Experiences with

Shingles vaccine

morning all am so cheesed of broke my leg last week ,had my flu jab as well as my pneumonia jab ,didn’t feel well in the night got up to go to the bathroom and collapsed,banged my head and broke my leg,my family have been great but l am now suffering from migraines drinking plenty of water any advice

I have CLL and have been successfully treated with O&V earlier this year. I also had the recommended two doses of the Shingrix vaccination (against Shingles) two years ago. A close friend of mine, who also had CLL but despite my urging did not have the Shingrix vaccination. A couple of months ago

I've had a long tumultuous relationship with prednisone and would like to kick it to the curb permanently now. Eight weeks ago I had an adrenalectomy because I had a very rare Silent Pheochromocytoma. Blood tests this last week indicated that my remaining adrenal gland is doing its' job nicely and it's

Had a PCP appt on monday afternoon to get yelled at for not getting any of my lab work or bone density test done... Told her that l hadnt been ready to deal with any of that yet, but will now. Then got the flu shhot... And holy moly... by the time i got home... l was having a hot flash from YIKES!! I

Good morning…it’s 5.00 and it appears to be Duracell bunny time after my second Rituximab infusion yesterday! Please can I ask you lovely people on RTX a couple of questions. My rheumatology department is hard to get hold off at the best of times and I would rather have opinions from fellow RA ‘warriors

I’m mildly concerned about my eyesight. I have been on Pred for over 3 years. It was started at 30mg for PMR, and GCA in the family. Down eventually to 6mg, but after husband had just died. Complete collapse of all systems, with double vision worsening, balance bad, pain, etc. so up to 15 again and

I am on triplet therapy (ADT, darolutamide and Docetaxel) and will be continuing on to radiation in December I wanted to post this in case it might help others who are going to get Docetaxel. I just finished round six (final) of my Docetaxel infusions on 10/24. (Oct 2022, started July 2022).

was normaly .i got told to go back to my doctors which i did and i found out that i had a water infection so i had antibiotics and felt a lot better . but my legs hurt i thorght it was them stockings that was doing it . but iv had a ache in my legs ever since and then it december i had my 4th coid vaccine

I've had PMR for just over 2 years and up until May this year I have been able to reduce my prednisolone down to 2 mg. Since May I have had 3 flares and following the Forums instructions increased the dosage by 5mg for about a week then back down to 2.5 mg which seemed to work. 3 weeks ago, I got my

morning. I am on Rituximab. I took a blood test to test if the Covid injections worked for me and it showed a negligible immunity. I just wondered if anyone on Ritux had tested whether the flu jab had given any immunity. I am thinking not. I do have all these vaccines anyway.

Hello! I had my 6th vaccine 4 weeks ago. I was told it targeted 2 strains of COVID. I had that in one arm and flu jab in the other as directed by our health centre. I've had small side effects from some of the other vaccines but only lasted a few days at most. This time I am still really tired, constant

I had my flu jab a couple of days ago. I had it about 12.30pm. By about 6.00pm I was starting to feel very tired. I slept in the chair all evening then slept all night in bed. I got up in the morning a little bit better but after a couple of hours was really shivering. I got myself a sandwich as I didn

Just had phone consult, on my monthly blood results there is a reference to diabetes! As far as I know I dont have diabetes although Ive never been tested for it! Consultant wondered if it was a mistake, should I try and get an appointment with my GP. Is there a special blood test for diabetes? My

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Maybe this is a stupid question what about flu shot i do Lupron prednisone and aberaitone is it safe to add to mix of drugs I'm already taking.

7 days ago I got my 5th jab Moderna bivalent and in the same arm same day my +65 flu jab. I have been on 6.5 mg of prednisone for over 3 weeks now with no issues. I am tapering at .5 mg per month. The last few days I am feeling stiffness in the back of my legs, lower back and neck.they are those niggly

My neighbor who is a nurse practitioner told me she has never seen so many flu cases this early in the season. She saw 21 patients on Wednesday and 11 tested positive for the flu. I had putting off the flu shot, wanted to do Covid booster first but she urged me to get my flu shot sooner rather than

Regular dose or high dose of flu vaccine; any thoughts?

I got PMR after a flu shot and had a very bad flare with my Moderna shot which lasted 4 months. Does anyone know if Evershield is likely to have the same effect. I know some of you have had similar reactions to ,e. ncidentslly, my duster also got PMR after Covid vaccine, Many thanks, Jane

i have a day off today and had planned another 2.5k "Get back into it run" followed by a flu jab however, not much ever goes to plan i was in the pharmacy late afternoon yesterday and asked the pharmacist what time his walk in vaccination would start on Tuesday he told me 10:30 and then said