Have you been vaccinated for the Flu™ recently?

[TwiceOver]

Yes.

:wub:

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Agreed, and from what I have read on the subject it was specifically the 1976 H1N1 vaccine that was linked to higher than normal GBS cases. My BIL had a severe case of GBS about 10 years ago and I was scared to death to get the flu vaccine after that until I read quite a bit about it.

Yeah, GBS is no joke.

That said I do recognize that the risk of contracting it again from the flu shot is small. And typically I am rational about these things. But having experienced GBS first hand, I'm just not going to take the risk (however small it might be). After spending 6 months barely being able to walk because the nerves in my feet were so damaged that I felt like I had NO feet at all, I'm OK with being irrational.

Also - not sure what the stats say about how often GBS was triggered by the flu shot in patients that had GBS previously. GBS is an autoimmune disease that some people are just more susceptible to than others. I've been told that since I had it, I am at much greater risk of contracting it again (from any trigger) than people who have never had it.

 

[FelixDeCat]

The manufacturer must be thrilled to learn that you're hit in the wallet if you don't buy their product. AKA, they're now mandatory.

I blame Obamacare.