I will be getting the flu shot this year, though I don't think it's a no-brainer, by any means.

The reason I have decided to get the shot is that I had my first noticeable symptoms of MG after taking care of five kids with H1N1 for three weeks. I started to get sick myself, and then overcame the illness, and then immediately had my first MG symptoms.

My best guess is that it was fighting off the infection that sent my immune system into hyperdrive. Like I say, it's only a guess. And even if I'm right, I have no way of knowing if my reaction was typical. So, working with all these unknowns, all I can do is speculate that the flu is more of a threat to me personally than the shot is--especially because I'm on Imuran and Prednisone. But I will definitely get the killed virus (shot) and not the weakened one (nasal spray).

Abby