Paul and Everyone,

I'm not a nurse of medicine, only lovings and squeezings. <grin> lol.

I'll give you my two cents worth on the flue shots.

I have been told that this year's shot covers both last year's flue and
this year's one. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.

Some times when they give the flue shots, they might give you something
like IbuProphin, and a deCongestant such as Zerteck. I'm probably spelling
everything wrong. lol.

This year, I didn't get either of those with my flue shot. I took tylenol
when I got home that evening.

Praying for you, Paul to get that flue shot.

Love,
Pat Ferguson
At 07:59 AM 11/14/03 -0500, 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