Poll: Half of Utahns don't intend to get H1N1 vaccine

[accadacca]

Are you getting it?

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[Alex]

No, but I am planning on getting a vaccine against paranoia though. :roll:

[stefan]

No, but I am planning on getting a vaccine against paranoia though. :roll:

what are you referring to?

[Alex]

The whole media blown out of proportion "insert your name here".

[blueeyes]

Yes required to because I am a Health Care worker. Granted I am not currently working in the lab but I am still on the payroll. And Weber was recently rocked by the death of a fantastic Math professor. She was healthy. Taught class Monday and dead by Wed. Cause of death... bacterial pneumonia with complications from H1N1.

It isn't the virus itself that I fear. It is the fact that it knocks an otherwise very healthy persons immune system down and then they can't fight off a secondary infection like pneumonia. Crazy how something so small you can't see with out a microscope can take ya down in split second.

Sarah my daughter was diagnosed Fri morning with Flu. She had sever headache, fever and achy legs (common in the kids with H1N1 the doc said) No I did not have her tested for H1N1. They treat the regular flu's the same as H1N1. Took her to the doc to rule out strep throat. Glad I did we started her on Tamiflu that day and by Sat she was symptom free.

So if I don't come down with it just from being with her. I will get vaccinated when Weber gets the shots in or I can make it by the clinic.

[Cirrus2000]

I do plan on getting it. Doing my part for the herd. The people who can not receive the vaccine (compromised immune system, etc.) rely on the rest of us to keep it to a minimum. I'm not worried about getting or surviving the flu itself. It's all about herd immunity. It works (duh!).

My kids probably had it in mid October (while I was in Utah; my poor wife). They were never tested for it - diagnosis over the phone, got Tamiflu. My wife was fortunate enough to avoid it.

[Iceaxe]

I've had the N1H1 and it kicked my ass..... it took me 2 or 3 months to get back to my A game. I'll be getting the shot.

[IntrepidXJ]

I haven't got a vaccine in over a decade....why start now :ne_nau:

[Cirrus2000]

I haven't got a vaccine in over a decade....why start now :ne_nau:
Other than tetanus shots, I've been vaccine free for (uh, let's see, 2+8, carry the 2...) thirty years.

Starting now because those in the know say it's the right thing to do. There are scare mongers about the vaccine, and there are scare mongers about the flu.

I trust the people who use science.

I'll get the vaccine. :2thumbs:

[KapitanSparrow]

I got vaccinated for the seasonal flu but I don't think I am getting the swine vaccine. Besides, isn't it too late already for that? Some experts seem to think so. Also, I am not going to stand all night in line to get it. Ridiculous. I inquired about it at my regular doctor's office about a week ago and they don't have it. As far as they know, it is only distributed to public clinics.

On a related note, I am sick as a dog with something. I just finished 10 days of antibiotics and my sinuses are still killing me. I do not have a sore throat or too much nasal congestion. I don't know what the hell is going on. If I get swine flu now I am as good as dead prolly.

Now I am off to have a drink of scotch and eat some bread and garlic. Garlic is the best for all illnesses.

[savanna3313]

I tried to get the vaccine and was told I wasn't in a high risk group even though I am the sole caretaker for my mother who is a semi-invalid. I got the regular flu shot but it didn't help. I was in the doc's office yesterday and found out I've got pneumonia and possible swine. He didn't test me for it, but gave me the Tamiflu and a really potent antibiotic that (even with my insurance coverage) cost me $125. It damn well better work. Hopefully it's been caught in time because I spend a week in the hospital with double pneumonia last year. :becca:

[savanna3313]

I've had the N1H1 and it kicked my ass..... it took me 2 or 3 months to get back to my A game. I'll be getting the shot.

Just curious, when did you have this? Must have been pretty bad if it took you 2 - 3 months to feel normal again. Can you get the vaccine once you've had the virus already? It's some bad stuff going around right now. Whatever I've got, I got it from my little nieces and they both had a regular flu vaccine and the swine vaccine.

[KapitanSparrow]

I tried to get the vaccine and was told I wasn't in a high risk group even though I am the sole caretaker for my mother who is a semi-invalid. I got the regular flu shot but it didn't help. I was in the doc's office yesterday and found out I've got pneumonia and possible swine. He didn't test me for it, but gave me the Tamiflu and a really potent antibiotic that (even with my insurance coverage) cost me $125. It damn well better work. Hopefully it's been caught in time because I spend a week in the hospital with double pneumonia last year. :becca:

Get feeling better soon! What are your symptoms?

