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Irn-Bru:
I'm never going to push anybody to get a flu shot, but if you're older, and don't have any known allergies to the shot itself, it's still a pretty good idea....
In my case, I'm mostly at home, and rarely get exposed to anything, but the wife works in a nursing home, and would otherwise (she gets the shot) bring everything home without a few precautions. Since I can't talk her into changing clothes in the laundry room when she gets home, I just have to play it safe.
Now, if you have allergies, or are say between 20 and 40, you might want to talk to the guy about Tamiflu (TM), but you probably can skip it safely. However, if you or your spouse/SO have kids, or work someplace that's full of kids, it still may be a good idea.
There are still a lot of parents who give their kids Pez and call 'em vitamins....
I'm 67, and probably have had the flu over 60 times. I don't really want it again. (I'm probably immune to more than half of those, but that's another story.)
That said, it's expensive! Or at least that's what my insurance folks want me to think - about $100 for the shot and the drugs. Medicare picked up most of it for me. The wife got a pneumonia shot this year - something like $200, of which her insurance is only covering about half. Having had pneumonia, I'm glad to get the shot every few years. I lucked out - not much of an illness, but it's a bit risky.
Funny, though, that your doc didn't bother yet.... It's been a little iffy about what strains are around this year, so he may have just decided to wait until the smoke clears, but....
Several years ago there was a major shortage of vaccine materials. My middle sister's an MD in El Paso (she may have been working in Temple TX at the time) brought a tiny vial of it home for us - mom, who was close to 90 at the time, and my wife and I. Mom got her shot, and my wife got one. Then it was my turn. My wife, who's a diabetic, and was then used to Insulin via needles, couldn't fill the syringe - there was practically nothing in the vial. I was able to. Then she didn't want to give me the shot.... She was sticking the same needles into herself a couple times a day, but didn't want to hurt me
.... She finally did - I didn't feel a thing....
Couple years before that, I was taking mom to her doctor's for some reason or other, and she asked me if I'd had my flu shot yet. I told her that I was going to set up an appointment for my guy RSN. Didn't think much of it until mom's exam was over, and they asked me to come into the room. Help her off the table or some such, I thought. Chrissy stuck the needle into my arm.... The good news - he didn't charge me....
Regards,
I'm never going to push anybody to get a flu shot, but if you're older, and don't have any known allergies to the shot itself, it's still a pretty good idea....
In my case, I'm mostly at home, and rarely get exposed to anything, but the wife works in a nursing home, and would otherwise (she gets the shot) bring everything home without a few precautions. Since I can't talk her into changing clothes in the laundry room when she gets home, I just have to play it safe.
Now, if you have allergies, or are say between 20 and 40, you might want to talk to the guy about Tamiflu (TM), but you probably can skip it safely. However, if you or your spouse/SO have kids, or work someplace that's full of kids, it still may be a good idea.
There are still a lot of parents who give their kids Pez and call 'em vitamins....
I'm 67, and probably have had the flu over 60 times. I don't really want it again. (I'm probably immune to more than half of those, but that's another story.)
That said, it's expensive! Or at least that's what my insurance folks want me to think - about $100 for the shot and the drugs. Medicare picked up most of it for me. The wife got a pneumonia shot this year - something like $200, of which her insurance is only covering about half. Having had pneumonia, I'm glad to get the shot every few years. I lucked out - not much of an illness, but it's a bit risky.
Funny, though, that your doc didn't bother yet.... It's been a little iffy about what strains are around this year, so he may have just decided to wait until the smoke clears, but....
Several years ago there was a major shortage of vaccine materials. My middle sister's an MD in El Paso (she may have been working in Temple TX at the time) brought a tiny vial of it home for us - mom, who was close to 90 at the time, and my wife and I. Mom got her shot, and my wife got one. Then it was my turn. My wife, who's a diabetic, and was then used to Insulin via needles, couldn't fill the syringe - there was practically nothing in the vial. I was able to. Then she didn't want to give me the shot.... She was sticking the same needles into herself a couple times a day, but didn't want to hurt me
.... She finally did - I didn't feel a thing....Couple years before that, I was taking mom to her doctor's for some reason or other, and she asked me if I'd had my flu shot yet. I told her that I was going to set up an appointment for my guy RSN. Didn't think much of it until mom's exam was over, and they asked me to come into the room. Help her off the table or some such, I thought. Chrissy stuck the needle into my arm.... The good news - he didn't charge me
....Regards,
