Swine Flu Vaccine 'Well Rough' Says Area Man
For reasons too dull to explain, I am apparently at sufficient risk from the threat of swine flu that on Friday I received both a shot of the H1N1 vaccine Pandemrix and, for good measure, the seasonal flu vaccine too. This is partly because I attend a single-GP surgery - the NHS has given each one a standard 500 doses, regardless of the number of doctors or patients. Many others have to wait.
Taking the vaccine seems like an eminently sensible idea to me, despite the inevitable scare-mongering from the Daily Mail. Nevertheless, whilst I've travelled a bit and I've had jabs many times, I really haven't experienced side-effects like this before. I still have a dead-arm, as though I've just been punched hard, that is too painful to lie on. By seven o' clock last night I also had most of the 'very common' reactions that affect more than one in ten people: incredible tiredness, a fever, loss of appetite, aching muscles and joint pain that meant I could hardly move. So much for enjoying Saturday night - I was out cold by about ten and when I woke up this morning, still found I could barely stand.
I know protection against the flu pandemic is important, but jeebus this vaccine is well rough...
4 Comments:
Yeah, those side-effects sound horrible. Hope you feel better??!!
I know someone else who, I think, had the same vaccine. She looked awful and said she felt terrible after receiving it.
im not a scaremionger but have been genuinely puzzled by some of the reports coming in about this vaccine and have been reading and researching a lot about its background etc
see this link to hear more
http://vimeo.com/7298827
ps hope you feel better soon
Thousands are experiencing reactions.... just take a look at my blogspot @ http://vaccine-reactions.blogspot.com/
There is some interesting data suggesting that keeping your vitamin D level optimal will prevent colds, flu and in particular H1N1 (swine Flu).
Here are links to two interesting articles:
August 2009-Vitamin D3 deficiency and its role in influenza
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs026/1102452079631/archive/1102685428884.html
Sept 2009-More on Vitamin D3 and influenza
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs026/1102452079631/archive/1102728693089.html
If these links don’t work go to www.vitaminD3world.com and click on ‘In the news” to find these updates.
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