I called my doc back today to report that I am not feeling any better. I have terrible nasal congestion, my eyes feel as if I didn't sleep for days, and vertigo spells. No fever, no cough, no sore throat. It's weird as hell.

[savanna3313]

Get feeling better soon! What are your symptoms?

I called my doc back today to report that I am not feeling any better. I have terrible nasal congestion, my eyes feel as if I didn't sleep for days, and vertigo spells. No fever, no cough, no sore throat. It's weird as hell.

Thanks. Once my fever broke around 2 am this morning, I felt quite a bit better (it went to 103 yesterday) I have the same thing with my eyes as you are experiencing - feeling like I haven't slept in ages (of course, I really haven't been sleeping much because I can't quit coughing!) but my first symptom came about on Sunday afternoon and was a cough which just got progressively worse. Sounds like you've got more of a really bad sinus infection because whenever I've had one of those, I always got terrible vertigo. I'm not quite sure what' all in the stuff I'm taking, but I almost feel wired right now - as bad as I am feeling, I just can't sit still!

Ask your doctor for a Z-pack antibiotic. That usually does the trick!

[KapitanSparrow]

I did ten days of Augmentin twice a day and it didn't help :-/

Good luck to us both! :2thumbs:

[savanna3313]

I did ten days of Augmentin twice a day and it didn't help :-/

Good luck to us both! :2thumbs:

A Z-pack is 2 the first day and then 1 a day for the next 4 days. Super potent antibiotic which is what it takes sometimes. My doctor gave me something called Levaquin which is supposed to be an "industrial" strength antibiotic! :haha: Hope it works and hope you feel better soon too. :2thumbs: Sinus infections are just miserable. Get yourself some saline spray called "Ocean" too....helps wash out the passages and is soothing as well.

[Ih8grvty]

I've had the N1H1 and it kicked my ass..... it took me 2 or 3 months to get back to my A game. I'll be getting the shot.

aint it a bitch?
3 weeks ago my son came home from school with a cough and complaining of a headache. by that night my wife elt a bit under the weather and I felt great.
We awoke at 230 am to my six year old being possessed by captain howdy, forcing him to do his imitation of Reagen. I know it was a hell of an imitation as I could hear the barfing from my bed, and when I got up to check on him, he had gotten it everywhere, shower curtain, in teh tub, on the window, the sink and cabinet, every place possible to get it, with out actually getting any in the toilet.
Fever was 102. Spent a half hour scrubbing down the bathroom and mopping up, back to bed, alarm goes off at 6 am and the wife is feeling like death took hold in the night. By that afternoon I could feel me getting sick, starting with a headache that felt like a tiny, but powerful vacuum was where my brain used to be, sucking my skull in towards the center.
Worried about strep throat in the youngest he hit the doctor for a throat culture and they took some other tests as well.
Saturday they called us to say the throat culture was still negative and we had swine flu.

A week went by before anyone started feeling like anything but hell. now 3 weeks later we are starting to feel good for the first time, not just better but actually good.
The good news is we do not need the shot!
We now have an immunity to it, at least till it mutates, so about next year.

The big problem with it is that it spreads fast, 36 hours from exposure to sickness, and it really wipes you out.
I think the media has made it in to far worse than it actually is, but it is not any fun.

[savanna3313]

By that afternoon I could feel me getting sick, starting with a headache that felt like a tiny, but powerful vacuum was where my brain used to be, sucking my skull in towards the center.


Yep - that's it! I couldn't have described it any better - just add the cough. Bummer to know that I am going to feel like crap for another couple of weeks. I usually have pretty good recuperative powers - hope it works with this stuff as well. Hope your family is back to 100%! :2thumbs:

[Ih8grvty]

We feel 'good' but not 100% still get tired pretty fast, no more 8 mile hikes have occurred since this happened. This week has been nice, weather wise, so Id put a leash on the dog and walk my son to school, its about 8/10s of a mile, Im tired and need to sit down when I get home!
That headache lasted about 4 days, nothing touched it. The last 3 days were fever and cough and feeling like hell, weak, and then when you were not weak, you got up to do something, take the dog out to use the bathroom for example, and nearly had to crawl back to the bedroom because you were so tired. I swore that I would finish fencing the yard during that week, but have not gotten to it yet. Hope ya start feeling better soon, its nothing I ever want to have again.

[Ih8grvty]

Just because I found it interesting:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1934826,00.html?cnn=yes

[savanna3313]

Just because I found it interesting:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1934826,00.html?cnn=yes

How interesting.....and scary! So far, my cat Tasha is just fine. I can identify with your other comment too. Get up to do just the "regular" stuff (dishes, etc.) and you're tired in no time. I feel better today than I have since Sunday, but this stuff sucks!

