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Lyme Disease ForumsGeneral & SupportFLU SHOT for LYME patients???
12/15/2011 07:57 AM
jeanetter44
jeanetter44
 
Posts: 146
Member

This year I have foregone the flu-shot because I'm afraid of it because of my immune system.

My LLMD did not advise me on this.

Should someone suffering from Lyme get a flu shot? Something inside told me it would be a bad idea.

I remember when the medical industry said the flu shots were only for the elderly and those with low immune systems.

Now EVERYONE is supposed to get one.

Any input or advice?

Thanks,

Jeanette

I am not a doctor nor a health professional. All comments are based on personal experience.

“Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death” Elbert Hubbard

Percocet 10/325 mg 4 x's daily
Seroquel 200mg at bedtime
Klonopin 2mg at bedtime

Multivatimin
Calcium plus D

Tried numerous NSaid's and muscle relaxers (no help)
Cymbalta/Savella (made me WIRED, heart racing)
Lyrica (dizziness, depth perception skewed)

Trigger Point injections no help. Makes me bedridden for 4-5 days.

PT three times, makes worse.

Tried Gluten Free diet (no help)
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12/15/2011 08:39 AM  Top
Weasy
Weasy
 
Posts: 943
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Jeanette

Flu shots are a big no no. The idea of your body building resistance to an invader is pure genius but your body already does that on it's own.

The reason most people have to get a flu shot is because they live completely sterile lives. Always washing their hands and spraying lysol on every surface in their house.

This creates a sterile environment which doesn't allow your immune system to be exposed to any type of invader. It doesn't get any practice.

So when some super bug comes along and you don't have your lysol, you're at the mercy of it's wrath.

Also consider that most people now a day eat garbage for food. Never taking in the proper amount of vitamins, minerals and living enzymes which are essential for an optimum working immune system or body for that matter

Flu shots also contain god knows what in them.

I know many of them have mercury in them which is a neurotoxin and immune suppressant so as one would guess, that is not something our bodies really need at the moment.

tiredoflyme.com
Lyme Disease Support & Consolation

Treatment: Buhner Protocol
Initiated: 08/15/2012

12/15/2011 08:40 AM  Top
Weasy
Weasy
 
Posts: 943
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By the way, crocodiles have one of the most evolved, advanced and strongest immune systems in the world.

They didn't get that way by lining up in front of their local CVS or Walgreens. That I can guarantee!

tiredoflyme.com
Lyme Disease Support & Consolation

Treatment: Buhner Protocol
Initiated: 08/15/2012

12/15/2011 08:59 AM  Top
wlkthlne
wlkthlne
 
Posts: 1605
Senior Member

Weasy......Your "Croc" info raised a spark...A long time ago I went to a party for high class people(don't ask how I found out abot this)Wink Smile

Anywho..as a member says here....there was this soup..."man ohh man" was it the best soup I ever had.....

Never asked what the heck it was...all I know is it felt great havin' it!

Then towards the end of the night...I figured I better ask..perhaps they spiked the soup instead of the punch...lol...Silly

It was Croc soup! How do you even get your hands on the meat!? So is this our new "cure"? perhaps we should combine it with shark?

All in all.....I wear my croc cowboy boots every-dayWink Ya think I'm kickin' Bart and Lyme away...by this?W00t

Bad joke......so why does a croc....spin and spin????

Cuz the flu shot from Walgreens and CVS went in for the kill...

Back to reality here....Weasy you bring up an interestin' topic...and I wonder if we would benifit from some thing the croc has to offer?

Just like Krill is supposed to be the best Omega...look where that comes from......I take it....I like it.........I think it helps..

anyway's.....I agree with you.....stay away from this flu shot! we've got enough problems as it is.....

WLk=Cool

Anything I post or respond to comes from a Lyme and Bart victim himself. I am NOT a doctor. I do my own research for ME...I may share my findings and will post them. They are for general talk and vent...If a group leader feels the info is worth saving somewhere, they are more than welcome to do with it as they like. Wlk=)

12/15/2011 11:10 AM  Top
jeanetter44
jeanetter44
 
Posts: 146
Member

Thanks! Great info! In addition, it's good to know my instincts aren't clear off base anymore, as so many other things are with me.

