk group, I trust my immune system, and I take good care of myself

Screenwriter · Answer

Been getting one since 1986 and I've had the flu maybe four times in 38 years.

It's likely not ALL due to getting the flu shot. I'm pretty healthy in general and I keep away from sick people, people sneezing and coughing all over the place and not covering their mouths...

In comparison, when I was a child and through college, I caught the flu nearly every year. In grammar school, this happened usually twice a year, and I was sick for most of a week, to 10 days.

When I've gotten the flu as an adult after having the vaccine, it usually is a short-term sickness-- 3-5 days. Like a bad cold. And the vaccine gives you about 50% protection from new flu variants they've discovered.

So the combination of the vaccine keeping away from sick people and staying as healthy as possible bodes well for not getting the flu, and other illnesses as well.

Bricealan · Answer

I have avoided any kind of injections for anything, and thus far, have not paid a penalty for doing so. I got a light case of COVID, and had not been vaccinated, but other than that, no vaccinations and no sickness of any kind (fingers crossed- and knocking on wood)

tfan1 · Answer

Nope. I used to get the flu shot but I noticed 4 times at different locations that when I got my flu shot - I ALWAYS caught a cold that lasted 2 weeks. I stopped getting my flu shot and knock on wood. Also I will NEVER get the covid vaccine or any of its boosters.

WintersDaughter · Answer

I've never had a flu shot and I've never gotten the flu. Most people I know who have gotten the shot end up with flu like symptoms, which is normal, and they still end up getting the flu.

DrPepper12 · Answer

Yeah I contracted Guillian Barre syndrome and with semi-paralyized for months. Had to go for a speech, occupational, physical therapy for a year learning how to walk and talk again. I had to retire from a job I loved and I still live with the neuropathy and fatigue today.

strateguy632 · Answer

No way! I am only 50! People don't die from flu until they are 70. No worry. Instead can cough like a cold and rest.

Pete671 · Answer

Every year, side effects vary but I usually have to spend the next day in bed,,,

FunkyMonkee · Answer

I never bother with that shit. My ex-fiance got a flu shot every year and every year, she got the flu!!

noohair · Answer

I have been getting the flu shot for years. Concentrate on relaxing your arm before the injection. It will hurt less.

NathanDavis · Answer

I've never gotten anyone before

Abbycado · Answer

Had mine. Just a sore arm was all.

exitseven · Answer

I just got mine today. Easy peasey.

Jennz6 · Answer

No, it makes me sick

RedInnocent69 · Answer

Often. Will later this month. Probably next week.

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