pneumonia shot

[irish]

Since I started the flu shot I have not had the flu nor have I had a cold. I started the flu shot about 10 years before I started the IVIG infusions and before I was even diagnosed with Sjogrens. We are all different so who knows what the answer is. I plan to get my flu shot next week when I go for my infusion. I don't like to get it too early as I want the flu shot to last into the spring. Some say that is not a problem but I know when I was working as a nurse the doctors always wanted us to wait until late Oct or early Nov.  Another opinion I suppose.Irish

[Skylar]

I can?t ever remember feeling much of anything after a vaccination, but after the pneumonia vaccination not only my arm but my left upper body was incredibly sore for about a week. I wanted to cut my arm off those first few days. However I?d rather deal with that pain than get pneumonia especially since I would also end up with bronchitis which would last months after pneumonia subsided.

I have noticed a slight amount of discomfort right around the new flu shot given to people over 65. They put 4 times the amount of the three different strains of antigens in it so as to provoke a good response. Again I?ll take that discomfort over a bad case of the flu.