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11-28-2007, 09:18 AM

Stephanie,

My recommendation is get it. My mother got one every year and never had a problem--died at 88. I never had one until yesterday (thinking, I suppose, that it would be an announcement of old age). Last year the oncology nurse wanted to give me one and I refused, and then suffered all winter with bouts of cold and flu.

I couldn't get an early appointment with my Primary Care doctor, so went down to Walgreen's yesterday and got both the flu shot and pneumonia vaccine, both in same arm, and feel great today. No reaction at all. And because I arrived just as they were finishing, no wait either.

I'm thinking that since you've had the shots before, you are not sensitive to eggs, etc., so that should give you greater incentive to get the shot.

11-28-2007, 09:18 AM	#6
Grace Guest Posts: n/a	Stephanie, My recommendation is get it. My mother got one every year and never had a problem--died at 88. I never had one until yesterday (thinking, I suppose, that it would be an announcement of old age). Last year the oncology nurse wanted to give me one and I refused, and then suffered all winter with bouts of cold and flu. I couldn't get an early appointment with my Primary Care doctor, so went down to Walgreen's yesterday and got both the flu shot and pneumonia vaccine, both in same arm, and feel great today. No reaction at all. And because I arrived just as they were finishing, no wait either. I'm thinking that since you've had the shots before, you are not sensitive to eggs, etc., so that should give you greater incentive to get the shot.