Diabetes

Hi everyone, I hope you are all doing good.

I'm not usually on this board, just a lurker really.  My parents both have diabetes and they are in the high risk group for h1n1.  I'm just a bit worried about the side effects of the vaccine still, I know the benefits of the  outweigh the risks of not getting it.  Have any of you gotten the vaccine yet and what are your side effects?  They are going today I can't stop worrying. I'm wondering if this vaccine will raise/drop their levels extremely.  Please respond with any advice you have.

Thank you

It is recomended that anyone in a high risk group take the shot.  They are lucky if they can get the shots so soon.  For many of us there is no vacine yet.  Here the only ones getting it right now are kids 6 months to 24 years of age.  Hi risk aren't eligible yet.  I wish my whole family could get it but though my dd fits in the kids, me at risk, dh doesn't fit in any. 

Please don't worry about the shot.  It HAS been tested. 

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There should be no more side effects to this vaccine than there is to anyother flu vaccine.  Your parents are wise to get it and you probably would be wise to do like wise when you can get it also. 

If there had been time, this vaccine would have been included in the annual flu vaccine and not made as a separate vaccine but it occurred out of the normal expected time and caught the vaccine manufacturers off guard.

If you would like to chat further about this, I would be very willing to answer your questions.

I have had both the regular flu vaccine and the H1N1 vaccine. The only difference I noticed was that my arm was sorer after the H1N1 but that was probably because they used a larger and longer needle.

At the moment my 6 1/2 year old grandson has the H1N1 virus. He had the regular flu vaccine and needed to wait 21 days before getting the H1N1 but unfortunately he got it before he could get the vaccine and it could work. He had a 105.5 fever and is quite sick but is responding to the Tamiflu.

It is said that folks over the age of 45 have some resistance to H1N1 but your parents are at high risk and so they should get the vaccine and if it is available where you are, and the vaccine is in short supply, you should get it also.

Thank you all for your input. I am also in the high risk group as I am 35 weeks pregnant.  I plan to get it when the non adjuvanated version comes out end of next week, I live in Canada.  My parents will be going on Monday for their shots.  Still nervous, but hopefully all will be ok. 

Hope you guys have a great day.