SIRVA Beware this is real
Shoulder injury related to vaccine administration SIRVA is a real problem and it's effected me.
I went to get my annual flue shot at Schnuck's Pharmacy on Nov 1th a Tuesday night around 8 pm. I was shopping and figured I'd get my flu shot at the pharmacy. I had been to my family doctor the month before and he gave me a written prescription for a flu shot, pneumonia shot and also a shingles prevention shot. I figured I'd get the flu shot at the Doctor's Office but they didn't offer the shot to me. They instead ordered me to get it at my pharmacy for some reason.
I reget this now. The lady at the pharmacy that night was new and told me she was new. I had not seen here working there before and I have been going there for the last 7 years. I know all the people that work there as I've been going there for a long time now. I'm in there at least once a month and do my grocery shopping there too.
After I got the shot I noticed that she gave me the shot high up on my shoulder. I don't remember ever getting a shot that high up on my shoulder. Normally they gave it to me in the arm. The pain started about a hour after I got the shot. And I've had extreme pain in the left shoulder ever since I got that shot. I can't move my arm without pain at times.
I'm going to make an appointment with my family doctor and am worried. I waited a for a while to make sure that it was not just normal pain from getting a flu shot. Now before I've had a slightly sore arm for a day or so and then it cleared up and the soreness went away. It was never extremely painful like this time. I'm going to see my family doctor and see if he what he says.
But if you are going to get a flu shot this year I'd recommend that you get it from a RN instead of someone at the pharmacy. The person giving the flu shot needs to be trained in human anatomy because if they insert the needle into the wrong spot it can create a lot of pain and potentially do damage to the shoulder rotator cuff area.
My point exactly. a Pharmacist job is different than a nurse
[QUOTE=Tyme2fish;558730]I never get the flu shot. My doctor respects my opinion and doesn't push the issue.
I left the Pharmacy profession just before pharmacists starting giving shots. I went to school to be a pharmacist, not a nurse.[/QUOTE]
Nurse should be giving these shots at the Dr. Office. I'm not sure how the Pharmacy's got into this business of practicing medicine.
I'm guessing this happened because it's cheaper to give the shots at the pharmacy.
I have to get two more shots and my Dr Orders are at my Pharmacy still. So I'll either have to return to the pharmacy again to get my other two shots or ask the Dr to give me new orders.
Evidently the Dr's Office does not have the vaccines in their office.
I never got the flu shot when I was younger. But a few years ago I was recovering from open heart surgery and my breast bone was cut in half and it hurt like hell to cough for three months until the bone healed fully. So the last thing I wanted was a cold and a cough. So that's when I got the flu shot and I've been getting one every years since that time.
I've been very lucky and have not gotten the flu since that time. So I'm thinking that it does work. Again I never had any problems in the past 7 years with the flu shot until this time. I think this was the first time that I had the pharmacy give me the shot.