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JWestland
Oops sorry, I wasn’t very clear. I had the flu in 1999/2000 and it was unbelievably bad. It didn’t affect my asthma so much - my airways were ok, but my lungs felt like they were full of water. What was worse was the all-over pain, inability to sleep while exhausted and nightmares/hallucinations. I learnt then why so many people die from it.
Anyway, that encouraged me to get the jab, but after three years of getting it, and feeling shitty for a week - albeit nothing compared to actual flu - I gave up on it for a while.
Nowadays my company brings in a nurse each year and administers a clinic, so it felt like I’d be really foolish to refuse it when I don’t even have to book it and go somewhere. And all the times I’ve done it this time around, I’ve been totally fine.