<p>As I posted earlier, got my flu shot free covered by insurance today at Walgreens in North Carolina. Guy took my Blue Cross Blue Shield NC insurance card and told me it was confirmed, covered, no co-pay. This is our private pay $2500 deductible policy. </p>
<p>And yes, I didn’t feel anything, not even a little pin prick. I was surprised at that. I can’t conceive of anyone having needle phobia to the point where they couldn’t look in the other direction for 2 seconds while getting a flu shot in the upper arm that you can’t even feel. Seriously?</p>
<p>My flu shot wasn’t covered, for whatever reason. Maybe my medical group thinks I should go to the clinic, I dunno. However it was well worth it in my view.</p>
<p>I was surprised at that. I can’t conceive of anyone having needle phobia to the point where they couldn’t look in the other direction for 2 seconds while getting a flu shot in the upper arm that you can’t even feel.</p>
<p>My oldest needed ( well both the girls, when they were teens) to have TB tests every year as part of their work with animals at the zoo.
It involves being scratched with antigens, checking for a reaction two to three days later.
This made her so anxious that it wasnt unusual for her to faint.
I always wonder if it is in response to what she went through as a baby.
( she has in intensive care for a few months and had surgery as well as hourly heel sticks to check her oxygen levels.- they couldnt use the umbilcal catheter because it compromised her circulation)</p>
<p>Insurance covered flu shots for all in the family:</p>
<p>Youngest daughter got the nasal version - FluMist - in the doctor’s office this year before her study abroad started. She’s our fainter and emeraldkity is correct: it has absolutely nothing to do with risk involved. Daughter fainted when the optometrist fitted her for contacts. She always gets the non-needle version.</p>
<p>Oldest daughter got her shot at CVS + a 10% off coupon on future purchases.</p>
<p>Husband, son, and I got our shots at Target Pharmacy. I had a coupon that allowed me a $10 coupon should I get my flu shot there. So basically, free flu shot (insurance) + $10 coupon (Target) + immunity from flu, of course.</p>
<p>I’ve had flu and wouldn’t wish it on anyone.</p>
<p>Our local CVS would not give S the shot today, b/c he is under 18 so we went to Safeway. Our insurance didn’t cover (it would if he had it in a Dr’s office), so there was a $30 co-pay.
Worth it if he doesn’t get sick.</p>
<p>Five days after getting the flu shot my arm is getting back to normal after redness and swelling. My kid got the flu shot today and hasn’t had any problems. Can’t even see where he got it.</p>
<p>Totally agree that at this time of year the majority of coughing people on my flight didn’t have the flu. But if even one did, it’s an easy way to spread. </p>
<p>Though the peak of activity is usually January- February, prevalence is already higher than usual for this time of year. The number of highly affected states has doubled in the last week. So get your flu shots!</p>
<p>The second time I got pneumonia after the flu, I was totally exhausted for 2 months and had to take 3 antibiotics to get well. I would recommend the flu vaccine for everyone,</p>
<p>Vagal response. I has it…pass out and throw up with shots - any shot, used to happen with TB tests in elementary school for me too. I remember getting the test at age 7, and feeling queezy. Going to the water fountain, and my ears started ringing, vision became obscured (tunnel vision), dizzy, nauseous, and the next thing I knew, the school nurse had picked me up off the floor and was carrying me to the nurse’s office. It’s an anxiety thing for me that I haven’t been able to self-talk out of. It’s embarrassing and humiliating. Coping mechanism that works for me: Take the shot lying down, not sitting up. Remember to breathe. Stay lying down and sip a cold coke until 100% okay. Get up slowly. First sit and sip the coke for a while before trying to stand or walk.</p>
<p>vasovagal syncope,
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting from cerebral ischemia, secondary to decreased cardiac output, peripheral vasodilation, and bradycardia and associated with vagal activity. The condition may be triggered by pain, fright, or trauma and is accompanied by symptoms of nausea, pallor, and perspiration. Also called vasodepressor syncope.</p>
<p>So I got this flu shot Saturday afternoon, and Sunday night I get a sore throat, runny nose and a little achy - feels like a cold - and now it is Thursday morning and I still feel like I have a cold. Very annoying! So is there any way to determine if I coincidentally caught a cold or if I am suffering from a reaction to the flu shot?</p>
<p>Flu shots can sometimes induce a mild, achy fever (nothing so severe as the real flu) for a few days after the shot. But the fact that you have the respiratory symptoms (sore throat & running nose) and the fever is perhaps still with you after four days suggests that you have a real infection - probably a coincidental cold. </p>
<p>But of course the only way to know for sure would be to be tested for the adenovirus. But that seems like overkill for a cold. I suspect your cold will probably run its normal course, and you will be feeling much better within the next few days to perhaps a week.</p>
<p>Because 9% is still better than 0%. And then if you don’t get sick, maybe you don’t make someone else near you sick as well. Also, most years it is quite a bit better than 9%, but there is no telling at the beginning of the season what the statistics will be.</p>
