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Time for flu shots!!! I got mine last week. My husband went to the rheumatologist today and they gave him his. My shot was so easy. I didn't even feel it, didn't need a Band-Aid and never got a bit sore. I am beginning to wonder if she actually gave it to me.  It is SO easy that you really don't want to get the flu by missing your shot. There have already been quite a few cases of flu here according to our dr. Have a good rest of the day.
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I get mine at work. Need to leave a little early next week to get there in time to catch their noon hours. It's nearly impossible to get Employee Health to pay any attention to those of us that work 2nd shift. Argh. 
DX: Psoriatic Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis
Meds: MTX since Oct 2009, 15mg/week. Cimzia-restarted after 2 yrs away.
Epidural Steroid Injections x8; Lumbar Radiofreq Ablation x2
SIJ Steroid Injection x3; Bilateral Radiofreq Ablation SIJ x9
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Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin
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I got mine end of august, right before school started. Didn't want to catch anything from all those little germ factories returning to school. So far, so good.
sue
Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)
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Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin
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Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin
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Thanks for looking after us, Joyce!! We've booked ours ... but I don't remember when. We may have missed the appointment, actually. Argh.   Love to you,
Kat
A life lived in fear is a life half lived.
"Strictly Ballroom"
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Colonel_AS_Kicker
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I have never had a flu shot and don't have any plans to have one. Not sure why, just never got into the practice of doing it. I have only 2 memories of having the flu in the past. I know at work at the Hospital they provide the service for all employees.
Sherri
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Captain_AS_Kicker
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Captain_AS_Kicker
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You can't have them if you are on a biologic so I didn't get one again.
Pea
Diagnosed with A.S. 29 year's ago.
Diagnosed with Fibro 10 year's ago.
Remicade, Intrathecal Pain Pump 2013
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Very_Addicted_to_AS_Kickin
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You can't have them if you are on a biologic so I didn't get one again. That's interesting. I was specifically told to get the flu shot by both my GP and rheumy BECAUSE I am now on a biologic.
sue
Spondyloarthropathy, HLAB27 negative
Humira (still methylprednisone for flares, just not as often. Aleve if needed, rarely.)
LDN/zanaflex/flector patches over SI/ice
vits C, D. probiotics. hyaluronic acid. CoQ, Mg, Ca, K.
chiro
walk, bike
no dairy (casein sensitivity), limited eggs, limited yeast (bread)
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Joined: Jan 2009
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Supreme_AS_Kicker
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Supreme_AS_Kicker
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On a biologic, you shouldn't have any live-virus vaccine. Flu vaccine is killed virus (though Flumist is live-virus). So, just get the shot in the arm, it's okay.
DX: Psoriatic Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Psoriasis
Meds: MTX since Oct 2009, 15mg/week. Cimzia-restarted after 2 yrs away.
Epidural Steroid Injections x8; Lumbar Radiofreq Ablation x2
SIJ Steroid Injection x3; Bilateral Radiofreq Ablation SIJ x9
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At my last Rhuemy appt she asked about it. I told her: Now that I'm out of the military, I will NEVER have another vaccine. I've been poisoned enough.
She was fine with that.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato
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Journeyman_AS_Kicker
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i got the flue for the first time about 10 yrs ago, that was the sickest i have ever been. now being on humeria the flue is not an option, my rheumy strongly recommends getting a flue shot. mike
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time for that's the stuff life is made of Benjamin Franklin
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