Flu jab and feeling grim!

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Lisaangel10

I am booked in for flu jab only. Not having that horrible covid jab. Did the same last time and the queue for flu only was much longer than for both. So a lot of people must think like me.

Yep.......even more so. I've refused all Covid jabs/always will. Have never had a flu jab either. Despite telling them right at the outset of Covid jabs "Do NOT ever send me an invite for that" I landed up getting 3 invites in total and the third one was very sneaky - as in letter saying "We have made an appointment for your flu jab at this time/that date etc - and, while you're there you can have a Covid one too". Cue for they got yet another telling-off for ignoring my instructions I gave them quite clearly right at the start of all their jabbing.

I remember during one covid outbreak a hospital consultant was giving an interview in the i c u department of the hopital. He said the staff were exhausted and the majority of the patients in there were those who hadn,t been vaccinated!!

Having had my flu jab on Saturday I had no reaction apart from tiredness .
I had to go shopping yesterday and I felt really ill .
I was exhausted , my throat burned and my glands came up .
A French lady rescued me in the shopping mall . I made the mistake of answering her in French and had to continue !
I managed to get a seat on the bus home and the baby behind me screeched through the journey .
I had my fingers in my ears .
It was unbearable .
Today , I'm tired and I feel as though I've got a hangover .
And it's discount day in Iceland .
I can hardly wait !

Doodledog

For whose sake were they being done then?

My mother’s generation had to deal with polio, diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough and measles, all of which killed children. People going abroad were at risk of smallpox, typhoid and cholera, which had been eradicated here because of vaccines.

Are you suggesting that this was all a plot ‘for someone else’s sake’, and that your seven year old self had worked this out?

Absolutely.
All the vaccinations we receive are for our own benefit, and additionally for the benefit of society at large.
I had serious Covid and was hospitalised. I’m not taking the risk of not being vaccinated and possibly getting it again.
Last year I felt off colour for 24 hours after getting the Covid vaccination. A small price to pay for protection.

I had RSV and pneumonia together two weeks ago. Apart from a slightly sore arm for a few hours, I felt fine.
Next week I am due for Covid and flu jabs together. Last year I felt terrible for 36 hours afterwards. As I am busy preparing for the decorator, with lots to shift next week, I think I will just get the Covid jab next week, and flu later maybe.

I had flu and covid jabs done this weekend gone. Both arms ached somewhat the next day but worth putting up with. Having had flu once in my life and covid twice when I was really ill a sore arm is nothing in comparison.

For whose sake were they being done then?

My mother’s generation had to deal with polio, diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping cough and measles, all of which killed children. People going abroad were at risk of smallpox, typhoid and cholera, which had been eradicated here because of vaccines.

Are you suggesting that this was all a plot ‘for someone else’s sake’, and that your seven year old self had worked this out?

TiggyW

I’d never heard of the RSV vaccine until our pregnant daughter-in-law told us she was due to have it soon. I believe it’s also for young children and the elderly. Am I the only one who’s never heard of it before? 🤔

I've only heard of the RSV jab pretty recently....prior to that I'd not even heard of RSV itself.

I'm rather starting to lose count of just how many jabs they want us to have - and then have top-ups regularly. I think it's 5 now? RSV, Covid, flu, think they've added a Shingles one??, and some other one I forgot the name of.

I don't pay a lot of heed personally - as the only jab I've had since 7 years old is a (very reluctant) tetanus one because an (ex) friend carelessly injured me on rusty metal and local anaesthetic for 3 "female" operations and one time at the dentists. That's all there's been in over 60 years from that time where my mother found I could scream louder than her if I had to at 7 years old LOL. (I probably "connected the dots" at that age that jabs = I was going to get carted off to another country because of Armed Forces father getting another "posting") - ie they weren't being done for my sake.

I had my Covid booster on Sunday and have had a sore arm ever since.
I’ve never experienced that before.
It’s gradually getting better.

My flu jab is due in about 2 weeks time.

I’d never heard of the RSV vaccine until our pregnant daughter-in-law told us she was due to have it soon. I believe it’s also for young children and the elderly. Am I the only one who’s never heard of it before? 🤔

I'm feeling a bit better now, thank goodness.

