swine flu

[berylj]

has anyone had the swine flu jab? im undecided, i suppose its advisable,
i just need a bit of reassuring!
berylj

[Jack]

There is a thread running at the moment with various views expressed - http://www.wegeners-granulomatosis.c.../399-h1n1.html

[pberggren1]

Don't get it.

Phil

[Sangye]

LOL-- well, you can't be accused of beating around the bush, Phil!

[Doug]

Some of us can't get it because supplies haven't filtered into the hinterlands!

[onatreetop]

Or there is a limited supply. I am starting to think that they only sent what they did to apeise the public for a time. The rest of us have the flu or will shortly. Thats what i am thinking.

[Doug]

The paper reported there were production problems or some such. As weggies, if it's available and we want it, we can have the shot: compromised immune systems!

[jola57]

I got it on tuesday and except for a very red 2 inch round patch where tha jab was I am feeling fine. No aches or pains or fevers.

[Sangye]

That's very good news, Jolanta. I hope it gives you good protection, too.

A little boy I know who is severely immune-compromised got the shot last Sunday, was unusually "hyper" within a few hours, feverish and lethargic by the next morning (and ever since) and by that evening developed severe fluid accumulation in his lungs that they can't get on top of. I hope he'll be okay. He doesn't have a cough reflex, so all that fluid just stays in his lungs. It's always a gamble. I know other immune-compromised kids who got the actual H1N1 flu (before vaccine was available) and are in serious trouble, too. There just aren't any easy answers.