04-06-2018, 05:30 PM
I may have already mentioned that I don't get flu shots and, I didn't get one this year either. I don't believe I've ever had one.
But, I did get the flu. This is maybe second time in my life.
Have been sick in bed since last Sunday. Started with this strange dry cough. Felt like I was going to give myself a hernia from so much coughing (the expression, "coughing up a lounge comes to mind."). Then the big, rolling, chest coughing, that feels like it's dragging shards of glass across your throat, swollen glands, ear aches, bloody nose, sore throat. Can't swallow. Stuffed nose and head, sinuses going crazy. Headaches galore. Total loss of speech, only little eeks coming out. Only food is tea and yogurt. Every joint is aching, that laser shooting firecracker exploding on each joint.
Went to doc yesterday. Mainly to appease friends and fam. ("You should have gotten the flu shot.") Confirmed flu and fever, said too late for tamiflu, which I probably wouldn't have taken anyway. Chest X-ray. They took it serious.
With that awful description of my flu symptoms said, I still don't think I'd get a flu shot. As the misinformation or disinformation mounts, I can only surmise, these flu shots are not going to help me. What with "CDC Issues Flu Vaccine Apology: This Year’s Vaccine Doesn’t Work!" (thanks Charon ) http://ioplist.org/showthread.php?tid=42...accination who knows what strain I had and if the shot would have made it worse.
But, I did get the flu. This is maybe second time in my life.
Have been sick in bed since last Sunday. Started with this strange dry cough. Felt like I was going to give myself a hernia from so much coughing (the expression, "coughing up a lounge comes to mind."). Then the big, rolling, chest coughing, that feels like it's dragging shards of glass across your throat, swollen glands, ear aches, bloody nose, sore throat. Can't swallow. Stuffed nose and head, sinuses going crazy. Headaches galore. Total loss of speech, only little eeks coming out. Only food is tea and yogurt. Every joint is aching, that laser shooting firecracker exploding on each joint.
Went to doc yesterday. Mainly to appease friends and fam. ("You should have gotten the flu shot.") Confirmed flu and fever, said too late for tamiflu, which I probably wouldn't have taken anyway. Chest X-ray. They took it serious.
With that awful description of my flu symptoms said, I still don't think I'd get a flu shot. As the misinformation or disinformation mounts, I can only surmise, these flu shots are not going to help me. What with "CDC Issues Flu Vaccine Apology: This Year’s Vaccine Doesn’t Work!" (thanks Charon ) http://ioplist.org/showthread.php?tid=42...accination who knows what strain I had and if the shot would have made it worse.