[LMB] OT: vaccines

[Katrina Allis]

On 28/11/2007, quietann <quietann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I get my flu shot every year.  No, they can't predict exactly what flu
> viruses will be prevalent in any given season, but the vaccine is based on
> a
> best educated guess, and I'd rather be partially covered than not covered
> at
> all.  (Of course, I'm also in 2 high risk groups, and would really rather
> not end up in the hospital, thankyouverymuch!)



I'd love to get a flu shot every year.  The first year I moved to
Wellington, I caught the flu twice and moved flats during one of those
bouts!  So the following year I got a flu jab and was fine.

The year after, I was on section in the 'tron [1] and got a free flu jab as
part of being on staff at the time.  Had the jab, was okay, went and sat
down, feeling progressively shakier.  Twenty minutes later, having eaten a
little [2], my knees were wobbly and I felt funny.  Went back over to the
nurse and told them I thought I felt strange.

During the next little while, I hyperventilated, went cold and hot and cold
again, hyperventilated some more, ended up on oxygen [3] and the rest is
kinda hazy.  I was taken away in an ambulance and spent the next three hours
warming up.

For some reason, I'm not allowed flu vaccinations any more...

I didn't get the flu that winter though.

Katrina


[1] Hamilton = Hamiltron, city of the future.  I come from there.  I'm
allowed.

[2] Hey, it was possible (admittedly unlikely) that I was shaky from hunger

[3] Pure oxygen is really sweet.