Same with my family. Daughter works in a hospital, her husband in a clinic and
grandson goes to pre-school. All three get flu shots, she gets the pneumonia
shot.
Patti - Michigan
---- Patricia Cooley <[email protected]> wrote:
> JUDE I THINK EVERYONE, WITH THEIR DOCTOR, WILL HAVE TO MAKE THEIR OWN
> DECISION ON FLU SHOTS. IT’S TOO BAD WE CAN’T GET DEFINITE INFORMATION, BUT
> THEN AGAIN EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND HAS DIFFERENT PROBLEMS WITH TM. I
> BELIEVE MY DAUGHTER WILL HAVE HER TWO GIRLS GET THE SHOT AFTER SHE TALKS TO
> THEIR DOCTOR. AGAIN, THAT IS HER DECISION BUT I THINK I WOULD TOO.
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> PATTI - WISCONSIN
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>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 11:06 PM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Swine flu vaccine
>
>
>
>
> You find yourself in a confusing situation with regard to your children with
> and without TM and whether or not they ought to get the flu shot, and which
> ones?
>
>
>
> I, personally, with only my not well researched opinion, would not have my
> children not get the flu shot, only because I would be afraid that they would
> get the flu...let alone anything else.
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>
> Love to you all,
>
> Jude
>
>
>
> In a message dated 9/2/2009 1:26:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [email protected] writes:
>
> Has anyone talked with Dr. Kerr to see how he feels about the Flu Vaccine and
> the Swine Flu Vaccine? I am just curious to see if he would tell everyone to
> get it or if he would tell everyone with TM to stay away from it…….
>
> I really don’t want to have my daughter, Ashlee, get either vaccine b/c of
> her having TM. I don’t want my other children to get the shots either b/c I
> don’t want to chance another child with TM………….
>
>
>
> Tracey L. Black
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>
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 1:21 PM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [TMIC] Swine flu vaccine
>
>
>
> 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
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>
> 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 -----
>
> From: [email protected]
>
> To: [email protected] ; [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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