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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, November 07, 2005 - 6:10 am
This is just a minor question about the flu shot. I got mine last Thursday and my arm is still sore. It was red and tender all weekend. I've gotten it for the past three years and this is the first time I've had such a long reaction. Has anyone else had any reaction to this shot?
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Lyn
Member
08-07-2002
| Monday, November 07, 2005 - 7:44 am
I had mine a last month - the sore arm etc lasts about a week. (The whole family felt the same way)
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Monday, November 07, 2005 - 8:01 am
Cablejockey... mine was sore for over a week! Same big red splotch as you, and very, very tender. I couldn't believe it! But hey, its once a year... and then soon forgotten. It hurt like the dickens last year too, but I forgot about it, and I don't remember it lasting anywhere near this long. My mom who is 90 had the same shot, same day, same time, same nurse, and she was totally and absolutely fine, no pain, and no splotches! Luck of the draw I guess.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 07, 2005 - 9:35 am
I had very little reaction this year.. I got mine last time I went to my doctor.. lol.. he had a shipment and was racing around to anyone who wanted a flu shot. I almost waited because they have free flu shots today in Fountain Valley, but then I remembered a really really strong reaction I had over 10 years ago to a flu shot (my arm was swollen and I actually had a round area of pigment that darkened a bit, in a circle about 3-4 inches in diameter, the pigment change persisted for at least five years!) and thought better of getting the shot today since I have to work at our precinct for the election all day tomorrow.. but this time I had almost no reaction.. a small red area for several days but no achy arm, etc. My doctor says basically 10% will have a more dramatic reaction and you cannot predict who that will be.. Definitely luck of the draw. This was my first shot in several years since I didn't feel right taking a shot when there was such a shortage and I didn't qualify by age or as a caregiver..
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, November 07, 2005 - 10:24 am
Glad to hear these are pretty common symptoms, I guess it was my turn to get a reaction. I resisted getting these shots for so long, then after all the ads and tv promos urging people to get them, I decided I sure didnt want to be stuck in bed sick with the flu. I had it when I was much younger and couldn't get out of bed for several days, hate to think how hard it would hit me now. Sorry to hear how oddly it affected you Seamonkey.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, November 07, 2005 - 11:07 am
Oh well that was a long time ago.. the only positive was that it was free (and that I didn't get flu that season, but then that may or may not have had anything to do with the shot).. I had gone to a "fair" that was created to try to get a bone marrow donor for a cute little kid.. but they offered other incentives to those who got tested (they also asked us to donate blood, which I think I did).. and I didn't match, have been in the registry ever since, but no matches. So we got free flu shots, and other tests as I recall. I've had flu shots since.. we got free shots when I volunteered for hospice.. and have never had that reaction again.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 3:01 pm
My son has a terribly croupy type cough. The only thing that helps is tylenol with coedine, but for some reason my doc and pharmacy are taking their sweet time renewing the script. grrr he has got to get some sleep. would something like tylenol pm and a cough suppressant work or would i be od'ing him? (he's 16 and 150 lbs)
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 4:08 pm
annie, they won't be OD'ing him, and don't give him a suppressant, give him an expectorant. it will get that mucus that is causing the croupiness out of his lungs. i recommend robitussin expectorant. and only get the one that is the expectorant not with other things.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 4:28 pm
No, an expectorant doesn't work with croup cause there isn't mucus. It's really not so much croup as spasms that sound like croup. I ended up calling the doc and raising hell..got it now.
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 4:35 pm
ahhhhhh i thought a "croupy" cough was a mucus cough. sorry. sometimes a mom has to do what a mom has to do to get things done right!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 4:48 pm
croup is the dry hacking sound like a cocker spaniel cough. yep..don't be messing with a mom much less a sleep deprived one too!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 5:41 pm
Have you tried Mucinex? Awesome stuff!!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 5:42 pm
Yes. Didn't work for this cause his chest isn't congested, but I agree...great stuff!
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Taterheadtwo
Member
09-29-2005
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 7:56 pm
hmm now i want too know more, im disabled , mostly home bound,seems like every year alittle worsetowards winter.. i seem to have chest congestion bad, hard to breath deep, and get asthma like systoms hard to breave at times, also i have some bone spurring in my back, spine, so my upper body get like knooted up, wich make deeper breathing hard, even passing out at times..Mucinex.. is this over the counter, i really need a way to losen and removed my mucus congestion, would be nice to breath deep again, thx all
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 9:51 pm
Here you go, Taterheadtwo. Mucinex
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Friday, November 11, 2005 - 10:01 pm
This is a "what would you do" question. DH has plans for an evening out with the guys tonight (yay, house to myself). This afternoon he learns that one of the guys (host for the evening) was diagnosed with strep throat this morning. Our doctor tells me that a person has to be on antibiotics for at least 24 hours before they are no longer contagious. By the time they were to meet at the "sick guy's" house it might have been 6 hours since he started the antibiotic. "Sick guy" (poor baby), is a bachelor and probably not feeling well enough (sounded awful on the phone) and/or maybe doesn't care to clean or disinfect his house before the guys show up. Here's my question. Would you tell hubby a. Bye honey, have a nice time. b. Have fun, but when you get home, please be sure you change your clothes and wash your hands thoroughly. c. Because it is strep, I would prefer you didn't go. You may get sick yourself and/or bring home germs that will expose the rest of the family. d. or ???????