It's worth it not to get the actual illnesses though.

I’ve recovered after one day of feeling total rubbish.

I had a scary reaction to last year's Spikevax. It made my heart rate zig zag between 60 and 98 while I was sitting on the sofa. I actually called the Dr as felt so ill with it, but it settled down. I don't want another Covid vaccine!

Jabs always make me feel lousy. But remind myself not as bad as the actual illness it is hopefully protecting me from.

Having the RSV jab on Friday.

Anyone else had it yet and any side effects from that?

Had both jabs on Saturday but felt achy yesterday and very tired today. Better than getting flu and awful covid in my opinion!

My husband and I had flu and covid jabs on Saturday morning.
He is fine but I have had a really nasty reaction. By Saturday afternoon my back and hips were aching but I was busy cooking for a lunch I was due to hold for nine people today. By 5pm I was completely wiped out. I was too tired to make our evening meal and wasn't hungry anyway. By the middle of the evening I was aware of feeling really cold and then I started shaking really vigorously. That has never happened to me before and it was quite scary. My head was aching and I decided to go to bed. I take various medications before bed and my hands were shaking so much I really struggled to take my pills. The shaking stopped sometime in the early hours. I woke up feeling dreadful, rather similar to when I actually caught covid a year ago. I spent most of the day in bed. For some reason I started sweating profusely during the night and woke up with my nightie soaked from the shoulders down to my waist. I changed my night clothes into a t shirt and fleecy trousers. By late morning my t shirt was wet through. I had a shower and changed into trousers and long sleeved t shirt. My head was still aching so I took some paracetamol. This afternoon I have felt a lot better even though I am tired, I think I am through the worst of it now. I think in future I will probably ask for the jabs on separate days and I will not have them when there is anything social happening for at least five days afterwards. I obviously had to cancel the lunch. My husband is making his way through two portions of lemon and mascarpone cheesecake every day and there is a huge casserole sitting in the fridge waiting until I can actually face it to freeze it.

There are studies that show that having covid and flu vax together gives better immunity. Perhaps the side effects are worse tho? I was ill afterwards but was brewing a URTI I suspect when I had them.

Sorry your feeling unwell, but I think expecting us to have flu and covid jabs combined is asking a lot.

I had to have both mine in just the right arm as I have had a mastectomy/reconstruction recently and am lacking a few lymph nodes on the left. Felt fine (this was Saturday) but today I'm exhausted - more so than in the couple of weeks post-surgery!

Me too! Never reacted to a vaccine before

My 3 DGC had their nasal flu vax in school last week (different schools). Age 6, 7 and 10. Never had reaction before and all 3 tired, achey, slight temp and snotty nose. 2 youngest have coughs. So whatever is in flu vac must be causing this. Some friends are similar. Not looking forward to mine in November!

I had my flu Jab on Saturday, it’s the first one I haven’t had a bad reaction to.

We had both vaccines at a drive in session on Saturday. Got both in the same arm as you just stick the nearest arm out of the car window! It was the same last year too. I felt really off colour yesterday but DH never suffers. Having had Covid in the past I’m inclined to think the vaccine is the lesser of the two evils.

Lisaangel10

I am booked in for flu jab only. Not having that horrible covid jab. Did the same last time and the queue for flu only was much longer than for both. So a lot of people must think like me.

Yep.......even more so. I've refused all Covid jabs/always will. Have never had a flu jab either. Despite telling them right at the outset of Covid jabs "Do NOT ever send me an invite for that" I landed up getting 3 invites in total and the third one was very sneaky - as in letter saying "We have made an appointment for your flu jab at this time/that date etc - and, while you're there you can have a Covid one too". Cue for they got yet another telling-off for ignoring my instructions I gave them quite clearly right at the start of all their jabbing.

Had both flu and covid on Friday. Flu one seemed a bit painful apparently the "serum" is thicker. About 2 am I wakened up feeling very warm and just thought the weather must have changed quite a bit. Even had the duvet thrown back. Awake all night thinking gosh it has certainly turned warm. 6.30 am before I realised it was the vaccinations probably causing a bit of a temperature and sleeplessness. Until mid afternoon I was really quite out of sorts. All well come Sunday. First time I've had such a reaction.