Are you getting the flu vaccine this year?

[dusty]

i think people at certain level of risk (elderly, those with respiratory problems etc) are encouraged to have it. i have asthma but the two times i have had the flu vaccine i have had the worst flu ever that year, so i don't have it anymore. that is my experience though and i wouldn't say it is responsible but is the choice i have made based on my experience.

i would talk to your GP if you feel you may benefit from the vaccine, or think you are at higher risk of contracting a flu.

[Shanti]

Nah i won't be getting it.... I've read a few things about it that don't make me feel safe about getting it....

[Antheia]

I used to get it every year when i was a kid but now for the last few years i havent bothered. I've had bad colds before but never the flu. So can't really see the point in getting it. Plus i am getting rather against vaccines now that i am researching them more.

[Nicambhar]

I have severe asthma and was advised to get the shot. I didn't want it but was pressured into it by my gp. I was sick pretty much for 10 months after getting that shot. I never got a full blown flu, but had that "I'm getting it" feeling all the time and my throat was constantly sore and my nose ran all the time. I will never get one again.

[Shanti]

Yeah the stuff i am reading is a bit scary..... there are good sides and bad sides to it and some people it can have pretty bad effects on, others are ok... its a risk, like everything... and up to the individual like someone else said above.

Just interested to see how many of us do get it but it doesnt' look like that many?

I'm scared because my Mum got it and then a year later was diagnosed with breast cancer so she feels that also didn't help and may have 'rocked' her hormones in her body and could have brought the cancer on (amongst other things of course).... she would be so upset with me if she knew i got the vaccine and i am not interested in it.

Viruses have a HUGE impact on our hormones in our bodies, particularly in women hence for some women the flu vaccine can actually make them really sick (maybe not always cancer) but in other ways..... i believe anyway. Also my AP has been telling me alot of stuff recently about it all very interesting

[Nicambhar]

I had my shot when I was about 9 weeks pg and have often wondered if it had anything to do with my mc. My dr was adamant that it was safe to have it during pg, but the fact that it made me ill for so long makes me wonder.

[Antheia]

Ren, i understand your concern. I have concerns of my own because i have had 2 family members when they were kids die of the flu before the vaccine was available.

But my cons still out weigh my pros on getting it. You just have to trust that whatever you decide is best for you and your family.