November 9, 200718 yr I never had a flu shot until I got sick and missed about 3 day's of work in 1999. After that I got one each year during October. I missed the Health Fair last week at work, so I don't know I'll go to the doctor or not to get one. My spouse get's sick when they receive the shot.
November 9, 200718 yr Never gotten a flu shot; never gotten the flu. I'm one of those kids who never wore his jacket outside when they were little and never got sick. Its a living... Knock on wood Italian Stallion !
November 9, 200718 yr Got mine but I get it free... I think people are foolish not to get them. Assuming we have enough which it sounds like this year we do. By the way for those afraid of needles it would hurt worse if you pinched yourself.. painless shot.
November 9, 200718 yr Got mine but I get it free... I think people are foolish not to get them. Assuming we have enough which it sounds like this year we do. By the way for those afraid of needles it would hurt worse if you pinched yourself.. painless shot. Again, what's the point if you never get the flu? And I don't like needles. Period.
November 9, 200718 yr Again, what's the point if you never get the flu? And I don't like needles. Period. Well you have been lucky. Most people only get it every few years me personally it was about every 3 in high school. With all the super bugs and stuff going on now-a-days I will prevent any disease I can, so things don't get worse. I bet you wouldnt even know you received the shot, if you didn't look. 36,000 a year die from the flu. Of course, the majority are older or children... I just don't play the lottery. You might win.
November 9, 200718 yr Well you have been lucky. Most people only get it every few years me personally it was about every 3 in high school. With all the super bugs and stuff going on now-a-days I will prevent any disease I can, so things don't get worse. I bet you wouldnt even know you received the shot, if you didn't look. 36,000 a year die from the flu. Of course, the majority are older or children... I just don't play the lottery. You might win. It has nothing to do with luck. It has to do with the fact that by not subjecting myself to all these little remedies, I have been able to build up and maintain immunity to the illnesses. Instead of going nuts and going to the doctor, I tough it out, and as a result, it just doesn't hit me that hard. And when I was a kid, my parents didn't panic every time I got a touch of the sniffles, and I am tougher -- from an immunological standpoint -- for it. It also helps that I know my body very well and how it reacts to outside stimuli, and if something's wrong, I can use natural remedies -- like fruit juices -- to knock it out. Life's too precious to go running around hiding in fear of the next big "superbug" that comes down the pipe.
November 9, 200718 yr It has nothing to do with luck. It has to do with the fact that by not subjecting myself to all these little remedies, I have been able to build up and maintain immunity to the illnesses. Instead of going nuts and going to the doctor, I tough it out, and as a result, it just doesn't hit me that hard. And when I was a kid, my parents didn't panic every time I got a touch of the sniffles, and I am tougher -- from an immunological standpoint -- for it. It also helps that I know my body very well and how it reacts to outside stimuli, and if something's wrong, I can use natural remedies -- like fruit juices -- to knock it out. Life's too precious to go running around hiding in fear of the next big "superbug" that comes down the pipe. It's like you reached into my mind and pulled out my response. My wife CONSTANTLY tried to medicate me for every little thing, and I shrug it off because I want to tough it out under my own steam. The ONLY thing I take meds for is allergies, and I fight it for as long as I feel possible. Hits me about mid-August until mid-October, and when it gets bad I can't breathe without some medication. I feel it likely that if I take the flu shot I will actually get the flu. They are injecting you with a live, albeit weakened, version of the virus. People do actually get sick every year from taking the shot.
November 9, 200718 yr It's like you reached into my mind and pulled out my response. My wife CONSTANTLY tried to medicate me for every little thing, and I shrug it off because I want to tough it out under my own steam. The ONLY thing I take meds for is allergies, and I fight it for as long as I feel possible. Hits me about mid-August until mid-October, and when it gets bad I can't breathe without some medication. I feel it likely that if I take the flu shot I will actually get the flu. They are injecting you with a live, albeit weakened, version of the virus. People do actually get sick every year from taking the shot. I have tremendously powerful allergies that wrack me every year during ragweed season -- mid-August 'til October -- and I'm the same way. I deal with it as long as I can, but when it gets to the point where I'm soaking a handkerchief within an hour, that's when I get out the benadryl and take enough to put me to sleep. In the past I overused benadryl, and unfortunately now have a tolerance built up for it. As a result, to get the running faucet to stop, I have to take 4 and 5 of them at a time (recc. dose is 1-2), which would be enough to put most people to sleep for 20 hours.
November 9, 200718 yr It has nothing to do with luck. It has to do with the fact that by not subjecting myself to all these little remedies, I have been able to build up and maintain immunity to the illnesses. Instead of going nuts and going to the doctor, I tough it out, and as a result, it just doesn't hit me that hard. And when I was a kid, my parents didn't panic every time I got a touch of the sniffles, and I am tougher -- from an immunological standpoint -- for it. It also helps that I know my body very well and how it reacts to outside stimuli, and if something's wrong, I can use natural remedies -- like fruit juices -- to knock it out. Life's too precious to go running around hiding in fear of the next big "superbug" that comes down the pipe. I would say you have a lot of luck and your tuff. I mean you can battle a bacterial infection out... I do the same. But a viral infection I dont know... Sounds like you have never had a bug, or in recent years... whatever your doing.. keep doing it. But if you do get hit with a bug your gonna feel it hard since your system hasnt seen it before.
November 9, 200718 yr I would say you have a lot of luck and your tuff. I mean you can battle a bacterial infection out... I do the same. But a viral infection I dont know... Sounds like you have never had a bug, or in recent years... whatever your doing.. keep doing it. But if you do get hit with a bug your gonna feel it hard since your system hasnt seen it before. It'll do like it's done in the past when I get hit hard: I'll be down and feel like hell for a few days, drop 15-20 pounds, then come back stronger for it.
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