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Hi everyone.
Well, this past Wednesday I took my Flu Shot…the ” Regular ” flu shot and I had several people at my job who know about my condition…yes that Churg Strauss condition, ask me if I was going to get the flu shot.
And I had told these folks that I was going to get it, and I also told them that I had indeed taken the shot last year, but only after talking with my doctors about the good and bad of taking the shot.
And one of these people also asked me about the H1N1 Swine Flu Shot, and I said that I was not sure about taking this shot due to what I have already reported on about it a few days ago.
So, I have been looking at some of the online discussion on one of the online support groups that I visit sometimes and some of what has been said which I am posting here, not in their entirety and also protecting the poster’s privacy…
” I have had the flu shot
every year since 1999 with no real bad side effects. Hey, a few aches and
pains maybe, but I could have had a bad lunch and felt worse. I always felt
it was better than dying of the flu. I had the swine flu shot in 1976 ”” My son has PAN and he is declining the H1N1 vaccine but he does always get the Seasonal Flu vaccine.
You should never get a vaccine if you are ill and or have an fever and should wait a few days after your doing better to get a vaccine. ”
” The side effects from 2009 H1N1 flu shots are expected to be like those from seasonal flu shots. The most common side effects after flu shots are mild, such as being sore and tender, red and swollen where the shot was given.
The only big differences between the Seasonal Flu and H1N1 is that H1N1 is new and it hit the pediatric patience harder whereas the seasonal flu has been around forever and usually has a bigger impact on the elderly. ”
” Currently I am in stasis, nothing has occured in over four years. I am maintained on 17.5 mgs of methotrexate and 10 mgs of Medrol.
In 1976 I was one of those fear mongering anti-vaccine people. I did not trust the info coming from the government and the use of celebrities to sell a vaccine. End result was hundreds of cases of Guillan-Barre syndrome
and other neuro events.My attending rheumie has advised for it. I got the seasonal shot without incident last week. I am reading about squalene an additive which apparently increases the power of the vaccine and heightens immune response.
There is controversy around that.
I watched the 60 Minutes segment on 1976 swine flu outbreak and was reminded again how little I trust organized health care in this country.
So my question is this: are you going to get the H1N1 flu shot? “
I added the last snippet at the end of the comments here on purpose, because it pretty much says it all for me, and says it pretty much the same way I would have, so what’s your answer to the question?
And I want to point out to everyone that the longer you wait, the less chance you may have to actually be able to get the H1N1, as there is actually less of the shot available than originally at first reported by the medical community.
I’d be very interested in every one’s thoughts about this topic, as it has become very controversial in my opinion, so please leave your comments here.
Thanks
Lew
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
Nice writing style. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Chris Moran
on Nov 5th, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Hi Chris. Thanks for the compliment. Hope you find the info here on my blog helpful and informative.
Thanks again.
Lew
on Nov 25th, 2009 at 11:36 am
the H1N1 or Swine Flu virus did put our country in disarray for quite sometime, it is good to know that at least it did not cause so many deaths.
on Nov 25th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Hi Mark and thanks so much for your thought. I do agree with you, but the issue in the case of people with auto immune issues is always…should we take these vaccines or not? I know of a gentleman in my support group ( I cannot mention this person’s name ) who took the H1N1 a few weeks back and he wound with an adverse reaction to the shot and his P Anca Counts wound up being elevated, and in the end wound up with a slight case of Pneumonia. Right now he is on a few antibiotics to fight the effects of the Pneumonia,but he is going to be okay…and I should point out that he is an older gentleman.
Lew
on Dec 22nd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I really like your writing style, its not generic and extremly long and tedious like a lot of blog posts I read, you get to the point and I really enjoy reading your articles! Oh, and merry Christmas!
on Dec 23rd, 2009 at 1:40 am
One of my sisters got infected with H1N1 or more commonly known as Swine Flu. Fortunately, she did not have very high fever and she was able to recover fast .
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on Dec 23rd, 2009 at 10:04 am
Hi Janice. Thanks for leaving a comment here. Glad that everything turned out well for your sister. Funny how we’re almost into the year 2010, and something like a virus can be such a huge issue and at the same time topic.
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year!
Lew
on Jan 1st, 2010 at 11:54 pm
My brother got infected with H1N1 or Swine Flu in Mexico. He got a mild fever and luckily he did not die.
on Jan 2nd, 2010 at 1:32 pm
Hello Jude and welcome to the discussion.
It seems that a lot of folks have either contracted the virus or had a relative come down with it, and I am very happy to say that so far, there has been no loss of life reported and I am very grateful for that aspect of this ( what I just might have to call ) phenomenon of the H1N1 Virus.
Lew
on Jan 4th, 2010 at 10:14 pm
If you look at the pandemic of 1977, when H1N1 or Swine Flu re-emerged after a 20 year absence, there is no shift in age-related mortality pattern. The 1977 “pandemic” is, of course, not considered a true pandemic by experts today, for reasons that are not entierely consistent. It certainly was an antigenic shift and not an antigenic drift. As far as I have been able to follow the current events, the most significant factor seems to have been that most people, who were severely affected, were people with other medical conditions.
on Jan 18th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
during the height of the H1N1 or Swine Flu epidemic, i was very afraid to get infected with this disease and i wore face mask whenever i got into heavily populated areas.
on Jan 18th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
Sheena, you like many others have been ( in my opinion anyway ) just plain scared crazy by the different news reports that talked about the flu,the pandmic, not enough of the vaccines to go around, and the fact that lots of children and adults at times had to either go to school or to work, and due to whatever obligations had to be met, wound up exposing others in the general population to the Flu, and I want to thank Acne Treatments Asia, for the relevant post and info provided.
Lew
on Jan 24th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
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on Jan 26th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
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Michael
on Feb 11th, 2010 at 4:34 am
i think that in asian countries the Swine Flu did not spread rapidly compared to those countries that are located in colder climates. we should still be very thankful that the swine flu did not cause massive infections.
on Feb 11th, 2010 at 6:45 am
Hi Beatrice.
You bring up an interesting point, and I would be interested in the statistics as far as just how quickly the Swine Flu did spread in the colder climates.
Lew