[SeptemberMorn]

why, when you get a "killed virus" flu shot, you get the flu immediately?? I was hardly out of the clinic parking lot and I already had a sore throat!! That was two days ago. Yesterday, I sneezed and coughed all day long. By last night I was in bed wishing the bed would fold up and swallow me whole.

This is the second time it's happened to me since I've been getting my flu shots. I thought it was supposed to keep you from getting the flu!! I'm thinking this is the last year I get a flu shot!!!!

Even Vitamin C and Zinc aren't making it any lighter or better. WWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! I don't want to be sick!!!

KILLED VIRUS, mind you! Wonder what would have happened if it was LIVE VIRUS?!?!?!

[lynn P.]

Many people think this, but it's a myth - you can't get the flu from a flu shot. It's just a coincidence that's all. I hope you feel better though.

[SeptemberMorn]

... ok ... but you sure couldn't prove it by me!

[SeptemberMorn]

BEWARE... those who are thinking of getting a flu shot!!

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Vaccine Side Effects (What to Expect)
Different side effects can be associated with the flu shot and LAIV.

The flu shot: The viruses in the flu shot are killed (inactivated), so you cannot get the flu from a flu shot. Some minor side effects that could occur are:

Soreness, redness, or swelling where the shot was given
Fever (low grade)
Aches
Runny nose
Headache
Sore throat
Cough

So it's not the flu. The shot still made me sick and I feel like I might as well have the flu. No more shots for me!

I've talked to a few other people that have had the same symptoms from a flu shot. My husband refuses to get them and has never had the flu.

[Pup]

You can get unwell from shots, they tend to cause side effects, rarely, they cause serious side effects(for me, being ill since getting them, which is now running up to a year this december ://// may have CFS/M.E which has no CURE :// Yeah can tell I regret getting MMR and Tetanus&Diptheria & other one combined for a booster)

You should feel better soon I hope... if not, go back and see what's going on...
Your immune system tends to be run down from fighting the vaccine, that's the whole point, but it should be okay soon...x

[Rmdctc]

Usually people that get sick everytime they get a flu shot are allergic to it. My friend would always get sick from it so now she gets half of a shot one week and then two weeks later she gets the other half. I dont know if it works but she swears she doesnt get sick if she takes only half at once.

[wanttoheal]

I'm pretty well on the fence about the flu shot. I've never gotten one and I've never gotten the flu. But maybe my body is just able to take care of it, I don't know. My children have never gotten the flu shot either and have never gotten the flu, but we are of the same genes, so I don't know. I can see the benefits of it for some people though.

I'm sorry you got sick Septmorn. It sounds pretty miserable.

[SeptemberMorn]

Originally Posted by Rmdctc

Usually people that get sick everytime they get a flu shot are allergic to it. My friend would always get sick from it so now she gets half of a shot one week and then two weeks later she gets the other half. I dont know if it works but she swears she doesnt get sick if she takes only half at once.

Thanks, Hon, but at this point, I don't think I'd chance another shot anyway. It's been six days today and I think I stopped getting worse today. I'm even able to be up answering posts. WOW!

[SeptemberMorn]

Originally Posted by wanttoheal

I'm pretty well on the fence about the flu shot. I've never gotten one and I've never gotten the flu. But maybe my body is just able to take care of it, I don't know. My children have never gotten the flu shot either and have never gotten the flu, but we are of the same genes, so I don't know. I can see the benefits of it for some people though.

I'm sorry you got sick Septmorn. It sounds pretty miserable.

It's pretty darn miserable, WTH. No more shots for me! There's no way now that anyone can convince me that you don't get the flu from getting the flu shot. They can say what they want. If this isn't the full blown flu, then there's no such thing as the flu! Right? Right! LOL

[Indie'sOK]

Urgh, the last time I had the flu was 5 years ago, and it made me want to never get sick again. My mom wanted me to get a flu shot this year, but keeping in mind the last time I was sick, I said I didn't want it. Every time she got the shot, she ended up getting sick, too

[SeptemberMorn]

I'm with YOU! Why fix somethin' that's not broken!?

This is day 8, but nope! I don't have the flu... yeahright!

[ECHOES]

I think the symptoms are not the flu, but are the body's reaction to the killed virus that was injected. The purpose of the vaccine is to introduce these cells to teach our body to recognize and kill them. Your body is in training so that should you encounter the live virus, your body will know just how to fight it.

[(JD)]

I can't take any flu shot because I am so allergic. They make me sick, once deathly (only took once) if I take them. It appears my body even has antibodies to such things, and the reaction of their trying to protect me is what causes me to be ill. (I'm allergic to some of my own chemicals/hormones etc... everyone is allergic to histamine, but I'm moreso, and also allergic to anti-histamine, for example.)

I'm sorry you fell ill. But, exactly what you said, what IF you had the live virus!! Hopefully, now the flu shot will prevent that.

[SeptemberMorn]

I'll tell you what! I'll just let my body work it out if I ever do encounter the live virus! My respiratory system is compromised regardless. I haven't been able to sleep for the last 72 hrs for more than an hour at a time because as soon as I relax, either sitting or laying down, I start hacking up my lungs and gut! So what's the difference?

I'll take a chance on NOT encountering the live virus instead of purposely making myself sick.