Bad reaction to flu shot

[OakLeaf]

Well mine was playing possum!
Call it a "reaction" , you Nobel Prize-winning, white-coated *&^%'s... but
I am SICK, I tell you.

Easy, girlfriend. Read over my other posts, in this thread and the last one. I don't doubt you're sick and I'm not one of the ones telling you your shot didn't cause it. KV can make you very sick. But your immune reaction has more to do with your system than it does with whether the vaccine was KV or MLV.

[Bklynmom]

I was definitely a bit dizzy and chilled the day after my shot - DH too. That said, I never got sick last winter with more than a nasal cold. it's worth it and it doesn't even hurt that much!

[KnottedYet]

Vaccines are beautiful.

Homeopathic medicine at its very best.

However, some of us may know in a profoundly deep way how our bodies react to things. If we feel a particular vaccine is very very wrong for us, perhaps we should steer clear of the vaccine and ALSO (and this is the important part) monitor ourselves for signs of catching the cootie we didn't get vaccinated against. If I think I've caught the flu, it is my DUTY to isolate myself from others so I don't spread it. I can choose to risk the flu, but it's wrong and immoral for me to risk spreading it.

I wanted to participate in the HIV vaccine, and waited and hoped for years to be able to volunteer. I'm not the candidate they need. I deeply believe in the power and efficacy of vaccines. But I will not get a flu vaccine. The flu vaccine has ravaged my family. I feel my personal risk is greater if I get the shot than if I go without. But I will isolate myself if I think I've caught influenza.

[margo49]

Easy, girlfriend.

I think I have returned to myself.
I was distraught
I get that way often, not just when I am sick, but I do recover

I think what Knotted said was very clever too.
I will print that post and put it above my kitchen sink bench.