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Dear LT, RN: 78 years old and no meds! Wow. That's great. Keep up that Vitamin C. I remember when it was a prescription drug.( 1958).
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I am a retired Nurse and have studied the vaccination issues for a long time. I know so many people who have been very, very sick and some who have quickly died after their flu shot. Please do due diligence and study the issue. It is not an open and closed case that a flu shot helps. A healthy diet, some exercise, fresh air, happy thoughts, a foot massage or hair brushed will all increase the ability of the immune system. The research that has been negative has been suppressed and it is mostly a money grab. I am 78, take no medications, have never had a flu shot and with any exposure to illness just take a couple of days higher Vit, C intake and have never had flu that I can remember. Do your own research with an open mind. Blessings and good health to all.
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Many of you may know that the flu shot is available in a mercury-free base. It has to be ordered that way, but perhaps some patients may feel more comfortable with this, knowing that no mercury goes into their system.
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I make sure mom gets her flu shot every year. She is 76. She also gets a pneumonia shot every 5 years as they are good that long. I'd sure try to get him to take the flu shot...Above advise is good.
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Yes, he NEEDS to get the flu shot. It's not so much a matter of how little he goes out, but also of who comes to see HIM! Small children, school aged children with "little" runny noses can add up to something quite serious in a senior. The flu is one "avoidable" so avoid it at all costs. If this refusal is something new, could it be a symptom of something. Having his doctor talk to him is probably the best way to convince him; after all, to our parents, we're still just "children"! Best, B
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At the age your father is, I would think that he probably has other health conditions, they may very well compromise his immune system and he could get the flu very easily.
The flu vaccine is the best way not to get the flu and it can make you feel a bit ill for a day or so, but it is very mild.
Do note this, the flu vaccine does not guard you from totally getting the flu, if you should get it, it will just be a milder case. There are too many flu strains to cover all the bases, so they try there best to a give you a vaccine that covers what they believe the current years threat.
My father get his flu and pneumonia vaccine, but due to other underlying medical conditions his immune system is compromised and he has contracted pneumonia and been hospitalized three times this year alone. He has COPD, emphysema, type 2 diabetes (insulin dependent) and host of other problems. All of these problems combined compromise his immune system, so it's very easy for him to catch any little virus that comes along and develop into pneumonia.
I've almost lost him three times this year. Each time he gets weaker and weaker and has developed congestive heart failure from it.
He now has a bad case of bronchitis and I fear that when we return to the doctor again on Friday, it will be pneumonia.
The elderly get more frail the older they get. The more times they develop pneumonia, the worse it becomes. My father will be 77 this year, if he makes it. We don't anticipate him seeing 78.
Bottom line is it's his decision, but I'm currently watching someone die and doing the best I can, because he didn't take care of his health when he was younger.
All you can do, is all you can do.
Prayers go out to you,
Suzanne
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