The Best There Is--Flu Vacine

Myrna wrote:
I did go to the clinic as I said I would. There is no updated flu shot. The CDC thinks that the one being given, and having been given since last fall, is the right one to prepare us for the flu epidemic. It is 62 percent effective and, if you do still get the flu, you will have a much lighter case. I still wished I had known about Tamiflu. If you are one of the ones who did get a shot and still got the flu, you should call your doctor and ask about Tamiflu and find out if it is right for you.

Melanie wrote: If you need Tamiflu, you have to obtain it within 36 hours if the first manifestations of the flu...otherwise it is useless.

Myrna wrote: I did know that about Tamiflu. Thanks, Melanie.

Kirsten wrote: They only give tamiflu to those who are immune suppressed or people who are around others who have suppressed immune systems.  The rest of us don't get it.  bummer!

Amy G. wrote: We don't have a problem getting Tamiflu here in Ohio...

Myrna wrote: Thanks, Dear, Siovhan! This is good to know and I am glad that I got the shot--NOW! Next year, I am getting it in September. I have had the pneumonia shots--two in my case. Gramps only had to have one because he was older when he got his first one. You are right, I have three temple friends who have been in the hospital with pneumonia. I do love you!



KirstenDad had read that you should not get a flu shot until December because it was more effective then. HA! The doctor said that the effectiveness lasts a year and should be taken in September. I knew within 20 minutes, after having sent four very sick women home from the temple (and two very ill men) on Friday, exactly what I had. I stayed home, drank lots of fluids, tried to keep my 105 temp down, and slept, when I could for the aching). I actually got it at a program at the school where this very sick person, sitting behind me, kept coughing and coughing. It only took 24 hours for me to come down with it. I didn't know it could act so fast. I stayed home from the temple, from church and from meetings. I had the thought that I might be the fourth woman in my family to die at 72. I didn't bother calling the doctor because I didn't think there was anything that could be done unless I got sick enough to go to the hospital. I finally called because I wasn't sure if I was getting pneumonia or not. Three of those women who left the temple did. I hurt in my chest but it wasn't that. I found out that I could have come in for a Tamiflu but by then it was way too late. So I just struggled through two weeks and am now thinking that I just might live.