My well meaning neighbor keeps pushing me to go the the Asian store to get shark cartilage. Is there something to this? If so, I'm so there TODAY to get some. Smile

Thanks again!

I am not a doctor nor a health professional. All comments are based on personal experience.

“Love, we say, is life; but love without hope and faith is agonizing death” Elbert Hubbard

Percocet 10/325 mg 4 x's daily
Seroquel 200mg at bedtime
Klonopin 2mg at bedtime

Multivatimin
Calcium plus D

Tried numerous NSaid's and muscle relaxers (no help)
Cymbalta/Savella (made me WIRED, heart racing)
Lyrica (dizziness, depth perception skewed)

Trigger Point injections no help. Makes me bedridden for 4-5 days.

PT three times, makes worse.

Tried Gluten Free diet (no help)

Previous discussions I participated in:
diflucan
ANGRY!!!
overwhelmed and feeling down

12/15/2011 11:57 AM  Top
wlkthlne
wlkthlne
 
Posts: 1605
Senior Member

Jeanetter44......I don't know much about that shark stuff.....don't hear much about it here on Lyme and it's co-infections.....

But then again......whoo the heck knows? I've looked and tried ..for that "one thing" that would be the "all be all' cure all".....

I've found.....it's been a combo of many things over time that have helped.

I am glad to have an LLMD ...who is into both abx and natural.....

What a ride.....for sure not "cut and dry"......

be safe, and watch everything you take, be careful.....

WLk=Cool

Anything I post or respond to comes from a Lyme and Bart victim himself. I am NOT a doctor. I do my own research for ME...I may share my findings and will post them. They are for general talk and vent...If a group leader feels the info is worth saving somewhere, they are more than welcome to do with it as they like. Wlk=)

12/15/2011 12:23 PM  Top
purpleyogamat
purpleyogamat
 
Posts: 2073
Group Leader

I don't get a flu shot. I have EBV and so for years now I haven't gotten one. Like Weasy said- big nono.

I just do what everyone should try to do: Wash my hands, avoid sick people, and ask anyone visiting the house to please not come if they are showing signs of a cold/flu.

Group Leader

Lyme Warrior!

Lyme & MSIDS (Multi-Systemic Infectious Disease Syndrome)

I am not a doctor. Any information offered is based on my experience and personal knowledge. Please always refer to your doctor or other healthcare professional for medical advice.

My story can be found on my profile.

12/15/2011 01:37 PM  Top
i70pb
i70pb
 
Posts: 208
Member

Just say NO on the Flu-Shot....
I am getting BETTER everyday ! Here's How http://www.mdjunction.com/diary/lyme-warriors-unite

23-25 IND, 39 IND, 41 +, and 83-93 +.IgM showed 34 +++, 41 + and 83-93 IND. CD57 is 215

Previous discussions I participated in:
Need to just let it out.
Venting
Looking like MS now?

12/15/2011 02:13 PM  Top
tizmo
tizmo
 
Posts: 677
Member

I say no. My Lyme Disease wasn't even bad until I got a vaccine, then all hell broke loose. The vaccine is what brought out the lyme. Before then I didn't even know I had lyme.

12/15/2011 02:18 PM  Top
Bettyg
 
Posts: 26564
VIP Member
I'm an Advocate

NO NO NO!

it has FORMALDEHYDE IN IT, MERCURY..small amounts, eggs, etc.

you should be able to do a search on google finding ALL INGREDIENTS in flu shots!!

i was trying to find my detailed post from years earlier, but without success. below is one ONGOING post from 200.

http://www.mdjunction.com/forums/lyme-disease-support- forums/general-support/196073-flu-shot-with-lymegood-or-bad

bettyg, leader

BettyG, IOWA ACTIVIST
RETIRED llmd coordinator of 6 yrs; group leader

NOTE: I DO "NOT" USE CHAT thanks!
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