David Miller, Just for the record, I never used to get the flu shot until after my Dad started getting one at the assisted living complex, and I would get one whenever he did with him. I had never gotten the flu since then. This year, due to guests and such, I couldn't get the shot on the day he did, and I got the flu. So I'm a believer in it. But there ARE risks, however slight. I have also taken care of ICU patients with Guillian-Barre' Syndrome apparently after a flu shot.
Izzy -----Original Message----- Dean writes: > Each time I get the shot I get the flu-connection? > Don't know but it is starting to seem odd. Yes, there is a connection. When you get the flu shot, you are injecting your body with a small amount of the flu virus. Your body then builds up anti-bodies to fight the flu. The idea is that if you do this about two weeks before being exposed to the flu, then your body will have already built up a resistance and you won't be knocked down by it. I'm not a doctor, but common sense tells me that if you are experiencing this, you have one of two choices. 1) Don't take the flu shot (not everyone reacts to it the same way and you seem to be reacting badly to it), or 2) you might try taking it a few weeks earlier than you normally do. If you still get the flu from it, then don't take the shot. Remember that flu shots are BIG BUSINESS. It is being marketed to you. Don't believe that it is going to help you just because of the ads. Most of the testing of it is done with old people in convalescent homes, and you don't fall into that category, so the praised results may not be so applicable to you. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
