I am afraid of the flu shot.

excitedtobemrs

::hangs head in shame::

I had one last year & I know they're no big deal...but I am putting it off BIG TIME.  They do them free at work, so all it takes is a phone call to infection control, but I can't bring myself to make the call.

I'm such a wuss.

DaiLyght

Hmmmm when was the last time you had the flu - full blown flu? For me, ever since that episode a few years ago, I don't skip that shot!

(My fever got so high that I started getting paranoid and delusional, and was convinced I was going to die. I made my DH come in every 15 minutes and make sure I was still breathing) 

snickerdoodle27

Compared to what my dh went through last year, a shot is much less painful! He was absolutely miserable for a week. My shot didn't even hurt this year. Usually it gets a littel sore and tender but I did fine. Make the appt!!

Samantha Thomas

I'm not getting one this year.  I know they say you can't get the flu from the flu shot BUT the only two times I've had the flu (since I was a kid) was the two years I got the shot.  I'll take my chances

VivaAmore

I've always felt this way about the tetanus shot. Luckily you usually only need that one ever 10 years!

 

excitedtobemrs

I had it in 1999 and I remember every.fuking.second of it.

Good point and thanks.  Calling.....

neesernicole

Hey Wendy - I just got mine today at 2 pm.  Seriously didn't feel it. 

I got the shot last year and still got the flu but T and M didn't get it, so I think it's worth it.  Glad you made the call.

kylara111

I had it 10 years ago and I missed a week of work.  Even then, I never got a flu shot until I had kids.  Ever since DD #1 was born, I don't miss it.  Think of it the way I do ... if you get really sick with the flu, who is going to watch your kids?  That's the only reason I get the shot. 

DD gave me such a rash last year because I forced him to get it too.  I was pg and DD was going to be born during flu season and couldn't get a shot.  This year, I told him he's welcome to take his chances and I'm sure he won't do it but if he gets sick, I won't be taking off work.

butterbeansmama

I have never had a flu shot, but I haven't had the flu in over ten years either. I'm allergic to Sulfa too and I have been told not to get the flu shot for this reason anyway.

Bellisimo

It didn't even hurt as bad as an ant or mosquito bite IMO.  I get them yearly because the one year I skipped it I, of course, got the flu and thought I was going to die.  The flu is WAY worse than the shot.