Flu shot

I have gotten flu shots as long as flu shots have been around.  I had RNY  the end of January.  I had my flu shot Friday.  3 minutes after the shot I felt flushed, blurry vision, panting like breathing or maybe shortness of breath and my heart was just hammering.  Scared me to death.  Came on very suddenly.  Then as suddenly it disappeared.  What do you think?  Is this reaction due to the RNY re routed anatomy or did my body just decide to react this year.  Th said to stay 15 minutes after the shot as if there,was some reaction it,would be almost immediate.  I assured them I would not have a reaction.....never have had a reaction .....but I had a reaction.  So glad I stayed and was not driving when it hit.

A flu shot reaction shouldn't have anything to do with your stomach/ intestine.

I couldn't see how the surgery would make me prone to this reaction.  Just didn't track.  I hadn't had much to eat.  A babybel cheese and a protein drink then the shot.  Maybe I was too empty.  Oh well.  Another medical mystery.

A flu shot has absolutely NOTHING to do with your RNY ... or any other part of your digestive anatomy!!!!!!

I get one every year and haven't had the flu or any sort of reaction in 25 years!

No, it wouldn't have anything at all to do with your digestive system, since an injection doesn't go through your digestive system.  Every year the flu shot is a different in content, and it is also possible that it had something else in it that you reacted to briefly (just as we can react to inert ingredients like binders in pills) 

Lora

The shot is different every year, your gut has nothing to do with the flu shot.

question...why did you get it so early? 

I got it so early because it was convenient at the time and I wanted to.  I am very busy most days and I found myself with half a day to run errands and it became one of my errands.  Just pro active.  Now it is done.

Will you have to do another? Here, if you get the shot before Oct 15 they advise you get another after 6 months.

I was at the doctor's office and they said it was fine to get it now.  I have had it this early before.  I think I must have been in on the original flu shots.  I have taken it for years and years and never any reaction.  So surprising.  I also took the pneumonia series and the shingles vaccine.  Anything I can avoid I do.  But from now on I will take the flu shot at the doctors office just in case of a reaction like yesterday.  Here in Houston they offer them many places.  Walgreens, CVS, the grocery stores.  I am surprised you can't get on at the gas station.

Lol, we have said the same thing! My company offers them from oct 15 to Dec 1 each year at 100s of locations. Love it is so easy!