[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by CFrance

I hope you and asianthree never get it, fraugoofy. I never got the shot either, until I got the flu in 1996. I don't remember ever being that sick before in my life. It was three weeks before I could stand up for very long, much less get out of bed. Mostly moving from bed to couch. I never took a vitamin either. After that I started taking Super Nutrition Women's Calcium Blend and began getting a flu shot. I haven't had even a cold since, much less the flu. ( Knock on wood.)

That's great news and a lesson for all. I do hope you realize that your 21 year run of avoiding the flu is 99.9999% from the shot and 0.0001% from "Super Nutrition Women's Calcium Blend ", and that's being generous.

[New Englander]

I used to catch the flu like every other year. The last time I got the flu and it was really bad. Bedridden for 3 days except for frequent trips to the bathroom. At one point vomiting and diarrhea at the same time. That is when I decided that next year I would get a flu shot. From then on I got a flu shot every year and have not got the flu ever since. That was well over 30 years ago. The flu shot works people!

[Sandtrap328]

Originally Posted by New Englander

I used to catch the flu like every other year. The last time I got the flu and it was really bad. Bedridden for 3 days except for frequent trips to the bathroom. At one point vomiting and diarrhea at the same time. That is when I decided that next year I would get a flu shot. From then on I got a flu shot every year and have not got the flu ever since. That was well over 30 years ago. The flu shot works people!

The "stomach flu" and influenza are two entirely different things. What is commonly called "stomach flu" is gastroenteritis which is an inflammation of the intestinal lining causing the vomiting and diarrhea.

Influenza is a respiratory illness that is similar to (and can lead to) pneumonia. A person does not have the intestinal issues with influenza.

The flu shot is for influenza and not for gastroenteritis.

Hopefully, Dr. Eagle will back me up. I am not a doctor - just played one on television.

[Dan9871]

Originally Posted by Sandtrap328

Influenza is a respiratory illness that is similar to (and can lead to) pneumonia. A person does not have the intestinal issues with influenza.

The CDC lists vomiting and diarrhea as flu symptoms, though not common ones in adults.

Flu Symptoms & Complications | Seasonal Influenza (Flu) | CDC

I know in the past I have had the common flu symptoms like sore . throat, general aches, stuffy nose along with diarrhea/vomiting in the past. Not fun... that was before I "got religion" and got a flu shot every year.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

That's great news and a lesson for all. I do hope you realize that your 21 year run of avoiding the flu is 99.9999% from the shot and 0.0001% from "Super Nutrition Women's Calcium Blend ", and that's being generous.

I threw the last part in gratuitously (read that Off Topic) because I haven't had a cold since starting that vitamin/calcium supplement in 1996. I figured the flu shot was not covering me for colds.

[jclrxman]

You sound wait unti November.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by jclrxman

You sound wait unti November.

Why?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by CFrance

Why?

There is a double blind study posted in The New England Journal of Medicine that shows that most colds are caused by the statement beginning;

I haven't had a cold since (fill in the blanks)...........................

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

There is a double blind study posted in The New England Journal of Medicine that shows that most colds are caused by the statement beginning;

I haven't had a cold since (fill in the blanks)...........................

Which is why I knocked on the few pieces of real wood we have in the house when posting that!