Yesterday I had my swine flu jab. The cf nurse advised I shouldn't get it whilst I wasn't feeling well, so now I am feeling better I booked myself in (I received a letter from the GP about 6 weeks ago telling me it was available and I was in the group that needed it).
There were two things worried me slightly, first they get you to fill in this form asking you if you are allergic to eggs (no I'm not) and if you have any other allergies to which I ticked yes. The nurse didn't even look at the form when I gave it to her or question my allergies! Maybe she is just super fast at looking at them and psychic?
The second thing was that she was making the jabs up herself. The normal flu jab comes ready and they just take it out of the package and stab you. These GP nurses have asked me some real stupid questions like 'are you on any medication?', so it doesn't fill me with confidence when I see them making the jab up. I wonder why this one doesn't come ready made?
Anyway I had the jab. She told me my arm would get sore and she was right. It was OK for a few hours but today it is really sore, although to be fair the normal flu jab makes your arm sore anyway so it's not any different.
I know lots of people have been worried about the swine flu jab because of gossip and media hype so thought I'd just report I am still here and feel perfectly normal (apart from one sore arm).
On the CF Forum there has been discussion that if you are allergic to the antibiotic gentamicin, you should be having a different type of swine flu jab as the jab contains it. According to the guidelines the nurses should be asking you this. Mine didn't ask me but for all I know she could have looked at my notes (although I highly doubt it since she asked me if I was on any antibiotics). So if you are allergic to gentamicin best to mention this before you get your jab!
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That's odd, the swine flu jab I got was ready made. They asked the 'allergic to eggs' question but they didn't ask me the gent question, and I have to get a second jab later in the month. They didn't say if it was the 2 part jab, they just said I'd need it twice b/c of being on meds.
Urgh, stupid jabs! Xx
My surgery also made up the swine flu jab. They were all ready prepared for the whole swine flu clinic afternoon, but they had done them.
They had too many done up and were having a discussion about them and said they would be ok for use tomorrow but after that they would have to be thrown away. So I guess maybe they've got some kind of ingredient in them that means they aren't stable to be left drawn up (like some of the ivs arent?) just a guess though!
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