All the hospitals that I work with require that outside rep get their flu shot by October 1st. I have been getting my shot early at CVS for the past 6 years and have not got the flu yet. Which reminds me that I need to get that shot ASAP it's already the 24th!:eek:

Got my Flu Shot today. I didn't even feel the needle, nor does my arm hurt.

Many years ago, after getting a shot, the Army doctor who gave it, told me to go swim in the post pool and my arm wouldnt get sore because the vaccine would be absorbed faster and I wouldn't have pain. It works for me, after shots I swim, run on the treadmill or just lift some light weights.
I have gotten a flu shot every year because the hospital required it-or you had to wear a mask, which made me hyperventilate. :)
Getting injections or giving blood really doesn't bother me but when my ENT removed the tube in my ear, I vagaled on him and scared the devil out of him. He threw open the door, got the nurse and water.

I read where the nurses union at some hospital, is sueing the hospital because of the policy of mandating flu shots be taken by all the staff. Will be interesting to see how THAT works out!
(Some hospitals will get around it by having you wear a mask or whatever, but there are some hospitals and companies out there that MANDATE a flu shot....this law suit will set a precedent for how far a company can go demanding what medical procedures employees MUST subject themselves to.)

Got mine too, today at CVS and never felt the needle and my arm doesn't hurt. Every other time I would get it at my Dr. and it hurt somewhat. This pharmacist was the best by far. Glad it's done.

Got mine at the grocery store. Didn't feel the needle no soreness but it itched this morning and there was a red spot about the size of a quarter.

I almost think schools should require the flu shot.

Got mine at Walgreen's today and had a fender-bender in the parking lot when a guy backed into me and his wife got out and chewed me out - when I had the right of way and his back bumper hit my left front hubcap! Ugh! But at least I got the flu shot as my doctor didn't have them in last week! So far, no bad side effects!

Are you ok. Sometimes when people do crappy stuff like that do you ever want to just stick your tongue out at them and make a face? Lol I donno I'm in one of those moods lol

Yes, Taylor, thank you for asking, I'm just fine but that woman kind of scared me, she got so upset. She moved over close to me and said "You will pay for this!" in the lowest voice. Yikes! I had the right-of-way, was moving in the parking lot traffic lane and her husband suddenly backed out of a parking space into the wheel/hubcap on the left side of my truck as I drove past his car. His back bumper was really messed up but my hubcap just has some black marks and maybe scratches on it with no damage to the body of the truck that I can see, though it was quite a crunching, jolting crash. I thought for sure my beautiful black on black truck was creamed! There seemed to be a crackling noise coming from somewhere when I drove home but I'll let State Farm check it all out. That woman had me so upset while she was yelling at me, I only took a cursory look at the wheel and got right back in that big, safe truck, closed and locked the door. Her husband apologized to me for her once he got her in their car! He said we were both at fault but I didn't agree with him as a moving vehicle in the traffic lane usually has right of way over a parked car backing from a parking spot.

I went on in the pharmacy and got my flu shot and headed for home. The sky was growing dark in late afternoon!

Then driving home a bad storm started whipping up, the wind started screaming and howling, leaves and limbs blowing everywhere and I just drove home as quickly as I could and right into the garage and ran into the house, where the power promptly went out for almost two hours! Whew! What a day! :S

Yikes she does sound scary and it did sound like one heck of a day.

If they continue to try and say it was your fault, they should have cameras in their parking lot that I'm sure you could pull the footage from.

Glad you got your flu shot!

That's a good idea and if the other driver's insurance fights me on liability, I'll request that they do just that. My State Farm adjuster said I have zero liability in the claim as I had the right of way in the traffic lane and it was the responsibility of the driver parked in a parking space to yield the right of way to me and all vehicles until we had passed him by and that the damage on his back bumper and the side of my hubcab/wheel is enough to indicate what happened- that he negligently failed to properly yield right of way and backed into my truck. I don't guess he ever looked back before he began backing. I can only guess neither the other driver or his threatening passenger knew the parking lot traffic laws as they kept shouting the accident was all my fault, especially the woman. She was out of control!

I read somewhere that this years flu strain in a rare one from Australia that not many have immunities to and the strain is not covered in the flu shot. I got the shot, my DH didn't, and we're both down with the flu. I have never felt anything like this. :cry::cry::cry::cry:

Oh Shelly, you poor thing!! I so hope you feel better soon. The flu is just miserable.