Hi, Echurch,
I've been waiting for the nurses here to express their knowledge concerning
the flu shots, but haven't seen anything yet.  smile  My understanding is
that many years ago the shot gave some folks a mild case of the flu, but
that shouldn't happen anymore, since the vaccine has been changed and
improved.  Thirty years ago I got sick from the shot and then refused to
get it for many years after that.  But for the past at least 10 years,
perhaps more, that does not happen.  I've had not one symptom following the
annual flu shot.  Just thought I'd send my two cents worth on this subject.
Love to all,
Helen

At 07:51 AM 11/14/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Personally I'm of the mind the less medication the better with our bodies
>ability to become immune to even meds. I like to keep things as natural as
>possible. I might think differently if I had other health issues that would
>turn the flu into a potentially fatal thing. I'll not get a shot myself. It
>is sort of an oxymoron, the idea of getting a flu shot to prevent the flu,
>but the shot itself gives you the flu. Good thing the polio shots we had as
>kids didn't work that way.
>
>Brad
>
>
>
>At 11/14/2003 on Friday, you wrote:
> >Hey, Family
> >
> >I was going to write this privately to Sandy and Roberta (the nurses on the
> >list, sorry if I missed anyone) but thought I'd post to everyone to get your
> >ideas.  We're being given flu shots at work next week and I'm wondering if I
> >should get one.  I never had one before and am wondering if they really do
> >prevent the flu.  It seems to me as if folks get the flu from the shot and
> >if that's true there doesn't seem to be much point though they say you get a
> >milder form of it.  I've heard that flu mutates in the body anyway, so the
> >flu you're getting in the shot won't be the same that folks around you have
> >and you can still catch the mutated form from other folks, so it doesn't
> >seem much point to that either.  But I don't want to get sick.  Grin.
> >
> >So what do you think?  Should I get the shot?  Remember, if I get sick,
> >you'll have to put up with my whining (and you know how bad I am when I'm
> >sick, with nobody to nurse my poor self back to health).  So let me know.
> >Smile.
> >
> >Paul