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Hi! I get a flu shot every year. Can't see why not post-op. Doesn't hurt to

have a little added protection.

Louise Atkinson

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I was told by a pulmonary specialist that I refer patients to that

anyone who has respiratory or gastric bypass (for cancer, wls etc) needs

a flu shot yearly and a pneumonia vaccine once.

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Does anyone know of any reason WE should not have a flu shot? I

have never taken one post op and feel the need to do so this year.

Thanks,

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My surgeon strongly recommends that we *do* have a flu shot every

year.

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

> Does anyone know of any reason WE should not have a flu shot? I

> have never taken one post op and feel the need to do so this year.

> Thanks,

> Diane

> LAP RNY 9/99

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>> Does anyone know of any reason WE should not have a flu shot? I

have never taken one post op and feel the need to do so this year.

Nope, no reason at all -- I get one every year. Haven't had it this year,

yet, as I'm getting over a cold, and getting teeth pulled next week. One

thing at a time!

~~ Lyn

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I get one every year too. I feel that it is important for me, because if I

get sick, it's hard to eat or take vitamins or drink enough water. (It just

occured to me that I don't really know this for sure. I have not been sick

at all since my revision two years ago). Anyway, Dr. Fox recommended them

for us every year, plus the pneumonia shot too.

Barbara Jean

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> >> Does anyone know of any reason WE should not have a flu shot? I

> have never taken one post op and feel the need to do so this year.

>

> Nope, no reason at all -- I get one every year. Haven't had it this year,

> yet, as I'm getting over a cold, and getting teeth pulled next week. One

> thing at a time!

>

> ~~ Lyn

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Because, in theory, our immunity is compromised.

Of course, some of us scare oft the cooties with big bad vitamins. LOL!

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> > >> Does anyone know of any reason WE should not have a flu shot? I

> > have never taken one post op and feel the need to do so this year.

> >

> > Nope, no reason at all -- I get one every year. Haven't had it this

year,

> > yet, as I'm getting over a cold, and getting teeth pulled next week. One

> > thing at a time!

> >

> > ~~ Lyn

> >

> >

> > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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> > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

> >

> >

> >

> >

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I think it's 6 in 1..and half dozen in the other. If you want to get it, go

for it. I know for the elderly they say that one should get the flu shot.

Personally, I do not like anything put into my body that doesn't need to be

there..especially something that messes with my immune responses. I've not

had the flu for over 2 years..most likely longer. I take vitamin C daily

though along with my other vitamins. My parents get the flu shot yearly and

every year they end up with the flu lol. Growing up, we were all rarely

sick so I just found it odd that my parents didnt' have the flu regularly

till they got the shots every year. If I feel a sore throat coming on or

under the weather, I tend to pop vitamin C and make sure my zinc is in

check. Seems to help me anyway.

Sherra

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> >

> > > >> Does anyone know of any reason WE should not have a flu shot? I

> > > have never taken one post op and feel the need to do so this year.

> > >

> > > Nope, no reason at all -- I get one every year. Haven't had it this

> year,

> > > yet, as I'm getting over a cold, and getting teeth pulled next week.

One

> > > thing at a time!

> > >

> > > ~~ Lyn

> > >

> > >

> > > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

> > >

> > > Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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I got my flu shot last week. I decided that I was tired of catching every

little bug that came around. I did make sure I was getting an inactive or

killed virus shot. If you get an active or live shot, that will make you

sick. I don't even know that they give active vaccinations anymore.

In 97, I started getting the flu shots because I would catch everything my

kids brought home from school. I continued that for 3 years and never even

caught a cold. It stayed with me about 4 years, sniffle free.

Last year was horrible. Seemed like I caught something every time I turned

around. Mind you, my vitamin levels weren't great. I did load up on the zinc

and vitamin C but it didn't help me. I think if I had been on top, it may

have. Anyway, it doesn't hurt to have the added protection against getting

sick IMO.

Dawn

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> I was told by a pulmonary specialist that I refer patients to that

> anyone who has respiratory or gastric bypass (for cancer, wls etc)

needs

> a flu shot yearly and a pneumonia vaccine once.

Are we in special danger if we get the flu, or considered to have a

weakened immune system? I get a flu shot annually anyway, but was

startled to hear a specific advisory like this. Could you ask him

why? I *could* imagine that we might be more in danger of getting a

hernia if we have the extended deep coughing you get with flu and

pneumonia, I wonder if that's what he's thinking of--but it would be

nice to know specifically.

