flu shot definition - Dimitrios

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Hi Dimitrios,

The flu shot is an immunization against getting the flu - " influenza " .

It is muscle aches, sneezing, coughing,headache and feeling terrible.

This lasts for

a few days or a week generally. Some people get the shot and then they

are prevented from that illness. Some people don't get the shot, and

they don't get the flu. Then some people don't get the shot, but they

get the flu. The people who DO get the shot don't get the flu!

Gretchen

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> dimitrios

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> & Lance wrote:

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> >

> > Hi CMTUS List folks,

> > My name is , I live in , B.C., Canada and I've been reading

> > your emails for

> > some time now, and have really enjoyed all your comments, and personal

> > histories. This

> > is a very friendly and caring list. Thanks Gretchen for organizing it and

> > thanks all of you who

> > share so much!

> >

> > I have CMT type 1, diagnosed Jan. 99. I am 45 yrs old and have been most

> > affected by

> > CMT symptoms for the past 3 years. I think the stress of having abdominal

> > surgery and being

> > bumped from a union position in a hospital(all within a year) accelerated

> > my symptoms. My main symptoms are very painful deformed feet and weakness

> > in my hands and forearms. I also have

> > chronic back pain which makes sitting for long periods(one hour or more)

> > very uncomfortable. So far,(and hopefully never), I don't experience the

> > awful nerve pain that many of you have.

> >

> > I do have a wonderful chiropractor who really helps with my back problems,

> > and also go for

> > weekly massages to help loosen all the tight muscles. I have had physio

> > for tennis elbow and

> > back pain also.

> >

> > I used to do weight lifting because it was recommended to me by the

> > Canadian Back Institute

> > to strengthen my muscles. I worked out at a gym faithfully, whenever I had

> > the energy to do so.

> > Unfortunately, I believe I overdid the weight lifting because it gave me

> > chronic tennis elbow and

> > tighter back muscles, but didn't understand why. Now, I know that you can

> > easily overdo

> > weightlifting( and I did) with a neurological condition such as CMT, so I

> > don't do it any more.

> > If they knew about my CMT I don't think they would have reccommeded

> > weightlifting. But I

> > believe exercise in some form is so important to prevent further atrophy of

> > muscles.

> >

> > I am writing to comment about flu shots. I was somewhat distressed to

> > learn that flu shots aren't

> > appropriate for neurological diseases. I had one in November to prevent

> > me from getting the

> > flu again this year. Last Feb.(99) I got a very bad bout of the flu and

> > it knocked out my energy levels

> > for months. So I didn't want a repeat episode of that! Therefore, I

> > ASKED my doctor to give

> > me a flu shot, and she agreed. Guess what, I got the flu last week and was

> > very sick for 1 day,

> > and weak for 3 days, but it wasn't as bad as last year. So I don't know

> > how I would have been

> > without the shot.

> >

> > Thanks for listening,

> > .

> >

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