The Flu Vaccination...
Yes... the winter is approaching... and as per usual... many are booking an appointment to receive there flu jab.....
My mum received.. her flu jag.. last year... followed by a host of complaints... she never felt right.. after receiving it... she ended up with.. a chest infection.... this year... she is going to decline the invitation....
She is entitled to this.. vaccination as a carer... for my dad who... for many years.. has suffered from Parkinson's... but the torment.... she lived with afterwards.... to her.. wasn't worth the effort....
NO...
This information is not based on a medical.. aspect... but on a personal note....
It does leave me thinking though....
INFECTION + C.F.S. = DISASTER!!!!
Whether... in the case.. of contracting.. a virus... infection... or a flu.. vaccination... regardless... my body will be exposed...
To me... and what I have experienced....
STILL A DISASTER....
Our bodies... immune system.. become consumed with fighting the virus.. etc.... which in return... enhances... the symptoms.. of C.F.S..
YES!!! WE ARE ADVISED TO PACE.. OUR LIFESTYLE....
But how can we pace.... a normal reaction ???
The healing of the body... we have no control of....
So whereas.... we need to learn to live.. on what little energy that is left.....
To be honest.. within the recipient of the flu jag... that is honestly.. a personal choice......
BUT!!!!
I myself... would never enter that train of thought.....
IT WAS THE ~FLU~ ITSELF.. THAT STOLE MY LIFE....
Well... maybe the fourth time round.... but never again... with my permission.. will I ever let it enter my life again!!!!
It has stolen... my lifestyle... my social life... my family life... and my general... day to day life....
HOW DARE IT!!!
Vaccinations... alone... have proved to cause.. well maybe a small minority... of cases of C.F.S... along with the headlined cases of it also causing... autism... although not proven....
But... to be sure... if your immune system... is still low... there is still the theory.... that having a vaccination could make you feel even more ill....
To be honest.... if you developed M.E. / C.F.S via a virus "if you have Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome" or if you still are experiencing flu-like symptoms at the time of your vaccination, then you are apparently more likely to suffer a worsening of your symptoms... then.. I would seriously.... reconsider....
BUT THE CHOICE IS YOURS... AND YOURS... ALONE...
But... by having viruses... injected into your body.... these viruses.. alone... may contain.. hundreds or even thousands of strains for us to contend with.... whereas.. in the situation... that the vaccine... may prove.. to become... some sort of deffence... against... a few.. the others... are still subject to attack...
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THE RISK!!!!!
Personally speaking... I try to avoid... infection like the plague.... I'm aware of the aftermath....
BEEN THERE.. DONE THAT.. WORE THE T-SHIRT...
I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL...
JUST A SURVIVOR.... WELL... I TRY TO BE....
On a professional... basis....
by DR... Charles.. Shepard... author... of..
Living WITH M.E....
He quoted...
"Anecdotal reports suggest that [an adverse reaction or relapse following use of the influenza vaccine] may be more likely to occur in people who have ongoing infective-type symptoms (sore throats, enlarged glands, problems with temperature control, etc.). In this situation, I would personally advise against having a flu vaccine unless there are very good reasons for doing so.
I also would advise against flu vaccinations if a patient is in the very early stages of CFS, particularly when it obviously follows an infective episode. In addition, I would avoid administering the vaccine if the patient has previously experienced an adverse reaction to flu shots. Patients who have not shown adverse reactions to influenza vaccines in previous years will probably handle the latest vaccine without any real problems, even though the preparation varies annually."
THEN AGAIN... ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL.. POINT OF VIEW...
"There is no good evidence-based medicine knowledge to support or refute the often-repeated notion that people with CFS should not have vaccinations.
We know that for certain people in high-risk groups, influenza can be serious or deadly, and I advise my patients that the decision to receive influenza vaccine should be made based on whether they meet the current Public Health Service criteria for vaccination.
If a person with CFS has any of those indications for the vaccine, I recommend it without hesitation. If a person does not have one of the standard indications for the vaccine, I tell them that the decision to receive it has to be a personal decision and that there is no research to confirm or reject the theory that patients with CFS have more problems with the vaccine."
-- Stanley N. Schwartz, MD, American Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
But to be honest... the final decision.... is yours... and yours alone....
I have made mine..
No chance...
Been floored.. with a chest infection... this week.. and I am aware.. of the consequences....
I have struggled....
Funny thing.. about it... is the fact I didn't even have as much as a ~sniffle~ nor a ~cough~
So how... did I manage.. to get a chest infection....
~STRANGE~
Never mind!!!!
Yes... I have been floored... but I'm getting there ..
SLOWLY... BUT SURELY....