Celia

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There are plenty of reasons to get the flu shot and it's advised by

most physicians, but here's my anecdotal point of view:

About 10 years ago I asked my internist, at a regular checkup, if I

should get the flu shot. He said " nah, " but wasn't real specific as

to why not, other than that I wasn't in any risk category. A couple

of weeks later my son, in grade school at the time, got the flu. He

was *really* sick, high fever for days on end and missed a lot of

school. At that point I said the heck with my internist's advice

and went out and got the shot. I know that it takes a few weeks

after the injection for your immunity to build up fully, and sure

enough, I *did* get the flu. However, I had a very mild case. My

husband, who didn't have the shot, also caught the flu and was sick

for weeks. He ended up with pneumonia, a long-lasting ear

infection, and was sick over the Christmas holidays. Since then

we've both been religious about getting that annual shot and we've

both also gotten the pneumonia shot.

I realize flu shots won't help with the common cold, which is a very

different beast from influenza. I'm very skeptical of many

supplements and herbal remedies (except the vitamins and minerals we

all have to take), and never found that popping massive amounts of

vitamin C ever did anything for my colds. But I *am* fairly well

convinced, just from my personal experience, that the zinc lozenges

help reduce the severity and length of a cold. I start taking them

as soon as I get that tickle in the throat, and sometimes take a few

if someone else in the house has a cold. I use the Cold-Eze brand;

I haven't seen a sugar-free variety but the sugar in the regular

ones doesn't seem to bother me. Knock on wood, but I haven't had

one of those horrible colds that turn into bronchitis or a sinus

infection in quite a few years. I hope I haven't just jinxed that!

Celia

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Since getting a *really* bad cold about 4 years ago (put me totally

out of commission for more than 2 weeks), I've gotten a flu shot

every year. So far nothing as bad as that one incident has happened,

so I'm going to keep with the tradition.

I figure that with our different absorption it's better to be safe

than sorry!

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We do not have compromised immune systems because of gastric bypass. We

are, in fact, healthier. We are not in " special danger " because we get the

flu, unless we all into the many, many other groups that flu shots are

suggested for. It's one doctor's opinion, which I personally have never

heard before.

It's tempting to think that gastric bypass changes just about everything, or

causes many ailments we have just because we're regular old humans.

Take care,

in Austin

RNY April 1998

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> > I was told by a pulmonary specialist that I refer patients to that

> > anyone who has respiratory or gastric bypass (for cancer, wls etc)

> needs

> > a flu shot yearly and a pneumonia vaccine once.

>

> Are we in special danger if we get the flu, or considered to have a

> weakened immune system? I get a flu shot annually anyway, but was

> startled to hear a specific advisory like this. Could you ask him

> why? I *could* imagine that we might be more in danger of getting a

> hernia if we have the extended deep coughing you get with flu and

> pneumonia, I wonder if that's what he's thinking of--but it would be

> nice to know specifically.

>

> Celia

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C is a powerful antioxidant, and it seems almost not right, being so cheap &

readily available. But I agree, once you HAVE the bug, it's a lil late to

beef up on it. The time to take it is ALL the time. At least put up a lil

white picket fence if you can't put yourself in a sanitized box. Know what

I mean?

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> There are plenty of reasons to get the flu shot and it's advised by

> most physicians, but here's my anecdotal point of view:

>

> About 10 years ago I asked my internist, at a regular checkup, if I

> should get the flu shot. He said " nah, " but wasn't real specific as

> to why not, other than that I wasn't in any risk category. A couple

> of weeks later my son, in grade school at the time, got the flu. He

> was *really* sick, high fever for days on end and missed a lot of

> school. At that point I said the heck with my internist's advice

> and went out and got the shot. I know that it takes a few weeks

> after the injection for your immunity to build up fully, and sure

> enough, I *did* get the flu. However, I had a very mild case. My

> husband, who didn't have the shot, also caught the flu and was sick

> for weeks. He ended up with pneumonia, a long-lasting ear

> infection, and was sick over the Christmas holidays. Since then

> we've both been religious about getting that annual shot and we've

> both also gotten the pneumonia shot.

>

> I realize flu shots won't help with the common cold, which is a very

> different beast from influenza. I'm very skeptical of many

> supplements and herbal remedies (except the vitamins and minerals we

> all have to take), and never found that popping massive amounts of

> vitamin C ever did anything for my colds. But I *am* fairly well

> convinced, just from my personal experience, that the zinc lozenges

> help reduce the severity and length of a cold. I start taking them

> as soon as I get that tickle in the throat, and sometimes take a few

> if someone else in the house has a cold. I use the Cold-Eze brand;

> I haven't seen a sugar-free variety but the sugar in the regular

> ones doesn't seem to bother me. Knock on wood, but I haven't had

> one of those horrible colds that turn into bronchitis or a sinus

> infection in quite a few years. I hope I haven't just jinxed that!

