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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

hedgehog

(36,286 posts) Sun Aug 19, 2012, 07:23 PM Aug 2012

My Family Doctor has this season's flu shots in - I'm going down to get mine Tuesday.

He likes to get them in early to catch all the snow birds before they skip town!

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-flu.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season/flu-season-2012-2013.htm#expected

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My Family Doctor has this season's flu shots in - I'm going down to get mine Tuesday. (Original Post) hedgehog Aug 2012 OP

Hmm... anon223 Oct 2012 #1

Good for you Zoigal Oct 2012 #2

anon223

(15 posts)

1. Hmm...

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 04:26 PM

Oct 2012

I guess I'm lucky - I haven't had a flu shot since the swine flu shot I got eons ago, and I can't remember the last time I got the flu..

Zoigal

(1,488 posts)

2. Good for you

Reply to anon223 (Reply #1)

Tue Oct 30, 2012, 10:23 PM

Oct 2012

We got ours last week...the extra strength dosage for people over 65...no reactions....
No soreness or pain...don't forget to consider the pneumonia shot...doesn't cover all kinds, but can be a big help. Only one is necessary with a booster a few years after, i think...
Started getting flu shots in the early fifties when they first came out....never had it. And i worked with kids for forty years....So the shots must help....z

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