Hi Cheryl ~
To answer your question.....I would have asked that nurse what TM
was....
I guess it would have depended on her answer at the time. If she had told
me it was a paralyzing event....then my answer would be, "No way do I want
the shot."
Bill and I were discussing all of these emails this morning regarding
whether
or not to get these shots (Bill is my significant other of 20 years and
has been
through it all with me)..... anyway....he said, "Honey, I don't think it
was the Thimerosol
that caused your TM..... it was the half dead virus in that shot that
caused your TM.
Your immune system went crazy trying to erradicate that virus and attacked
your
spine and killed nerves and caused your lesion."
So now I'm wondering..... is there a half dead virus in the swine flu
vaccine..?
I'm scared for my five grandbabies.
~ Lynn
In a message dated 9/2/2009 2:56:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Hi Lynn,
I have a question.Since you had never heard of tm at the time of the
flu shot,do you think you would have refused the shot? ( By the way,that
nurse was an idiot; NO vaccine prevents all flu strains.)
I was an RN for 22 yrs before getting tm,and I had never heard of it.I
worked in a hospital respiratory care unit and got a flu shot every yr.I
always read the paper they give me prior to getting the shot.Mine had never
mentioned tm,just Guillain-Barre syndrome.
I got a pneumonia vaccine several yrs ago,and a repeat about 3 yrs
ago.I also get a flu shot every year.Since I have diabetes as well as tm,I'm
at
higher risk of complications if I get the flu.Plus,the tight banding
around my trunk makes it very difficult to deep breathe or cough.
I'm terrified of getting a simple cold,nevermind the flu.
Cheryl in Easthampton,MA.
--- On Wed, 9/2/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Swine flu vaccine
To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 1:21 PM
I am totally convinced it was the preservative (Thimerosol) in the
vaccine that caused my TM....and my neuro concurs.
It's a very difficult thing to actually prove since there are so many
things that can cause TM.
I remember the day I got the shot....the nurse was extolling the virtues
of that vaccine...telling me how it was going to prevent me from getting
ALL of the strains of flu viruses out there .
After I got the shot she handed me a copy of the paperwork
I had signed......when I got home I read it and one of the side effects
listed was Transverse Myelitis. That day I didn't know what TM was so
didn't think much of it until I was hit, paralyzed and diagnosed.
Wish I'd read the paperwork FIRST but we tend to believe whatever
our health care providers tell us.
My suggestion to anyone considering getting the swine flu vaccine or the
seasonal flu vaccine is this: insist on a preservative-free vaccine.
~ Lynn
In a message dated 9/1/2009 7:46:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Lyn,
Are you saying that your flu shot gave you TM? Have they proven that?
Janice
----- Original Message -----
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To: [email protected]_
(http://us.mc581.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]) ;
[email protected]_
(http://us.mc581.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected])
Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] Swine flu vaccine
I'm with Laura and Candy.
I wound up paralyzed from the flu shot I
received 12 years ago so I won't be getting
the swine flu vaccine either...!
By the way, I haven't had the flu or a cold for 12 years.
I take supplements and really keep up my levels
of Vitamin D3....that stuff is a gold mine and it's
not expensive.
The reason people get the flu in the winter is not
because of the cold weather....it's because they don't
get enough sunshine....that's what it takes for our
bodies to make vitamin D3.
Hugs, Lynn
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