>

> Celia

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

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>

>

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The low protein and albumin that tend to run through " us " is what he

indicated. On my very first set of labs, my PCP at the time said my

cholesterol was great, but I was walking around without an immune system

where my numbers were at the time. Of course, asked my surgeon & he agreed.

So, one of my goals is to keep that albumin as high as *I* can. My body has

to follow along with the plan, of course. LOL

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>

> > I was told by a pulmonary specialist that I refer patients to that

> > anyone who has respiratory or gastric bypass (for cancer, wls etc)

> needs

> > a flu shot yearly and a pneumonia vaccine once.

>

> Are we in special danger if we get the flu, or considered to have a

> weakened immune system? I get a flu shot annually anyway, but was

> startled to hear a specific advisory like this. Could you ask him

> why? I *could* imagine that we might be more in danger of getting a

> hernia if we have the extended deep coughing you get with flu and

> pneumonia, I wonder if that's what he's thinking of--but it would be

> nice to know specifically.

>

> Celia

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

>

> Unsubscribe: mailto:Graduate-OSSG-unsubscribe

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>

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>

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>> We do not have compromised immune systems because of gastric bypass. We

are, in fact, healthier. We are not in " special danger " because we get the

flu,

While I will agree that in losing huge amounts of weight, we are healthier

than we once were, a lot of us are in the position of malabsorbing vitamins,

which does put us in greater danger of having immune systems that are not

fully functional. Not all of us, but a lot of us.

And in my case, walking around with an incisional hernia for the past

couple of years, the last thing I want to do is go into fits of coughing.

Scares the hell out of me (and it's how I got my hernia in the first place,

felt the " pop " in the middle of a bad cough.) So *I* will get the flu shot,

load up on vitamin C and zinc, and when a cold is coming on hit the

ecchinacea tea with a vengeance -- anything to keep from getting sick!

~~ Lyn G

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In a message dated 10/29/2003 8:30:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,

vitalady@... writes:

, but I was walking around without an immune system

where my numbers were at the time

============================================

I don't understand??

Fay

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Yeah, I have been thinking about that too. My immunity is better than it

has ever been. I have had maybe one cold since my surgery. I think

immunity may be compromised for who don't get the proper protein and

supplements.

I guess the reason I get flu shots is that whenever I don't feel well, even

if it's depression rather than a cold or flu, the first thing to go is

protein, vitamins and water. So, when I do get sick I get sick faster and

recovery is longer, because I'm not getting enough nutrients for fast

healing.

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>

> >

> > > I was told by a pulmonary specialist that I refer patients to that

> > > anyone who has respiratory or gastric bypass (for cancer, wls etc)

> > needs

> > > a flu shot yearly and a pneumonia vaccine once.

> >

> > Are we in special danger if we get the flu, or considered to have a

> > weakened immune system? I get a flu shot annually anyway, but was

> > startled to hear a specific advisory like this. Could you ask him

> > why? I *could* imagine that we might be more in danger of getting a

> > hernia if we have the extended deep coughing you get with flu and

> > pneumonia, I wonder if that's what he's thinking of--but it would be

> > nice to know specifically.

> >

> > Celia

>

>

>

> Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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My first labs showed low albumin. Not freak -out-hospitalize low, just low. Of

course, promptly got a cold that lasted for most of Christmas season.

Fixed it up, next cold: 4 yrs later.

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In a message dated 10/29/2003 8:30:19 PM Eastern Standard Time,

vitalady@... writes:

, but I was walking around without an immune system

where my numbers were at the time

============================================

I don't understand??

Fay

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How does one go about doing that? What supps help out?

Alice

The Loon

RNY 12/28/00

.....one of my goals is to keep that albumin as high as *I* can. My

body has to follow along with the plan, of course. LOL

Thanks,

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I had one last year, and I'm glad I did. My mother (also WLS) is on my butt

to get one again. I'm fighting a 3 week old cold now, that feels like

pneumonia some days.

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Flu Shot

Does anyone know of any reason WE should not have a flu shot? I

have never taken one post op and feel the need to do so this year.

Thanks,

Diane

LAP RNY 9/99

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