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Originally Posted by Cindy
I am advised to get the flu vaccine because my immune system is suppressed. I haven't had one in a few years though. When I worked in health care facilities I did, and they were free.
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My former department head got a free flu vaccine every year in September for 30 years. Then one year he developed Guillian-Barre Syndrome about 6 weeks after the last vaccine. He was in a relatively new type of treatment that cleanses the plasma of the blood, I was told. My source described to me something about the description of the treatment and it kind of reminded me of dialysis type of treatment. Used to be that the GBS had to just run it's course and we supported the body with parenteral nutrition and ventilatory support. Well, the progression of the disease did stop with the new treatment and he did not have to be on ventilatory support. However, that night he developed a bleed in his brain and died.
Not saying that the flu shot caused it because the development of GBS is not certain. It is just that some medical experts associated the development of the illness early on after people got the swine flu vaccines in the 70s.
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