Topic: H1N1 Poll--ALL STAGES WELCOME!

I am on herceptin/zometa/aramosin

I got the regular flu shot. I will not get h1n1. BUT I will do what it takes to get my kids the vaccine. I think my Jimmy had it this week. I heard anyone born after the 70's are more at risk.

It strikes the healthy.

Just thought I would chime in, I am currently on Tamox and I will get the H1N1 flu shot as well as the regular flu. I work in a 4K classroom and that plays into my decision, but I also noticed that after chemo I seem to get more upper resp. infections. I was hardly ever sick before bc. I brought this up to my onco., but he said it is more likely my job and my young kids that up my risk. I am in Wisconsin and as of Saturday the H1N1 was not available, but our clinic thinks maybe within the next two weeks. My husband on the other hand would rather take his chances. We will have to see how the whole thing plays out during the winter.

Am currently on Femara/Zometa

I plan on asking the chemo nurses next week when I go for my Zometa how the side effects were for them, and I'll ask every one of them lol.......my Onc. thinks I should get it.  If the general consensus is minimal side effects?  Why not?  It's available to me.

My son is 10, my twin girls are 9.......argh.......I'm still up in the air about it.  I "think" their pediatrician said it would be available to them this week.  My kids have always gotten the flu shot/mist they had this time with literally no SE's, sooooooooo.........I just don't know yet. 

Hubby and I had the flu ages ago, it's really not something I'd ever want to repeat, it's awful.  I can't imagine how much worse swine flu would be. 

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I am on Cytoxan and Taxotere.

99% sure we had H1N1 in the spring.  So many had it here they quit testing.  It wasn't any worse than regular flu.  My kids, and every other kid I knew with it, were down for about 2 days.  I was down for 2, but still had to do stuff because I'm the Mom.  Probably got it from my husband, who travels all over the world, and is probably a carrier of all sorts of disease.

We would NOT get the H1N1 vaccine even if we were susceptible.  Not tested enough (IMO).  We all did get the regular flu shot.  If you are sick or on chemo or compromised, I am told NOT to get FluMist because it is a live vaccine.  And to stay away from anyone who does get FluMist for 21 days.

Laura 

I was wondering about this earlier on another thread.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do.  My gut instinct is to not have the shot.  I used to get the regular flu shots when I worked for a primary school but now...?

I have an appt with my GP on Wednesday - I'll talk it over with him.  The only reason I would consider having it is because I have asthma, it's mild but it's there.

Peggy

I'm on herceptin & tykerb and I'm still undecided.  I heard on the news this seems to hit kids more - I'm not sure it that is really correct or not.  Either way, our supplies are very limited right now, so I'll have to wait anyway if I decide to get it. 

I have LCIS (and nothing worse) and am on tamoxifen.  I had my seasonal flu shot last month, and I plan on having the H1N1  shot when it becomes available. (I'm not on steroids.) I'm a hospital pharmacist, and have 'mild' lung fibrosis.  My scleroderma doc recommended it.  I probably will wait until all the people that are at highest risk (pregnant women, kids aged 2-24 with and without medical conditions) get theirs as I don't have as much patient contact as other health providers.  I want to protect any possible transmission to my patients.

My sclero doc said even people with lupus (I think they flare with 'the phase of the moon'?) don't flare with tetanus adjuvunct (?); she said there's no info that sclero patients react weirdly to immunizations.

P.S. Thank you for specifying all stages welcome.  If you didn't specify, I would NOT have responded.

I'm on Xeloda and zometa and heart meds and yes I will get it, already had the reg flu shot.

Kathleen(kmccraw423) Just curious have you tried the hyperbaric chamber for treatment for your ulcers? When I went through the hyperbaric chamber at Travis Airforce Base I saw a African American women have big nasty ulcer on her feet that was gang green and was going to lose her foot. While we went through treatments I saw her foot heal. It was pretty amazing. My Calinosis from scleroderma healed some pretty ugly soars.

I got my regualr flu shot yesterday, but I don't plan on getting the H1N1 flu shot.  It concerns me that they haven't had enough time to make it and I wonder about it's safety.  Also heard that it has mercury in it. 

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Peggy and I had this conversation on another thread... Hi, Peggy (waving).  I'm currently on tamox.  I have asthma and am on a daily steroid inhaler, singulair and zyrtec.  I took the first swine flu shot in 1976 and had a bad reaction -- very high fever, hallucinations, trip to the ER.  I haven't taken another one since -- I lose the "flu lottery" every five years (had it in February of this year, a little late).   HOWEVER, H1N1 seems to be particularly bad for people with respiratory issues, and mine aren't mild.  I'm going to take it when they offer it at my job, and stand by for a trip to the ER in case I react poorly.

The mist is the live Vaccine. I won't get that one for sure, but I am still undecided about the injectable one.

I'm on Femara and Zometa.  I had the regular flu shot first of the month.  I probably would have gotten H1N1 then if it was available, but it wasn't.  I am not going back to the doctor until the end of November, so I will see I how I feel then.  I don't think I will make a special trip for one.  

I just heard on our local radio news that H1N1 is widespread in our county, and throughout NY at this time, but the vaccine is not expected to be available to the general public until mid- November.  They are offering the vaccine right now to health care workers, but they have dropped the mandatory vaccination for health care because there is not enough vaccine available.

Hi Layne (waving back)...

I'm going to get the killed form before I go into the hospital for surgery.  Hospitals are some of the dirtiest places on earth.  Where else can you find so many strains of bacteria and assorted viruses under one roof?  A friend just had H1N1 and she barfed - actually wretched violently - for several days.  Don't think I want to do that right after a MX/DIEP.