I had pneumonia from Feb. to Sept. this year, and thought I was over it. On Tuesday PM, I got inoculated for both influenza and pneumonia. My arm was swollen and sore that evening.

I woke Wednesday AM with a very sore arm and general body aches.

By Thursday afternoon, my temperature was 103, I hurt all over, my PN pain (esp. shooting pains) was off the chart, it was hard to think clearly or talk, and I was shuddering too much to drive.

I saw a doctor on Thursday afternoon. The doctor wisely did nothing but take a chest x-ray and make an appointment for me to return on Friday morning. The fever broke on Thursday evening, and I slept the night.

To my surprise, the x-ray showed that I still have pneumonia, though it looks better than my previous x-ray from July. So my immune system is working pretty hard, not the best time to get an inoculation more less two.

I'd do it again, but just one inoculation at a time. Flu is a major killer and flu inoculations provides excellent protection most years.

There was a problem back during the first Bush administration with the swine flu vaccine occasionally causing the very serious Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), but that is no longer a risk according to my physician. A flu inoculation actually reduces the risk of RSD because influenza itself can cause RSD. RSD can result in serious and debilitating PN. DUKE's postings in the OBT board on the topic were heartbreaking.

I hope you all protect yourselves and your loved ones by getting a flu inoculation, a pneumonia inoculation, and the new shingles inoculation...just not all at once while you're ill.