Got a flu shot last week, got a wog this week. The same thing happened last year.

Perhaps next year I'll try a little experiment & say no to the flu shot & see if I still get the flu. After all it can only kill me, & the way I've felt for the last 3 days, I just might welcome that.

Any one else had similar experience?

No. Don't even remember when I last had a cold, let alone the flu. Keep your feet and head warm, don't mix too much with the great unwashed, don't listen to the scare tactics about people dying from the flu (they were probably on their last legs anyway) and don't take medical advice from politicians or talking heads on TV claiming to be from the 'health department', where they are probably just desk jockeys. Most of all, realise that your health is of monumental dis-interest to others. We have one person here keen on talking about her health problems and history. Just try to soldier on, mate.

Dear Hassie,

I had my flu shot on the 3rd May this year
- and so far so good.
My husband and I get our flu shots
every year. Some years I've come down with the
flu not long afterwards but this year I've been
lucky (touch wood).

I feel obliged to get the regular shot every
year because I volunteer at an aged-care facility,
and I look after my grand-kids as well.
I'll keep right on getting my shot every year.
because I believe that if I don't do it, I'll
infect others and come down with much worse.

Had it for years, never got the wog after it and never got the flue
I am all for it, but understand some do get [as warned] the symptoms after the shot

Each year the influenza virus changes, the vaccine
that was made to combat last year's strains will be
no longer effective (or as effective) against the current
year's strains. In addition these antibody levels
reduce over time. So annual vaccination is required to
ensure you have optimal protection.

I haven't had the flu or a serious cold since the late 1950s.

I was one of a group of servicemen who "volunteered" for a shot of an experimental flu vaccine, many had a reaction to the shot, (pustule/s).

We never heard anymore about it, but didn't get the flu.

Asked the Doc one day what the verdict on the experiment was and he told me that it was apparently effective but too costly.

I still have the yearly shot though, even if I, maybe, don't need it.