Anyone had a Reaction

Like henetha and charley I have never had a reaction including the year I had pneumonia jab at same time.
I remember being very ill with flu in (I think)1972 and 'watching' the winter Olympics while stuck in bed. It was like a very bad dream!
Since I've never felt so bad since, I think I can say I haven't had flu in the interim. (Touch wood.)
However I don't want to risk being out of action for a week or more so will duly appear at the surgery in the next week ortwo!

Thanks again for all your input ladies we all seem to have different reactions,to-day I seem to be a wee bit better but have still slept most of the day,going back to bed and sleeping until 6-30pm waking and feeling not as bad as I did this morning,so things may be on the mend I hope.

All the staff and doctors in the Clinic where I work get the flu jab every year, and for as long as I can remember, none of us have ever had a reaction. I'd be afraid not to get it! There again, we all have iron constitutions! Frequent hand washing and, of course, disinfecting all phones daily with wipes!

Just off to bed -early night - no reaction so far and arm isn't too bad either. Nothing on shingles arm. How long does shingles incubate?

Son had his today. He seems to have developed a cold rather quickly.

Had the flu jab this morning - so far so good!

I have had it every year for a very long time - they used to give it to us at work to avoid us taking time off in the winter. I have never had any reaction at all, so I hope this year will be the same.

Hope you will be feeling better soon glamma.

I have already got a sniffle and a sore throat, and only had the flu jab this morning!However, himself is smug as he is just fine.Off to bed now with hot milk with a slug of whisky in it.?

All of my family except me has had flu shots but none has ever had a reaction beyond local soreness.

I've read that any cold/flu like symptoms after the shot are actually a sign that your immune system is working well in manufacturing antibodies so you'll have good protection against flu.

I haven't felt right since my jab. Nothing serious, just out of sorts. A dull headache and joint pain that comes and goes.

No reaction I had more or less forgotton about it.

Really important to have the flu jab and also the shingles jab!!!

I have also heard that about any reaction [SueDonim] and think it is probably right. I usually feel a bit off after jabs but nothing like I did just as I was starting to feel a little better after strokes. At that point I had a flu virus which was really bad for nearly two months ( to say I was not a happy bunny is a masterly understatement) and I ended up with ME/CFS which is very limiting.
After that I went on to have shingles and was very poorly. It never really leaves you so that if I get very tired I get a few spots again and feel quite ill again.

Do have the jags to protect yourselves and your families!

I think flu jabs are important.

I have never had a reaction from the flu jab but I did get flu the one time I didn`t have it 2 years ago . I will NEVER miss it again ! I don`t think people realise that you can die from flu at our age , my FIL died in his late sixties from flu .
I was so ill when I got it that I hallucinated , lost a stone in a week and ended up in hospital near to death - not an exaggeration . The one good thing that came of it was that I gave up smoking but please don`t anyone miss there flu jab because they feel `off colour` for a few days .

henetha, goodluck with your op,hope all goes well. I have had a flu jab every year for the last 15 years apart from 1 year and the year i didnt have it i got flu ! i always have a few off days after the jab but it is worth it not to go through the flu again.

I was forced to have flu jab at hospital when I worked there, I was really poorly after. Never again !!!!

The flu virus is mutating all the time so the jab only protects from what has been, not what will be. Nevertheless it's a worthwhile safeguard unless of course you get an unpredictable and debilitating reaction.

What's a couple of days of being unwell compared to genuine flu? Many people say they have flu but only have a bad cold virus, influenza can be fatal for many people.

Headache just starting and achy - don't know whether to try to work it off and do some digging or rest. Digging I think.

Flu is a killer. If you've ever had real flu you will know just what a ghastly virus it is, what you feel after the injection -if anything- DH is fine- is absolutely nothing to how I'll you are with flu.

I've been offered the flu jab this year and planned to go yesterday but with a sick dog to look after with no help, I simply forgot! The next clinic is on Tuesday and I'm flying to Bristol the same evening so I sincerely hope I don't get a reaction.

We had our flu jabs on Friday & are feeling fine. No reactions whatsoever. I think it's silly NOT to have them, even if they they cause discomfort for a short time. I haven't had a bad cold for years.

I always have a sore and aching arm after flu jab, but am pleased as it indicates my immune system is kicking in. Some may experience more marked reactions but it is also possible to be incubating another infection or catch one soon after immunisation and assume it's the flu jab. Having suffered flu some years ago I dread getting it as it was debilitating for weeks. Every winter there are many excess deaths, mainly in the over 65s, from flu. Inevitably immune system weakens as we age and even a healthy older person can become extremely ill with flu. They don't get the vaccine right every year, but I would rather take my chance with the vaccine than flu.

Thanks for reminding me have to make an appointment for mine next week. Always have a flue jab.

Son lying on sofa with a cold and sore throat etc.

I felt rotten after the pneumonia jab a few years ago (@ 57) and had 2 chest infections that winter. If you're not better by Monday, go back to the doc. In the meantime, paracetamol and lots of fluids!

I have had the flu jab probably for about 20 years now, as I had it when I was working for the NHS, and have never had a reaction. I was once so ill with flu before I started having the jabs that I would still have it anyway.

As for the shingles jab, there is definitely something active in it because my husband has leukaemia and it's essential for him to have all the other jabs, but he can't have that one.