At my surgery they do the pneumonia jab 2 weeks after the flu jab as they have found this results in less complaints of sore arms.
No one has mentioned a pneumonia jab to me, should I be having one of those too?
They did it in a different arm. Just remembered it bruised as well. Lucky though that the flue jab arm didn't react, I don't sleep on my back. They are running another flu jab clinic this Saturday so I could have gone back.
I’ve never had one, maybe I should ask when I get my flu one done this weekend?
Pneumonia one might be an age thing.
Funnily enough I was just Googling it. It would appear it is for over 65 for the general population but all diabetics should be offered it too:
On the NHS Website it says for some people it’s for life but some it needs redoing every five years depending on your underlying health problems:Oh no I was told it was for life. What haven't they told me.
My son is non diabetic, age 37 and he is getting both this year. He is one of quite a few last year that caught flu , it went into pneumonia and ended up in ICU in a medically induced coma on life support for 2 weeks. It was scary to see so many young, otherwise healthy adults so seriously ill. I'll never call it 'just flu' again as I never realised just how bad it could get. Doctor said they are even more concerned this year with the Australia strain.
It has killed quite a few people here, but a lot of those that died had not been vaccinated against the flu.
It was Influenza A he had. It was touch and go 2 nights but they all seemed to follow the same trend. They had no idea why it was young adults being struck down. Took months to recover.
I got my fluvax in April of this year when it first became available, and so far so good with it.
