Flu Season Again (What do you take?)

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10-04-2011, 05:03 PM

#31

sewlisa

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Originally Posted by Crqltr

Have to have flu shot. Mandatory at the hospital where I work.

Me, too. I think it seems to help. At least I don't seem to get most of what's coming in the door. PTL.

10-04-2011, 05:06 PM

#32

Greenheron

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Had my flu shot last week. If I get the flu I lay around and wish I had gotten my flu shot earlier and take analgesics for the aches and fever. :hunf: :hunf: :hunf: :hunf:

10-04-2011, 05:09 PM

#33

sewlisa

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Originally Posted by COYOTEMAGIC

No can do the flue shot. Allergic to Laytex and Eggs.

Plenty of rest, lots of hand washing, try to avoid places with lots of people

Also, keep your hands away from your face. I have a nurse friend that never gets sick, and she says this is why. We are constantly wiping down keyboards and phone receivers with alcohol swabs, too.

10-04-2011, 05:09 PM

#34

Greenheron

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Originally Posted by loriea

I had a flu hot once in my 56 years. I spent 2 months in bed sicker than I ever have been. I rarely get sick even when DH and kids get sick but if & when I do it is nothing like when I had a flu shot.

This was also my husband's experience. The shots used to be live virus. They are not the same, now.

10-04-2011, 05:13 PM

#35

ellenmg

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Originally Posted by miriam

Then a friend of mine said to take a few drops of Elderberry every day - more for sniffles. I haven't missed any work for sick in 4 years. I don't eat much sweet stuff.

I have a friend who swears by elderberry for colds, flu, etc...Im a believer

10-04-2011, 05:16 PM

#36

luckylindy333

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I feel really good if I don't get a flu shot. I take Oscillococcinum. It helps with colds and flu symptoms- knocks it right out naturally. I have a naturopathic doc. We took elderberry syrup last year when we got colds and a concoction that our doc. makes up.

10-04-2011, 05:16 PM

#37

ellenmg

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Originally Posted by loriea

Me too, but not that sick. Got the shot, had fever, chills, nausea. But hey, you can;t get the flu from the shot, right????? hahaha
I never get the shot, never get the flu.....never will....

10-04-2011, 05:44 PM

#38

Jingle

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I get flu shots every year, now for about the last 10 years. If I feel a cold coming on I take zinc tablets, sometimes they just make it worse. No nasty side effects from the shot.

10-04-2011, 06:24 PM

#39

Mickey1

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Flu shot for me too. I got the shingles shot a few months ago!

10-04-2011, 07:18 PM

#40

gale

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I get the flu shot. I'm susceptible to pneumonia so my drs have always told me to get it every year. The one year I didn't get the shot, I got the flu. I got tamiflu so that it would be less likely to develop into pneumonia but the tamiflu made me sicker than the flu.