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I went for my flu vaccination on Saturday and the Surgery was packed .

I sometimes get a sore arm the day after the vaccination but it hardly hurt at all this time. I gave the top of my arm a really good massage as soon as I got back to the car and again when I got home . I don't know if this contributed to the lack of soreness but I will certainly be repeating it next year .

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Same here I had mine on Wednesday and decided to try rubbing it too and no ache at all. Thought it might be a fluke but if it worked for you too we may be on to something

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Classic Morecambe and Wise sketch:

Ernie: "Where have you been?"

Eric: "I've been down the doctors"

Ernie: "What for?"

Eric: "To get that flu jab in my arm"

Ernie: "You'll still catch the Flu"

Eric: "Yes, but my arm won't !"

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I haven't had any type of jab for more than 40 years. Is this something all English people need to do?

(Get real, Realist)

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I'm pleased to report that I didn't have the Flu jab this weekend, and as a result I don't have 25 mcg of Mercury in my system.

Mercury levels

ppb = parts per billion

2ppb = Maximum mercury contaminant level in drinking water set by the EPA

250 ppb = Typical mercury level in Tuna

51,000 ppb = Mercury level found in Flu shots

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We went to our chemist, and the owner took us into the back consulting room, jab each, friendly chat with her. No surgery waiting room full of germs, no waiting while disorganised take ages to remove three layers first, standing room only - a no brainer!

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Dobra no waiting in my doctors, it takes about two minutes.
The waiting room is converted to a single file corridor with the use of tall plants and you give our name, quick jab and that's it.
I have been to Boots the chemist and paid and I did have to wait there

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I always have mine when I am seeing the nurse for a blood test or having blood pressure taken, takes no extra waiting or time really. I see our supermarkets give them too, if I wasn't going to the surgery I would probably get it there.

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Very interesting Realist, I for one enjoy your posts and find them enlightening enough to make me search out more information.

Keep doing what you are doing you are a bonus to any forum.....

And just for the record, my body will remain Mercury free also.

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Unlikely as mercury comes from many places I don't eat meat and fish so my levels are likely lower than many so the little in a flu jab won't hurt me.