Regarding flu vaccines - Page 5

redhead handbag queen · ‎07-03-2010

On 11/1/2014 ILikeShade said:
On 11/1/2014 redhead handbag queen said:
On 11/1/2014 happy housewife said:
When ever anyone whines about the pain in their arm for days after getting a flu shot I just want to scream "OH GROW UP". The needle used to administer a flu shot is about the size of a hair. Good grief.

I just had mine this morning, I had to push the area to even see if it hurt.

It reminds me of my Grandson though, he got a vaccine (not sure which one) and calls me after to say "Grammy, I think they hit a bone." He's five and gearing up for Drama School. haha

Redhead handbag lady......not really funny at all because 10 years ago that's exactly what my flu shot felt like and I certainly had them before then.

Really, this is what it's coming to, I told a funny story about my grandson and I get this?

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foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

On 11/1/2014 redhead handbag queen said:
On 11/1/2014 ILikeShade said:
On 11/1/2014 redhead handbag queen said:
On 11/1/2014 happy housewife said:
When ever anyone whines about the pain in their arm for days after getting a flu shot I just want to scream "OH GROW UP". The needle used to administer a flu shot is about the size of a hair. Good grief.

I just had mine this morning, I had to push the area to even see if it hurt.

It reminds me of my Grandson though, he got a vaccine (not sure which one) and calls me after to say "Grammy, I think they hit a bone." He's five and gearing up for Drama School. haha

Redhead handbag lady......not really funny at all because 10 years ago that's exactly what my flu shot felt like and I certainly had them before then.

Really, this is what it's coming to, I told a funny story about my grandson and I get this?

What's wrong? I am just saying that's how it felt to me too!!!

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september · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/1/2014 Sooner said:
On 11/1/2014 ILikeShade said:
On 11/1/2014 september said: I think whether or not you experience the arm soreness..depends on several factors, and one of them probably has to do with who gives you the shot. Sometimes I have it, sometimes I don't. This year, I think I had someone who was new to giving shots, do mine. She kept telling me to "relax", but I think she was the nervous one. I noticed she pinched up my upper arm quite a bit before giving the injection. I actually couldn't sleep on that side for two nights. Worst shot pain ever....

september.....the woman pinched my upper arm this time too. My arm hurt for a couple days and nights but have to say it wasn't the worst shot pain ever for me....that would be the shot I had 10 years ago.

I remember one about that long ago too! WOW did it hurt for days. It would hurt a lot when I raised my arm, and would wake me up at night. My husband sort of dismissed me, like Nurse Ratched would, until HE got one a few days later and said it woke him up at night. I laughed and reminded him of making fun of ME for my arm hurting. Sometimes they hurt sometimes they don't ( yes and sometimes they are hot for a few days) so I really think it is the vaccine that year. Lucky that most of the time you don't even have any pain or discomfort with them.

Yes...that's what happened to me this time! And I'm a big advocate for getting flu shots, but I have to disagree with anyone who says that if we have a bad reaction..or arm pain that wakes us up at night...that we're being whiny.

kdgn · ‎03-09-2010

Well Found, as someone who can't have a flu shot I do thank you. Those around you who can't have it should be saying thank you too.

foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

On 11/1/2014 kdgn said:
Well Found, as someone who can't have a flu shot I do thank you. Those around you who can't have it should be saying thank you too.

Not really. The flu shots only have about 60% efficacy so I still may get sick and infect you and everyone else.

kdgn · ‎03-09-2010

On 11/1/2014 ILikeShade said:
On 11/1/2014 kdgn said:
Well Found, as someone who can't have a flu shot I do thank you. Those around you who can't have it should be saying thank you too.

Not really. The flu shots only have about 60% efficacy so I still may get sick and infect you and everyone else.

But you won't get as ill as you would if you hadn't had the vaccine.

foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

On 11/1/2014 kdgn said:
On 11/1/2014 ILikeShade said:
On 11/1/2014 kdgn said:
Well Found, as someone who can't have a flu shot I do thank you. Those around you who can't have it should be saying thank you too.

Not really. The flu shots only have about 60% efficacy so I still may get sick and infect you and everyone else.

But you won't get as ill as you would if you hadn't had the vaccine.

Wishful thinking. The vaccine could turn out to be all wrong besides the one I got was from last year, pretty sure about that.

eta: it was Carravagio who said one should wait for Dec when the newer vaccines come out and since she stated that I have heard it from others too. So...I believe that I should have waited.

pitdakota · ‎03-16-2010

On 11/1/2014 september said: Ilikeshade...I've had so many flu shots in my lifetime...worked in healthcare and we were (in those days) required to get them. I don't remember anyone pinching my arm that way to give me the shot. I have worked out my upper arms more than usual this past year, and I think the fact that my arms are muscular...made her think I wasnt "relaxed"? I was..I just have very firm arms, and I think some of these people don't have many fit patients.

Today with so many pharmacies giving the vaccine, to keep costs down they don't order a bunch of different length needles. The vaccine must go into the muscle. But if that pharmacy has longer needles and there might be a concern it might hit bone, they will pinch the skin in order to have more room to accommodate the length of the needle.

Likewise, for people that have larger arms, they will hold the skin taunt so that they decrease the risk of giving it in the subcutaneous tissue.

When we hold flu shot clinics we keep a variety of different length needles so we can switch the length to shorter or longer if necessary. It is certainly not one size fits all. However, pharmacies just don't go to the expense of keeping all the various sizes of needles.

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minkbunny · ‎03-09-2010

I would not think seeing a fit person getting a flu shot would be an unusual occurrence.

foundinlv · ‎04-20-2012

On 11/1/2014 pitdakota said:
On 11/1/2014 september said: Ilikeshade...I've had so many flu shots in my lifetime...worked in healthcare and we were (in those days) required to get them. I don't remember anyone pinching my arm that way to give me the shot. I have worked out my upper arms more than usual this past year, and I think the fact that my arms are muscular...made her think I wasnt "relaxed"? I was..I just have very firm arms, and I think some of these people don't have many fit patients.

Today with so many pharmacies giving the vaccine, to keep costs down they don't order a bunch of different length needles. The vaccine must go into the muscle. But if that pharmacy has longer needles and there might be a concern it might hit bone, they will pinch the skin in order to have more room to accommodate the length of the needle.

Likewise, for people that have larger arms, they will hold the skin taunt so that they decrease the risk of giving it in the subcutaneous tissue.

When we hold flu shot clinics we keep a variety of different length needles so we can switch the length to shorter or longer if necessary. It is certainly not one size fits all. However, pharmacies just don't go to the expense of keeping all the various sizes of needles.

Not september but wanted to say.....that makes sense because it was at a doctor's office 10 years ago when it felt like she hit bone and yes the needle was very long....there was no pinching of the skin.