I have been flu shotted

[chanter1944]

Got a phone call from my pharmacy today, because I requested they give me a jangle when flu shots came in. I asked if there would be someone available to give the ol' poke in the arm this evening, there definitely was, so I zipped over there after work and, with very little fuss, did the thing for another year. Less chance of me catching the horrible flu and/or, more importantly for my conscience, *passing* the horrible flu to someone, is more than fine by little me. I'm on our city's bus system a dozen times a week on average. I have no way of knowing if the person next to me is immunosuppressed, or 90 years old and fragile by virtue of, well, being 90, or carrying a sleeping infant, or... and better safe than complicit in avoidable awfulness.

And yeah, as I put it to a friend of mine earlier today, better a slightly sore arm than five days of misery.

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[lilysea]

And yeah, as I put it to a friend of mine earlier today, better a slightly sore arm than five days of misery.

When I got influenza proper, back when I was young and healthy,

it was EIGHT WEEKS of misery. 7-10 days acute, then 8 weeks of post-flu exhaustion, breathlessness, and Depression.

Good on you for doing the thing! ^_^

[chanter1944]

Holy cow! :( I'm sorry you got stuck going through that! What an awful situation.

[lilysea]

Thanks.

My experience is not that unusual - most of what people call "flu" is a bad cold virus.

True influenza virus is much nastier.

[mirrorofsmoke]

We got our flu shot Sunday before last, because we were at the pharmacy getting meds. Our pharmacy has a deal where you get free ice cream when you get a flu shot. We're diabetic so don't generally do ice cream, so we gave it to our wife.

[chanter1944]

Good for you for doing the thing as well! :) I've never heard of that particular means of getting people in for a flu shot, but if it works... :)

[mirrorofsmoke]

This pharmacy has a little ice cream station in back. They sell cheap ice cream, in a cup or in a cone, and you can get it in as many scoops and varieties as they have. Unfortunately, the offer was for one free scoop only, so there was caramel pretzel crunch.

-Shuck

[killing_rose]

As someone who gets incredibly ill because of the flu shot, thank you.

(It took us a lot longer than it should have to realize what was going on, but these days there are notes in my chart. Which keeps exactly 0 doctors from telling me I need a flu shot.)

[chanter1944]

You're welcome. Yep, that's one of the main reasons why I do the thing. For all I know, the person next to me has a medical reason they can't get the flu shot. Making people sick=not on my list of to-dos, ever.

Shot-fist-bumps

[jesse_the_k]

I got a searing yellow bandaid that stayed on even through swimming in the pool!

Hooray for us herd protectors.

Re: Shot-fist-bumps

[chanter1944]

*fistbumps accordingly* Good for you. I swear, that needle gets thinner and less painful every year.

[kellan_the_tabby]

I didn't get ice cream with mine, & now I am sads.

Fortunately there is ice cream in the freezer ...

[chanter1944]

Heh. Poke in the arm solidarity anyhow. :)

Come to think of it, there's sherbet in my freezer. Hmm.

[kellan_the_tabby]

... which reminds me that the place I got my shot has REALLY GOOD mango sorbet. I need to get some of that the next time I'm out that way ...