OMGWTF am I dying?

[GamerExpress]

I work in a health care facility so they offer free flu shots. I have never had one I always opted out in the past but I decided hey why not it's free. I go the shot yesterday afternoon, now my arm is killing me and I have a big welt where the shot was. The spot where they gave me the shot also is all red and very warm to the touch, it has a big welt that sticks out about 1/8 of an inch and it's about 2 inches around.

What do I do??

 

[Ricemarine]

Go see your doctor and see if you have any reactions to the shot.

 

[sswingle]

And that is why I dont get one

 

[Random Variable]

Maybe you should go to the emergency room just to be on the safe side.

 

[Legend]

Free....until you go to the doctor to fix it.

It's a trap.

 

[CorCentral]

Hell, I have'nt gotten a shot or any medical treatment since I was 6 (now 32). Most of you watch too much ER and/or the medical world has gotten to ya'.

I did get some dental work done (crown) in '92 but that's minor


Call me the KING!....... Thank ya' verry much!

 

[FoBoT]

you will get better , sometime

i don't get those shots

 

[IonYou]

Originally posted by: Ricemarine
Go see your doctor and see if you have any reactions to the shot.

Don't listen to him. You did the right thing. Go see ATOT and see if you have any reactions to your post.

In other news, I got my shot for the first time last year and had no problems. Is it infected? You did shower and go in with a clean arm right? And they did swab it with alcohol right? And they did let the alcohol dry a little before giving you the shot right?

Just kiddin on that last one. Although a shot I got recently they did that but I don't know why. It isn't that much alcohol and no one ever waited for it to dry before and I never had any problems. Well maybe a patient had some reactin to the alcohol so they started doing that. i'll ask next time.

Oh I almost forgot: Can I have your stuff if you dfafs?

PS. Just kiddin. Feel better.

 

[Slacker]

I have never had a flu shot, and I have never had the flu, coincidence? I think not!

 

[Kelemvor]

I never get them. DOn't believe in getting sick just so I don't get sick...

 

[unsped]

do you have egg allergies?

flue shots are cultured in eggie weggies

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: GamerExpress
I work in a health care facility so they offer free flu shots. I have never had one I always opted out in the past but I decided hey why not it's free. I go the shot yesterday afternoon, now my arm is killing me and I have a big welt where the shot was. The spot where they gave me the shot also is all red and very warm to the touch, it has a big welt that sticks out about 1/8 of an inch and it's about 2 inches around.

What do I do??

You WORK in a health care facility and you are asking us?
:Q

as someone [qualified] there

 

[DaveSimmons]

After watching House M.D. on disc I can confidently state it is either termites, leprosy or a brain tumor.

 

[shilala]

The year before last I got a pneumonia shot and a flu shot.
The flu shot left a monkeybubble that hurt for two months.
A few months later I got pneumonia and damn near died.
Needless to say, voluntary shots are no longer on my list.

 

[Mellman]

are you feeling sick yet? man i felt like shite after i got my flu shot this year, for like...a week.

how long did it take for the swelling to start up?

 

[IonYou]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
After watching House M.D. on disc I can confidently state it is either termites, leprosy or a brain tumor.

yeah but did you stay at a holiday inn express last night?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: IonYou

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
After watching House M.D. on disc I can confidently state it is either termites, leprosy or a brain tumor.

yeah but did you stay at a holiday inn express last night?

No, but now I'm limping and have this strange craving for vicodin

 

[FoBoT]

i had leprosy once, but i got better

it cleared right up

 

[TraumaRN]

Well as a fellow health care worker who just had the shot, yes your arm will hurt like hell for about 2 days, and mine left a mark for a day that went away. Are you allergic to eggs and/or mercury based compounds??

Either way monitor it for other signs of allergic reaction, hives, itching etc, otherwise it *should* go away in a day or two.

3rd option is that your body is fighting the virus because some people react to it and can actually contract a mild version of the flu.

Also another possibility is that whoever injected it either hit a vein/artery or a nerve and it's causing imflammation...otherwise monitor for any other allergic reactions and PM me if you have any other questions

 

[Baked]

lol flu shot, you wuss.