flu shot, flu chaser

[jazzfish]

Me 364.25 days of the year: GET YOUR FLU SHOT IT IS AWESOME AND WILL SAVE LIVES

Me two days after getting my flu shot: my head is wrapped in cotton wool and i have zero energy. dammit flu shot!

Which is to say, Thursday night I went and got my flu shot. They gave me a tetanus booster as well, since I am pretty sure I've not had one of those since just before immigrating (and how is that nearly ten years ago already). So in addition to my standard "mild flu-like symptoms" my upper left arm is too sore to lie on.

Worth it, though. My standard "get yer flu shot story" is of the time I spent an evening comforting a friend who'd just had a bad breakup, and getting cried all over... and the next day she came down with a nasty flu and I walked away entirely fine. So, you know. Especially this year with a co-plague in the form of Covid: get yer flu shot.

Comments

[davidgoldfarb]

I'm sorry you get a bad reaction to flu shots: I've been having them yearly for decades and never had anything worse than a little soreness.

[jazzfish]

Thanks. Just one of those things. I'm just glad I've identified it so I know to expect it. (Though I wasn't expecting it to take two days to manifest this time.)