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yellowdogintexas

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8. some years I hardly notice I had one. Other years feel punk for a day or so

Reply to JCMach1 (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 05:56 PM

Sep 2016

and tired. very tired.

Guess it depends on the strains involved and whether or not I have had a variant of it in the three times I have had the actual flu

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Anyone Else Feel Like Crap After Flu Shots [View all] JCMach1 Sep 2016 OP

First time I took one I became really sick after JonLP24 Sep 2016 #1

You feel that way because your immune system is mounting a response to the vaccine. Avalux Sep 2016 #2

Take a dose of ibuprofen half an hour before your vaccine. Laffy Kat Sep 2016 #3

Nope. Feel just fine. trof Sep 2016 #4

Same here. And can barely feel where I got the shot yesterday afternoon. (n/t) SMC22307 Sep 2016 #6

From CDC womanofthehills Sep 2016 #5

Depends on the tech administering the shot spiderpig Sep 2016 #7

some years I hardly notice I had one. Other years feel punk for a day or so yellowdogintexas Sep 2016 #8

Yes Union Label Sep 2016 #9

With my last flu & pneumonia shots, my shoulders looked like they had oranges stuffed under my skin. DebJ Sep 2016 #10