[Ih8grvty]

Our cat, and dog came out just fine, no symptoms so far at all, and that cat is about 3 months old and spends most of the time that my wife is home sleeping on her chest wrapped around her neck or perched on her shoulder like a parrot. IF she is not laying or sitting it follows her form room to room always a couple feet behind her.
Its her cat, but its my dog!

[canyonphile]

Wow...reading about everyone's bout with flu/swine flu :eek2: .

Savannah - sounds like maybe the worst is over for you, although the residual sinus/lung junk can linger around for a while. I have that happen even when I get a regular cold - I usually have a cough for at least a couple weeks afterwards. Drink as much hot tea/beverages as you can stand and that will help loosen the junk up so your body can clear it out.

And those Z-paks :2thumbs: . I'd Rx those for myself or friends when I knew I had an upper resp. infection. Sort of spendy, but worth it for the easy, short dosing.

My mom (not healthy and in her mid-60's) had what the Dr's diagnosted as swing flu a few weeks ago. They got her on Tamiflu right away which she said helped a lot. She always gets the flu vaccine every year, but it wasn't available by the time she got sick and needed it.

A friend, whose husband works for the Navy, stopped by a couple of days ago after having her sons get the H1N1 vaccine. They were considered high-risk because of their ages (teenagers), but Lisa couldn't get it because she wasn't in the high-risk category. So, in some places, like good 'ole CT, you might not be able to get the vaccine even if you want to. I was hearing on NPR about shortages of it in clinics throughout the state (maybe country, too?).

I wash my hands constantly at work (after handling money and before handling food), so that may have helped cut down on potential exposure for me. Plus, now that it's post-tourist season at our shop, we don't get huge volumes of people - sick or otherwise - rolling through there.

I'm heading back to AZ for the winter :D in less than 2 weeks and I'm always concerned sitting on a plane for a few hours and breathing in all the used air from everyone else. That's a sure-fire way to get sick: travel.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that no one else here, or their families, gets this. Even if its mortality potential has been overblown by the media, it's still an awful thing to have and as blueyes said, the complications are often from secondary bacterial infections.

[savanna3313]

Wow...reading about everyone's bout with flu/swine flu :eek2: .

Savannah - sounds like maybe the worst is over for you, although the residual sinus/lung junk can linger around for a while. I have that happen even when I get a regular cold - I usually have a cough for at least a couple weeks afterwards. Drink as much hot tea/beverages as you can stand and that will help loosen the junk up so your body can clear it out.

And those Z-paks :2thumbs: . I'd Rx those for myself or friends when I knew I had an upper resp. infection. Sort of spendy, but worth it for the easy, short dosing.

My mom (not healthy and in her mid-60's) had what the Dr's diagnosted as swing flu a few weeks ago. They got her on Tamiflu right away which she said helped a lot. She always gets the flu vaccine every year, but it wasn't available by the time she got sick and needed it.

A friend, whose husband works for the Navy, stopped by a couple of days ago after having her sons get the H1N1 vaccine. They were considered high-risk because of their ages (teenagers), but Lisa couldn't get it because she wasn't in the high-risk category. So, in some places, like good 'ole CT, you might not be able to get the vaccine even if you want to. I was hearing on NPR about shortages of it in clinics throughout the state (maybe country, too?).

I wash my hands constantly at work (after handling money and before handling food), so that may have helped cut down on potential exposure for me. Plus, now that it's post-tourist season at our shop, we don't get huge volumes of people - sick or otherwise - rolling through there.

I'm heading back to AZ for the winter :D in less than 2 weeks and I'm always concerned sitting on a plane for a few hours and breathing in all the used air from everyone else. That's a sure-fire way to get sick: travel.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that no one else here, or their families, gets this. Even if its mortality potential has been overblown by the media, it's still an awful thing to have and as blueyes said, the complications are often from secondary bacterial infections.

Thanks for the advice! Any and all is welcome at this stage. I do believe I have cracked a rib with all this coughing!! :roll: I am the primary caregiver for my mom and after I became sick with this, I called her doctor immediately and had him prescribe Tamiflu. She was already starting to cough and had a low grade fever. My sister has contracted it as well, and she was admitted to the hospital yesterday with a really bad case. I'm worried and frustrated because I'm not well enough to go see her. This stuff is crap! I too wasn't able to get the vaccine because I didn't fall into the high risk category, but I thought my Mom would've met the criteria because of her condition and age. Nope. I'm still on the Tamiflu and an antibiotic called Levaquin which is supposed to cure what ails ya! I hope so...........it positively drives me crazy just lying around.

[Iceaxe]

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