Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 LINDA, I have had 2 shots and nothing has happened in reference to my hives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 , I have had the flu shot for years and get the hives much worse when I get the flu and sinus infections and have to take all those antibiotics. The shot definitely helps. One of the worst outbreaks I ever had was from walking pneumonia and then the " Z-pack " . Will never take that again! Also tend to get asthmatic bronchitis which makes them bad. I highly recomment the shot. Good luck getting it - I just called and you have to be a chronic case to get it anytime soon. The CDC is running low again this year (guess they have more impt. things to deal with just now!) Good luck! Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 : I had a flu shot for the first time last year. The employee health department asked me to discuss it with my family doctor to be sure it was ok. I wasn't actively hiving at the time but employee health was well aware of my past history with hives. When I spoke to my doctors office I was told the only people they were recommending NOT to get it was those who had allergies to eggs and those who were not well (i.e. fever etc.) at the time that they were wanting to get the shot. Although the flu shot is not mandatory in my workplace yet, the rumour is that it eventually will be. I struggled with this because I have typically had 0-2 sick days per year for over 20 years. Even when I first got these hives I only missed 2 days of work and that was at my employees request for me to stay home. I was crashing bad off of Prednisone even though I was tapering slowly. I work in a high health risk environment and I understand now that even though I may not show symptoms of flu illness I can still be responsible for passing it on if I come in contact with it. We do have some medically fragile clients. I figured I better give it a try then if it was going to become mandatory so that if I was going to have problems I and they would know ahead of time. I had no side effects from it, not even a sore arm. I will request the same nurse again this year. Damn, she's good! Our clinic at work is next week so I will get it done. You should discuss it with your doctor ahead of time to get their feelings on it. Barb London, Ontario, Canada (where it's trying awfully hard to snow! Woo! Hoo!) May the wind be always at your back. mtnbiker@... mountainbiker41@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2001 Report Share Posted October 26, 2001 Barb, I hate to talk to my GP. He thinks I am crazy. Luckily, they offer them at work and I was considering it this year because of the current situation right now. Thanks for the advice. in Pa. > >Reply-To: urticaria >To: <urticaria > >Subject: Re: Flu shots >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 16:08:08 -0400 > >: I had a flu shot for the first time last year. >The employee health department asked me to discuss it with my family doctor >to be sure it was ok. I wasn't actively hiving at the time but employee >health was well aware of my past history with hives. When I spoke to my >doctors office I was told the only people they were recommending NOT to get >it was those who had allergies to eggs and those who were not well (i.e. >fever etc.) at the time that they were wanting to get the shot. >Although the flu shot is not mandatory in my workplace yet, the rumour is >that it eventually will be. I struggled with this because I have typically >had 0-2 sick days per year for over 20 years. Even when I first got these >hives I only missed 2 days of work and that was at my employees request for >me to stay home. I was crashing bad off of Prednisone even though I was >tapering slowly. I work in a high health risk environment and I understand >now that even though I may not show symptoms of flu illness I can still be >responsible for passing it on if I come in contact with it. We do have some >medically fragile clients. >I figured I better give it a try then if it was going to become mandatory >so >that if I was going to have problems I and they would know ahead of time. I >had no side effects from it, not even a sore arm. I will request the same >nurse again this year. Damn, she's good! >Our clinic at work is next week so I will get it done. >You should discuss it with your doctor ahead of time to get their feelings >on it. > >Barb >London, Ontario, Canada (where it's trying awfully hard to snow! Woo! Hoo!) > >May the wind be always at your back. >mtnbiker@... mountainbiker41@... > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2001 Report Share Posted October 29, 2001 Funny - My allergist is VERY insistant that I get the shot. He said that because my immune system is compromised with all the hives and pills and crap that even if I get the flu it will be milder and less intense than not having the shot at all. I didn't get the shot last year, and my system was too suppressed to fight it. Got bad flu - coughing up blood, etc. - Absolutely Lovely. He made sure I got the pneumonia vaccine and the flu vaccine as soon as they were available this year. No real worsening of the hives. (I was already in a full blown epidode) I think we all should just ask our doctors about this. We all might react differently to the vaccine. Some of us might really need to get the shots, but other might be adversely affected by it. Just a thought, Amy Z in AL .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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