Robert6296

02:04 PMJul 22 2008

I've never heard of someone dying from a flu shot, though i suppose its theoretically possible, though highly unlikely

Robert6296

02:02 PMJul 22 2008

however for a small percentage of people, generally those with weaker immune systems, can actually get the full blown flu from a shot that injects a strain their bodies do not kill fast enough thus giving the weakened strain time to feed and replicate..but even those who do get sick from a shot still beat off the weakened strain in the end and suffer flu like symptoms for only a day or two

Robert6296

01:58 PMJul 22 2008

flu shots r a weaken strain of the most popular strain of the season, its injected so that your bodies natural immunities can fight it and kill thus forming antibodies that will protect you from that strain in the future

Robert6296

01:55 PMJul 22 2008

nakaina- lol um before u make a total fool of yourself any longer..u can get the flu from a flu shot

Kkelley20554

10:41 AMJul 22 2008

I guess I've always had good surgeons. I've had 6 operations, the first one was 40 years ago. Even then my surgeon used a black marker to X the spot, as well as every surgeon since. May not be his initials but they've still always been able to remember why they put that X there :)

RETolles

05:47 AMJul 22 2008

In response to IamNOT1ofURfans, sometimes when a nurse or doctor try 'to do the best job they can', it simply isn't good enough. Hence why we need malpractice lawyers, and is the same reason you are required to carry it . . . there are some that are just not good enough. Remember, that student that graduated last in their class still gets to call themself a doctor/nurse.

Runswscissors78

05:41 AMJul 22 2008

I feel for all of you that have had bad experiences. I have a son that was born premature. Two years and twenty seven times in the hospital I have found 99% of the nurses were angels. I had fired a few Doctors until I found one that worked for us. Only one time did I report a nurse. It was in the middle of the night and my son's breathing was in distress. I could not find her or any other nurse for over ten minutes, they were in the break room having cake it was one of the nurses birthday. I held her responsible. Many hospitals have cut staff and the nurses are over worked. Remember doctors and nurses are only human and they make mistakes just like the rest of us do.

sue46747

05:23 AMJul 22 2008

When I had my shoulder surgery the nurse wrote a huge YES on my right shoulder and NO on the front and back of my left shoulder. Then she signed both, I signed them and the Dr stopped by to add his initials. At the time it seemed funny but by 11 AM that day the Dr had done over a dozen surgeries and this was just a means of being certain he fixed the right place.

MCW819

03:57 AMJul 22 2008

I live next to one of the greatest hospitals in the world, The Cleveland Clinic, I remeber a couple years ago we had the King of Jordan come in for open heart surgery. Anyway when i had my surgery they asked about every 5 minutes my name, date of birth and procedure being done, to avoid errors like these.

IamNOT1ofURfans

03:54 AMJul 22 2008

As a nurse I have witness many procedures and I have to say that the doctors/nurses take great pains to do the best job they can. Thanks to malpractice lawyers on every corner, they can help you turn something minor into something major