Anyone else get the flu this year

Dercum's Disease
#1

I have been horribly sick for the last week with the flu and all my pains were magnified a thousand times in intensity.Has anyone else had this experience? What do we do? Get the flu shot or not.I didnt because I couldnt decide if it would help or not…I dont know if it helped many people this year due to the number of people that got it…Just need some opinions from someone who has had DD longer than me…Did you get a flu shot?? Did it help??

#2

I am lucky in the sense i dont suffer much flu or bug sypmtoms. The last one i did suffer was New Year, I work with 19 other pple and we all caught the bug, but it was just viral, (bad enough). Sorry cant help you there, we only get offered the flu injection if we are elderly or asthmatic in the UK.

#3

I got the flu shot for the first time this past fall. My PCP insisted, where in other years, he felt it wasn’t worthwhile against the possible risk of infection since I get cellulitis so easily. This year, putting it over against my heart condition (a blockage that can’t be treated beause of that same risk, at least not by a local doc) he insisted.

I didn’t get even a cold this year. It was well worth the bit of soreness and stiffness I had for about a week.

me

#4

Yes, I got a flu shot at the insistence of my doctor. I did not get the flu. (I work around school children all day so this convinces me the flu shot helps)

Pamela

#5

I got a flu shot and I was OK until 2 weeks ago. I got a chest cold and sinus infection and am still having a lot of chest congestion. I finished my antibiotic RX which I just happened to go to my PCP for something else when it just started and she gave me the RX. If I had not taken it at the start I would have really been sick. As it is I think I almost had pneumonia. I was dealing with another health issue at the same time so I did not pay much attention to the “cold”. Hugs and Hope you are well.

#6

I just cant seem to shake this stuff…I have already gone thru one set of antibiotics…I go back Wed for more…I am going to start taking a Pro Biotic because the antibiotics are killing the good enzymes in my digestive tract…We just cant win for losing can we??