To Kerry Harrington Morrison: I've been posting this information below, since 2011 when I had an adverse reaction to the flu shot, like many who have posted on this blog. The pain you are suffering from is as a result of the flu shot. its an "adverse reaction" and there is another place you can get a flu shot and it is in the "gluteus" area, or you can do the intranasal flu preparations.
Hello Anonymous:
I'm a board certified internist and pediatrician. Over the past several years I got the flu shot however 3yrs ago after getting a flu shot the injection site swelled, I developed a large bruise and then what is called "petechia" at any rate, the pain was so intense my doctor and i thought I may have a "septic joint" but after a CT scan of my shoulder and an MRI, it appeared that I had "acute tendonosis" which is just an "inflamed tendon" in my shoulder. Like you, I had trouble raising my arm and getting dressed. I had to modify how I slept, using a pillow to prop my arm. We tried a litany of medications from steroids to NSAIDS (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs....Motrin, Naproxen, etc....... and even hydrocodone which only helped me sleep.
There is a government program "VAERS" or Vaccine Adverse Event Report at: https://vaers.hhs.gov/index
In order to file a claim, you have to have had symptoms for at least 6 months. Keep track of everyday that you experience pain and/or how it is causing limitations to your everyday work/activities, or if you missed work or had to quit work.
My severe symptoms lasted for 2yrs, and now 3yrs later the pain is very minimal, and the pain has extended to my thumb, I wear a special thumb brace (thumb spicca) purchased at walmart, this splint helped relieve the pain by immobilizing movement, and after a few days, my thumb would be fine for another 1 -2 wks, then back wearing the splint.
UPDATE as of January 2015:
On 12/30/2014, I received a check for $92,000.00 from the Dept HHS as compensation for wha I had experienced, and still am experiencing from the flu shot! I don't get flu shots EVER!!
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To Kerry Harrington Morrison: I've been posting this information below, since 2011 when I had an adverse reaction to the flu shot, like many who have posted on this blog. The pain you are suffering from is as a result of the flu shot. its an "adverse reaction" and there is another place you can get a flu shot and it is in the "gluteus" area, or you can do the intranasal flu preparations.
Hello Anonymous:
I'm a board certified internist and pediatrician. Over the past several years I got the flu shot however 3yrs ago after getting a flu shot the injection site swelled, I developed a large bruise and then what is called "petechia" at any rate, the pain was so intense my doctor and i thought I may have a "septic joint" but after a CT scan of my shoulder and an MRI, it appeared that I had "acute tendonosis" which is just an "inflamed tendon" in my shoulder. Like you, I had trouble raising my arm and getting dressed. I had to modify how I slept, using a pillow to prop my arm. We tried a litany of medications from steroids to NSAIDS (nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs....Motrin, Naproxen, etc....... and even hydrocodone which only helped me sleep.
There is a government program "VAERS" or Vaccine Adverse Event Report at: https://vaers.hhs.gov/index
In order to file a claim, you have to have had symptoms for at least 6 months. Keep track of everyday that you experience pain and/or how it is causing limitations to your everyday work/activities, or if you missed work or had to quit work.
My severe symptoms lasted for 2yrs, and now 3yrs later the pain is very minimal, and the pain has extended to my thumb, I wear a special thumb brace (thumb spicca) purchased at walmart, this splint helped relieve the pain by immobilizing movement, and after a few days, my thumb would be fine for another 1 -2 wks, then back wearing the splint.
UPDATE as of January 2015:
On 12/30/2014, I received a check for $92,000.00 from the Dept HHS as compensation for wha I had experienced, and still am experiencing from the flu shot! I don't get flu shots EVER!!
January 23, 2015 - 9:27pmThis Comment
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