Flu shots

[Violet]

Originally Posted by amber

..but if i've never gotten the flu before, maybe i'll be lucky...
Amber

Hopefully you will be, Amber. Start washing your hands! I get kind of nuts in public restrooms. My daughter touches NOTHING. I do it all. And after my hands are washed, I use a paper towel to touch everything, even to turn the water off. and I get my paper towel BEFORE I wash my hands. And door knobs/handles? NEVER touch them with my bear hands. Yuck.

I just got my flu shot last night. I have mild asthma. This is only the 2nd year I got it. I considered not getting it and letting someone with more serious problems get it, but two years ago I got the flu twice (Really bad), three sinus infections and had bronchitis twice. Granted, that was the year I was diagnosed w/asthma and my first winter back up north, but I do NOT want to go through that again. Last year, with the shot, nothing. And I had always been very healthy before that.

I was talking to my sister last night, and she got a flu shot, too, but she has no chronic conditions. But she is an RN in an ICU unit. So maybe that's why?

Amber, stop smoking! Wrinkles, discolored teeth, lung disease, increased risk for osteoporosis...etc, etc. My mom is a walking billboard for not smoking. Lecture over...

Carol