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BlueDawn

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8. Seems pretty normal.....

Reply to progressive nobody (Original post)

Tue Sep 8, 2020, 09:36 PM

Sep 2020

Every time I have gotten a flu shot, my arm seemed to stay pretty sore for 3 or 4 days.

(I would check with my doctor, though, if the site became red, hot, and swollen.)

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I got the flu and pneumonia shots today. [View all] progressive nobody Sep 2020 OP

Getting mine next week jpak Sep 2020 #1

Good luck. progressive nobody Sep 2020 #2

Usually sore for a few days blm Sep 2020 #3

I'm planning a pneumonia one first. Then a flu. I have never gotten any of these and feel like sprinkleeninow Sep 2020 #4

I got mine today. Did not hurt when I got it, but now my arm is just a little sore. RKP5637 Sep 2020 #5

Maximum soreness should improve in about 48 hours. 3catwoman3 Sep 2020 #6

Thanks. Don't want to shine but I never remember it being this sore. progressive nobody Sep 2020 #10

Move through the discomfort Mersky Sep 2020 #7

Thanks and good luck. progressive nobody Sep 2020 #11

Gah, if I need luck for that Mersky Sep 2020 #14

Seems pretty normal..... BlueDawn Sep 2020 #8

Thanks will do. progressive nobody Sep 2020 #9

Good for getting the shot now! BlueDawn Sep 2020 #12

Figure get it now before it hits and with Covid. Couldn't hurt. progressive nobody Sep 2020 #15

I got the 2nd of the "over 65" pneumonia shots this past summer dflprincess Sep 2020 #13

I got my flu shot Saturday and I found I am due for my second pneumonia shot in October. nt doc03 Sep 2020 #16

It will be interesting to see if flu infections go down with masks crimycarny Sep 2020 #17

Masks and distancing should reduce the spread of flu. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2020 #20

Agree--was just musing crimycarny Sep 2020 #23

Significantly decreased incidence of seasonal flu has been reported in Japan, Hong Kong, Tanuki Sep 2020 #25

I'll be getting my flu shot soon. Already had 2 pneumonia shots. Fla Dem Sep 2020 #18

I will get mine soon also benld74 Sep 2020 #19

Thank you, everyone! Aristus Sep 2020 #21

I work in a clinic and they stuck us as soon as the vaccine came in about 12 days ago. Laffy Kat Sep 2020 #22

Got my flu shot today, too. lillypaddle Sep 2020 #24