Flu Vaccinations are available soon from various GP surgeries/clinics .
I have mine each year and wonder which viral strain or severity
of it they have predicted for this coming winter ?
I must add since having my yearly flu vaccine .
I have been very lucky in managing to remain and be flu 'free'
Yep - will be getting mine done again .
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I always get the flu jab (I have asthma) and I've never yet had any problems with it. But then, I'd never had flu anyway, so I don't really know what benefit I've ever had from it, if any. Never gives me any problems though I know it makes some people utterly miserable to the point they may as well have had flu!
I've not had one for about 5yrs now first time they put the bird flu strain in it I had my jab and by the evening I was rushed to casualty on a blue light couldn't feel my arms or legs and had difficulty breathing no one will touch me now not that I want to go through that again.Who refused you last year......Tesco or your doctor's?
Hi Douglas I think a lot of us "at risk" folk had the pneumonia jab with the flu jab some years back,my mum had her jab this morning and now it's got 3covering versions of the bird flu in the flu jab all seemed to be American strains,I will just have to keep my fingers crossed.Booked in for mine now.
I checked on the pneumonia jab as well, apparently I had mine will the flu jab the year I was diagnosed.
Had mine on Tuesday morning and it was painless. It maybe coincidental but I was fighting high blood sugars all of Wednesday and Thursday - back to normal now (Friday) though.