[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Benipete

All the people against the jab obviously have not had the Flu because If they had they would not even comment. They would be down the Doc's having the jab.

I've had It 3 times and each time I thought I was dying.There Is a big difference between a heavy cold and Influenza,But don't worry you will find out when the time comes.

Two months before my 65th birthday in 2007, my doc offered me a free flu jab and I complied.

I had enjoyed an active healthy retirement until then - trips abroad once or twice a year - frequent UK coach trips, some where I spent evenings dancing (Gay Gordons even !).

A few weeks after that jab I went down with flu so severe that I was hallucinating and wearing nappies, and lost a stone in weight in seven days.

I never recovered. I had pleurisy that lasted several months and had to cancel a trip to Gibraltar in Feb 2008. I had overwhelming exhaustion and then a year of dental abcesses began, whereby my teeth went down like dominoes one after another, (mercury poisoning).

I had several blood tests which revealed nothing. I was in the doc's waiting rooms, struggling to stay awake, and gasping for breath, only to be told 'there is nothing wrong with you'.

So the only person who could help me was ME, and ironically I eventually diagnosed myself with just that - ME/CFS. It is an autoimmune condition which many docs do not recognise as existing, and when they do, it is only named when tests for everything else prove negative.

I conclude that my immune system was damaged by the flu jab, and the mercury in it tipped my body above the toxic load that I could cope with.

For five years I have tried many 'alternative medicine' regimes and a gradual improvement has occurred. I do not resent the fact that my doc did not diagnose me - because there is no NHS treatment on offer if he had.

I appreciate that most people do not experience such after effects but, be aware -
I didn't expect it either.