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, November 11, 2005 - 10:11 pm
I would try to persuade him to try to persuade the guy that he's too sick, and can they go out tomorrow/next week instead. If that doesn't work I'd rather c) but my dh would do what he wanted to do, so I'd say b). I don't know much about strep thoat though, if it's really bad or I had young children I might be more insistent he stay away.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, November 11, 2005 - 11:30 pm
Considering how quick I am to catch strep and pass it around to everyone I come in contact with, I'd do everything including getting down on my knees and begging him not to go. I understand he needs to get out of the house once in awhile for a guys night out and I don't begrudge him that. Because Darren and his buddies all have families with young children it's not often they get together like that anymore and when they do its something that is planned out way in advance and that is very looked forward to by all the guys. But, he will bring it home, I will catch it, and worse, I will pass it to the kids and the last thing we need is one of them coming down with it. So yep, I'd ask, beg, plead that he not go. Kitt, strep is awful. You're sicker than a dog. Everything you try to drink or eat (and it's not much because solid foods just don't work well) feels like swallowing burning glass. Your throat gets coated in crap that gags you, you have to gargle with warm salt water to get rid of it which is even worse. About a year ago Caleb came down with it. For three days he was sick as could be, only time he got up was when we literally carried him into the doctors office. Thankfully he slept through most of it, but that whole time he was so sick he burned with fever and when he'd wake up we'd make him drink a little (didn't even attempt food after the first time) and all he'd do is sit there and cry. I can't remember ever seeing him as sick as he was that time, and we caught it very early. With strep, you usually aren't contagious 24-48 hours after starting antibiotics (webmd). I tend to come down with strep at least once a year, and usually all I have to do is be in the same room as someone with it to catch it! I hate strep (can ya'll tell, lol,) I hate seeing the kids catch it, and if I never have to see it in this house again it'd be too dang soon!
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 8:18 am
Definitely C (and I don't mean the vitamin)
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 9:28 am
I would tell him C as well. Of course, my dh would probably go anyway because he wouldn't have to take care of any person who got sick in our house!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 12:46 pm
I agree with C.. why pass it along to all the guys and then to their families and anyone else they may contact. What happened in real life, Citrus?
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Saturday, November 12, 2005 - 5:59 pm
Yuk, not keen on the sound of that. Yes, what did happen Citrus?
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 12:26 am
I vote C too... So... what happened? Do tell!
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Citruscitygal
Member
08-07-2003
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 3:31 pm
I need to preface my answer by letting you know that at home I am perceived as the germ police. DS had chronic sore throats and bronchitis as a child. I have stomach issues that make it difficult to take anything stronger than tylenol if I get sick. I'm also self employed - so I don't get sick days or sick pay and no one to do the work if I can't. Consequently, I am vigilant about staying away from any person or situation that exposes me or my family to illness. In spite of these circumstances, I am considered obsessive in my avoidance of germs. OK, so what did I do? I started out suggesting plan B, because I didn't want to be labeled obsessive. The response was cool. After further "discussion" and clarifying that a person is contagious until being on antibiotic for at least 24 hrs, the response was "so you want me to stay home???" By now I'm frustrated that he doesn't think of these things on his own and don't care anymore what he thinks of me. So I say, yes, I want you to stay away from the strep. He didn't go, but he wasn't happy. Here's my next question - 2 parts. 1. Would you expect an adult (male or female) to know this is the right thing to do without being "reminded"? 2. How would you handle the response I got and how would you feel about it? PS I'm not a recluse, I do go out and mingle with the masses. I have had 1 cold, no other contagious illness, in over 5 years, so call me obsessive but healthy. LOL The 1 cold was this last June after being on an airplane - I blame the recirculated air. That's my story & I'm stickin' to it.
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Mameblanche
Member
04-13-2005
| Sunday, November 13, 2005 - 4:44 pm
Hi CCGal, Avoiding strep makes sense. He can see his buddy anytime after the first 48 hours. No big deal. I don't understand folks who are deliberately careless, especially with their own health! I support you 100% ... for whatever that's worth. I can totally see why you're doing a slow burn about this. But the good news is that he did stay home. MY dh has the same attitude problems sometimes, so I can totally sympathize. But y'know, if they wanted to do this sort of thing, trust me, they'd do it, and the rest of us be damned. So I think he wanted you to talk him out of going so he'd have someone to blame. Or that's how thing work in THIS house at times. But since I understand the game... I refuse to play.
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