Back in my more carefree days, I thought flu shots were for the elderly and infirm.
I have scoffed at flu shots, thinking that they were an unnecessary expense and a hassle. I had heard too many stories about people getting a mild case of the flu from the flu shot, and I thought that I would take my chances with the real flu.
My gambling paid off. My kids had never had neither the shot nor the flu. After 21 years of teaching, I have had the flu twice. Each time it was two horrible days of torture, and then it was over.
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right?
But then M was diagnosed with diabetes, and I had to reconsider my relationship with the flu shot. I hated to do it, but she was going to have to get it.
Every year.
Vomiting is just too big a deal when you are diabetic.
Another one of life's choices robbed by diabetes.
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