Got mine at work a couple weeks ago. I missed the first round the prior week, but they were back and I was able to schedule it.
First time flu shot for me, BTW. Because of that, the nurse asked me to hang around for a few minutes in case there were any problems (there weren’t), as they would have been noticed right away. We’ll see if I get the flu this season or not.
Been getting my flu shot through work every year for ages now.
If you don’t like needles, don’t look. You can barely feel the shot.
One of my friends lost her 12-year-old son to H1N1.
I refuse to be the person who happened to spread the flu to someone else. The vaccine isn’t a guarantee, but it’s something I can do to reduce the chances of spreading it.
People rarely die directly from influenza these days, but other complications can kill them, most commonly bacterial pneumonia or blood clots from inactivity. Both are most common in the senior population, but younger people can and do die or have serious complications from it. 
p.s. My shot didn’t hurt, although I have bumped that area of my arm a couple times and it was a bit sore. I did feel it, but it wasn’t painful.
I had a Tdap shot a few weeks ago, and it didn’t hurt anywhere near as much as the injury that led to it.
Oh, get over it. They’re tiny, tiny needles, and you can hardly feel a thing.
That being said, I had my flu jab at work this morning & my arm is a bit sore. Like a bruise. But I’m not praying to die like I would be with a nasty bout of the flu.
Ever sat on the toilet with the trash can on your lap in case your vomit while the toilet is otherwise occupied? That’s the flu. or food poisoning. But go with the odds & get a flu shot anyway.
My husband is diabetic & gets a flu shot on his doctor’s advice. I get one because they’re offered for free at work. And to protect him. 
Hi, I’m Kath & I’m a Giant Needle Wimp.
I got the shot on Sunday (at CVS) and then went to a Dodger game and they won.
Therefore flu shots make your team win.
(Hey, it makes as much sense as some of the posts in here.)
Huh? 
Influenza is a respiratory illness. What you describe is gastroenteritis, or food poisoning, or kidney stones, or C Dif.
"Influenza Symptoms
Influenza (also known as the flu) is a contagious respiratory illness caused by flu viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The flu is different from a cold. The flu usually comes on suddenly. People who have the flu often feel some or all of these symptoms:
Fever* or feeling feverish/chills
Cough
Sore throat
Runny or stuffy nose
Muscle or body aches
Headaches
Fatigue (tiredness)
Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.
I don’t mean to pile on, but the last time I got the flu, I was sicker than hell for about ten days, during which I couldn’t get out of bed. This was followed by three weeks or so of fatigue to the point where I could barely function for more than a few hours at a time. I’ve been religious about getting a shot every year since then. A little jab is tolerable; a month of being laid up isn’t.
Yeah, people are so blase about the flu because they’ve never had it. It’s a literal killer and it will make you think you are dying and be grateful for the thought.
Jabbed, arm sore. Im surprised because I barely felt it when I got jabbed. I complimented the girl on a job well done!
I’m surprised by all the comments from people who have never had the flu, or have only had it once. We had almost annual flu outbreaks when I was a kid, and even when I was an adult (before there was a flu shot) it was pretty common to come down with the flu. It can certainly be a miserable couple of weeks, but for healthy adults it isn’t usually a significant danger.
I wonder if some of the complaints of illness caused by the flu shot don’t arise out of an intolerance to any level of “unnecessary” discomfort. Maybe people are becoming so accustomed to relative good health and plenty of symptom-relief options that they experience any sort of distress as more substantial than it really is.
I’ll test your theory out Friday, when the Cardinals face the Dodgers. Go, Birds.
I was on the phone with my medical insurance CSR, and SHE reminded me to get the flu shot. If my insurance is willing to pay for that shot, yeah, it must be cost effective.
I once spent two years thinking that I was allergic to the flu shot because of an extreme site reaction, and it turns out I’m just allergic to bandaids! But yeah, got mine.
I want my 14 y.o. son to get one, but a blood allergy test showed him allergic to egg whites, even though he eats eggs and nothing happens. His doctor and two pharmacists say it’s probably okay so I’ll probably go ahead and get him one next week when his doc has them in. He really can’t afford to miss a week or more of school.
Band-Aids, if you’re talking brand name. 
Allergies are weird. One doctor and I have been tearing our hair out trying to figure out what one patient was reacting badly to. I was using only latex free stuff, hypoallergenic ointments, she’s not allergic to anything in her chart…turned out to be the wound cleanser spray. We only found out because the supplier was out of the brand I’d been using and sent another brand, and her problem went away, literally overnight! Next shipment, old spray, old problem back, again, overnight! Who the heck is allergic to wound cleanser? My patient, that’s who! :smack:
The only year I got the flu shot, I also got the flu. The vaccination did not cause the flu, which occurred several weeks later, but it certainly didn’t prevent it, and the shot definitely made me feel crummy for a couple of days after I got it. I did not know it at the time, but I have an autoimmune disorder. Since doctors know very little about such things, I see no reason to believe that the vaccination’s potential for harm is not outweighed by the risks. If I die of flu, so be it, and if I spread it to others and they die as well, that is unfortunate, but I don’t see why so many of you have so much trust in the medical profession and will obediently line up for shots because “doctor says,” writing off anyone that disagrees as a liar, faker, hypochondriac, oversensitive, quackery-lover, etc.
Get your flu shots and trot away on your high horses, I guess.
Try being allergic to thimoseral. I think I dodged that bullet since I’ve never had a reaction, but my mom and sister break out in hives if they get anything that has it as a preservative. Well, my mom did, but she’s passed.
Because science means more than conspiracy theories, selfishness, and outright goofiness combined.
I have not gotten the flu since the flu shot came out. So yes go ahead and get it, it seems to help me, so thank you.
I get my shots every year. I’m a big fan of better living through chemistry and getting shot is important to me. About 5 years ago, I got the flu right after getting the shot. I spent 2 weeks in bed or in the bathroom, sitting on the toilet and puking in the sink.
At one point, I woke up needing a drink of water. I had left a glass of water on my nightstand and had put a paperback on top of it to keep the cats out. I was soooo thursty, and that water looked sooooo good. I wasn’t able to make to effort to knock the book off the glass and pick it up, so I laid there and sweated and suffered andwished I had water until I passed out again.
It was horrible and really scary because I lived alone. I honestly think that I survived because my cat kept walking on my face when he was out of food so I knew to shamble out of bed and look around while I was in the kitchen.
I never once blamed the shot for that horrible 2 weeks, I was just mad at myself because I didn’t get it soon enough.
I think I had the flu once, a long time ago. Never had a flu shot, not going to start either.