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Hi all, just a little word of warning. I am just recovering from flu. My appt for my flu vac is Nov! And yes my asthma is severe!!

You do not want to catch this ! At one point I tried to get out of bed and was so weak my legs wouldn't hold me and I flopped to the floor. There I had to stay until my son came and picked me up. Of course it triggered a chest infection.😢

This is nasty so please, please get your flu vac !!

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Sorry to hear your poorly. Any respiratory illness is awful but flu is especially nasty. Just went to the pharmacy to get mine done but the pharmacist didn’t think I was well enough to receive it after pneumonia 3 months ago. I’ve also had really bad reactions to jabs in the past. My asthma is unstable as well. It needs to be administered by a GP when I am well again. It’s left me with a real fear of vaccines on top of a needle phobia. I had worked myself up to it as well.

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I'm sorry to hear you are so sick! The vaccine hasn't come to our pharmacy yet. I will go bug them again tomorrow. Thanks for the head's up and feel better soon!!

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Thanks 💕

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twinkly29

Sorry you've been so poorly.

I had my flu jab this morning. Went in last week to make the appointment and it should have been end Oct, early Nov but she found a cancellation for today. The nurse said the jabs came in yesterday and that the adult/under 65 jabs are all delayed because they were updated following the flu season issues in Australia.

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Jeecamgunn

Glad you've got it. Never had flu before but it's definitely one to be missed. Keep well

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