Comments on: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

By: Rock Hyrax

Rock Hyrax — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:15:28 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out Nina – I had no idea what an adjuvant even was, and from what I can gather, some can make your immune system go into overdrive (though I don't have time to find out the nature of this).

Which of course is a bit worrying for anyone on immunosuppressants. Hopefully they would have checked for issues in Terry's case, but maybe the rest of us who take them for non-life-threatening conditions will have to check out exactly what the adjuvants do before getting any vaccine…

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:09:19 +0000

I think "never" is probably the answer to that! That's OK, though – I'm only supposed to get it so that I can't pass the flu on to Terry, but I'd assume that as long as he's had the vaccine, he can't catch it from me anyway(?) so as long as he's getting it, I'm happy.

Bizarrely, though, they've asked me to go in with him and get the seasonal flu jab, which I asked about weeks ago. Better late than never, I guess!

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:41:13 +0000

Thats great news, I'm very pleased for you both! Bx .-= Beth´s last blog ..Too Slow =-.

By: mhairi

mhairi — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:08:08 +0000

So chuffed that Terry is getting the vaccine.

Finally they have seem sense – when is yours?

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By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:48:59 +0000

Thanks, Terry – good to understand that better.
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By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:08:05 +0000

Oh thank goodness, so glad you got it sorted
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By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:07:19 +0000

Suppressing the pregnant mother's immune system stops the baby's tissue being rejected. A lot of people don't think about this but as a baby your mother's immune system does not attack you while you are in the womb. But if you were to donate a kidney to your mother years or even weeks later the mother's body would reject the tissue instantly.

The way that the pregnant body does not attack the baby in the womb is one of the main hopes to transplant patients in the future. If we can discover exactly how the body decided not to attack the baby then this could be replicated in transplant patients as a new and less dangerous option than current drugs..

By: Nina

Nina — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:04:47 +0000

Glad he'll get the shot, but still an outrageous situation over there!! As I said, I got it yesterday, in the evening I had some body aches and temperature rise, but today it's fine. My arm still hurts, but I guess I can live with that I heard scary stuff about the adjuvents though :/ Hope everything turns out right!! Best wishes!
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By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:01:24 +0000

Huzzah! I'm glad he's getting the vaccination, and hope that he suffers no ill-effects from it. Here's hoping the NHS relax the rules for other patients in Terry's position as well, it's really out of order for them to behave in this way.

By: Rock Hyrax

Rock Hyrax — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:50:04 +0000

Perhaps pregnancy suppresses the immune system to prevent rejection of the growing alien presence

Anyway, good news to hear that Terry's getting his jab. I wonder if there really was a cancellation – perhaps they have a policy of telling some story about priorities when in fact they just don't have enough to go round so are withholding the vaccine in the hope that most people will say, "oh well then," and go away without complaining…