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mrcharly-YHT · « **on:** 14 November, 2012, 04:04:18 pm »

How many people here get the 'flu jab'?

What effect does it have on you? Makes me slightly light-headed and feverish.

clarion · « **Reply #1 on:** 14 November, 2012, 04:04:49 pm »

I have it every year. No effect. Well, other than immunity to flu, obviously.

But we run a flu campaign at work, and we do get some people reporting vague symptoms - real or imagined, causation or correlation, we can't tell. I'd be interested to hear what people on here feel.

Notsototalnewbie · « **Reply #2 on:** 14 November, 2012, 04:07:11 pm »

My employer lets us all have it for free. I’m getting my first one next week so I’ll let you know.

hbunnet · « **Reply #3 on:** 14 November, 2012, 04:12:04 pm »

This year & last year local GP practice, no side effects no flu either (or bad colds but I don't know if that is relevant)

snail · « **Reply #4 on:** 14 November, 2012, 04:18:28 pm »

I always have it, as I'm on immuno-suppressants. Never had a bad reaction.

Kim · « **Reply #5 on:** 14 November, 2012, 04:31:39 pm »

One year I got a sore arm and a bit of a headache (which may have been unrelated). Usually no symptoms.

PeteB99 · « **Reply #6 on:** 14 November, 2012, 05:30:03 pm »

Get one every year - no problems yet.

TimC · « **Reply #7 on:** 14 November, 2012, 05:57:56 pm »

Never had one. Can't remember when I last had flu. Man-colds aplenty (which are worse than flu, obv) but not flu.

tonyh · « **Reply #8 on:** 14 November, 2012, 06:09:21 pm »

Had flu in 1986 and was so impressed that I've had the jab ever since. No clear after effects; only feeling a bit anxious about whether there would be any, or thinking "oh dear I might have a cold".

numbnuts · « **Reply #9 on:** 14 November, 2012, 06:11:32 pm »

I get one every year, the fist year I had flu symptoms, but it never developed into flu.

andygates · « **Reply #10 on:** 14 November, 2012, 06:34:35 pm »

It can't develop into flu any more than you can hatch into a dragon.

I get it annually, working at a hospital, and I usually get a bit fat-headed that evening. Hard to tell for sure as I'm a fathead anyway. The point being that isn't flu, it's a little immunity-building twitch.

Wascally Weasel · « **Reply #11 on:** 14 November, 2012, 06:42:14 pm »

I have had it annually for the last ten years or so (free through work).

Never noticed any symptoms other than a mildly sore arm some years.

Basil · « **Reply #12 on:** 14 November, 2012, 06:48:35 pm »

My GP always asks me if I want one - Atrial Fibrillation, asthma, old etc.

I've never bothered yet. Maybe next year. (I always say that)

robgul · « **Reply #13 on:** 14 November, 2012, 07:17:13 pm »

Yep - no side effects ... seems worth getting VFM from the National Health ...

Rob

rafletcher · « **Reply #14 on:** 14 November, 2012, 07:19:15 pm »

Had mine about 3 weeks ago, a £10 Tesco special. Absolutely no side effects.

Kim · « **Reply #15 on:** 14 November, 2012, 07:20:09 pm »

Flu is bloody miserable, even if you aren't in an at-risk group. Seems daft not to...

cycleman · « **Reply #16 on:** 14 November, 2012, 07:51:39 pm »

no problems here

. had the jab 2 weeks ago no problems

Ashaman42 · « **Reply #17 on:** 14 November, 2012, 09:07:40 pm »

I really ought to get it what with my asthma and all. Then again I've not been to an asthma check up for a good while

Though part of that is that I've been feeling pretty ok since moving out of a damp flat and changing inhaler types. Were I suffering more I'd sort a checkup.

Think the last flu jab I had was three of four years ago.

DrMekon · « **Reply #18 on:** 14 November, 2012, 10:32:49 pm »

Have it most years (when I remember). No effect other than not getting the flu.

L CC · « **Reply #19 on:** 14 November, 2012, 10:37:34 pm »

Quote from: Kim on 14 November, 2012, 07:20:09 pm

Flu is bloody miserable, even if you aren't in an at-risk group. Seems daft not to...

It's never occurred to me to get the jab. Flu's nasty, but if you're fit & healthy it's ('just') another bug. Measles, whooping cough, campylobacter, e coli, salmonella, rotovirus etc etc didn't kill me, I doubt flu will.

arabella · « **Reply #20 on:** 14 November, 2012, 10:44:42 pm »

Nor me. The chap who sits next to me at work has it (asthma) and ended up taking 2 days off last week (luckily as we needed his desk). He sadi that was unusual though and generally no effects.
Don't remember any ll effects when I did have flu jabs age 10 or whenever it was.

simonp · « **Reply #21 on:** 14 November, 2012, 10:47:32 pm »

Mildly achy the next day.

Illegal Combat Ant · « **Reply #22 on:** 14 November, 2012, 10:53:54 pm »

Quote from: boabacca on 14 November, 2012, 10:37:34 pm

Quote from: Kim on 14 November, 2012, 07:20:09 pm
Flu is bloody miserable, even if you aren't in an at-risk group. Seems daft not to...
It's never occurred to me to get the jab. Flu's nasty, but if you're fit & healthy it's ('just') another bug. Measles, whooping cough, campylobacter, e coli, salmonella, rotovirus etc etc didn't kill me, I doubt flu will.

No, but you could pass it on to someone more at risk than you, eg. someone who is immuno-compromised. Vaccine refusers never seem to pay regard to the risks to the wider community. Vaccination isn't all about you.

Kim · « **Reply #23 on:** 14 November, 2012, 11:14:06 pm »

Quote from: boabacca on 14 November, 2012, 10:37:34 pm

Quote from: Kim on 14 November, 2012, 07:20:09 pm
Flu is bloody miserable, even if you aren't in an at-risk group. Seems daft not to...
It's never occurred to me to get the jab. Flu's nasty, but if you're fit & healthy it's ('just') another bug. Measles, whooping cough, campylobacter, e coli, salmonella, rotovirus etc etc didn't kill me, I doubt flu will.

Well yes, but I was assuming that those asking on the thread would be in or exposed to people in at-risk groups. Obviously I'd have a flu jab because of my risk of chest infections, but even without that, if someone were to offer me one for the price of a 5 minute wait and a half-arsed BMI lecture, I'd gladly take it to avoid a repeat of the flu experience I had in 2002.

simonp · « **Reply #24 on:** 14 November, 2012, 11:20:47 pm »

Herd immunity, innit.

That’s why my employer gives the jab for free.

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