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Any get their flu shot yet? (Original Post) LiberalArkie Oct 2020 OP
Yep, we got them last weekend PJMcK Oct 2020 #1
I got mine in September lillypaddle Oct 2020 #2
YEP, 634-5789 Oct 2020 #3
My wife a I both did. BlueJac Oct 2020 #4
Yup. Magoo48 Oct 2020 #5
Standard dose of Flucelvax TheCowsCameHome Oct 2020 #6
Next week Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #7
Got mine snowybirdie Oct 2020 #8
Got mine three weeks ago. No noticeable side effects fortunately. I still need the new shingles shot dameatball Oct 2020 #9
I had one about 5-8 years ago.. I did not know you had to go for a refresher dose. LiberalArkie Oct 2020 #11
I had heard that so I asked the pharmacy clerk at the drive through. She confirmed that the new dameatball Oct 2020 #22
What is the new called? LiberalArkie Oct 2020 #28
I didn't ask. Sorry. dameatball Oct 2020 #29
The old shingles shot was not terribly effective -- about 50%, IIRC. The new shot, Shingrix, Nay Oct 2020 #25
Got mine this week. Same one you did. berni_mccoy Oct 2020 #10
I got mine a couple weeks ago. murielm99 Oct 2020 #12
Flu in one arm, pneumonia in the other iwillalwayswonderwhy Oct 2020 #13
My wife and I are getting ours today Chainfire Oct 2020 #14
I takes about 2 weeks to kick in, so you really timing it about right. LiberalArkie Oct 2020 #15
yep, about a month ago Squidly Oct 2020 #16
I seem to recall a news story, from about a month ago Chainfire Oct 2020 #20
not sure Squidly Oct 2020 #26
As soon BillyBobBrilliant Oct 2020 #17
This will be my first flu shot Chainfire Oct 2020 #21
Well I got my shot Chainfire Oct 2020 #30
Two weeks ago, yep. yonder Oct 2020 #18
Same shot here ... GeorgeGist Oct 2020 #19
If I awaken a little achy and bleh Chainfire Oct 2020 #23
Ha ha ain't that the truth! Lulu KC Oct 2020 #32
Got mine Rebl2 Oct 2020 #24
Yesterday. A little tender at injection site, but nothing else. Regular dose. Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #27
Yes--I found it tough Lulu KC Oct 2020 #31

PJMcK

(21,860 posts)
1. Yep, we got them last weekend
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 07:49 AM
Oct 2020

I had a funny reaction where my upper lip swelled up for a few hours. Then it went away.

I'm glad we got the vaccine shots. There's enough to worry about when you're in the higher risk groups!

634-5789

(4,175 posts)
3. YEP,
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 07:55 AM
Oct 2020

And, finally the first of 2 shingles shots. We also felt off kilter the next day after getting the flu shot, hey said to expect that.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,159 posts)
6. Standard dose of Flucelvax
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 08:05 AM
Oct 2020

Only the second one in my life, allergic to eggs.

No reaction, but can't risk taking the high dose product.

dameatball

(7,379 posts)
9. Got mine three weeks ago. No noticeable side effects fortunately. I still need the new shingles shot
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 08:15 AM
Oct 2020

I received the old one about 5-6 years ago but I guess the new one is recommended.

dameatball

(7,379 posts)
22. I had heard that so I asked the pharmacy clerk at the drive through. She confirmed that the new
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:04 AM
Oct 2020

shingles shot was recommended. I don't mind getting the shot, just not crazy about waiting around in the drug store. Anyway, I will probably get the shot next week.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
25. The old shingles shot was not terribly effective -- about 50%, IIRC. The new shot, Shingrix,
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:13 AM
Oct 2020

is much more effective and is given in two shots a few months apart. I found that the new shot made my arm hurt quite a bit (I howled when I accidentally bumped my arm against a doorframe), but the pain only lasted 3 days or so.

Chainfire

(17,265 posts)
14. My wife and I are getting ours today
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 08:42 AM
Oct 2020

It will be the first time for me. We are getting the high-test dose as we are seniors. I should wait until after I early vote, in case it kills me.......

LiberalArkie

(15,673 posts)
15. I takes about 2 weeks to kick in, so you really timing it about right.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 08:56 AM
Oct 2020

You may think you are dying, but it just letting you know it is there. I hurt in the injection arm and the other arm at the same place., So of these vaccines are strange.

Squidly

(783 posts)
16. yep, about a month ago
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:04 AM
Oct 2020

I wonder if the nurse hit a nerve, because my arm felt like it was about to fall off for a few days. have never had it hurt like that from a shot before.

Chainfire

(17,265 posts)
20. I seem to recall a news story, from about a month ago
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 09:59 AM
Oct 2020

saying that this year's vaccine was just being shipped. If you had your injection a month ago, were you being protected from last year's projected strains, or this years, or does it really matter?

Chainfire

(17,265 posts)
21. This will be my first flu shot
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:03 AM
Oct 2020

will that quad strength stuff cause hair to start growing on my head again, or stop it from growing on the top of my ears? Will I regain my youthful vim and vigor? Will I be able, once again, to drink a bottle of Jack Daniels and jump a ten foot barbwire fence backwards? I just need to know what to expect. My hopes are high.

Chainfire

(17,265 posts)
30. Well I got my shot
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 06:11 PM
Oct 2020

I only cried a little and the pharmacists gave me come candy that made me feel better.

The lady who delivered the shot was an artist. I never felt it. No soreness, no side effects so far. Now if I can only get this UFO to take me back home.

Chainfire

(17,265 posts)
23. If I awaken a little achy and bleh
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 10:05 AM
Oct 2020

it would be a routine morning. Some of that goes away with the third mug of coffee.

Rebl2

(13,236 posts)
24. Got mine
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 11:02 AM
Oct 2020

early September. Only side effect was a sore arm. Want to get the shingles vaccine, but have to clear it with my rheumatologist first because of all the medications I take for Rheumatoid arthritis. My husband got the shingles vaccine and he felt a little under the weather for a couple of days.

Lulu KC

(2,543 posts)
31. Yes--I found it tough
Sat Oct 10, 2020, 07:59 PM
Oct 2020

I had several days with a swollen, hot arm and general malaise. The only other shot that's hit me so hard was shingles #2.

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