Why should I get the H1N1 vaccine??!!?

Please tell me again why I should get the H1N1 vaccine?

I've never gotten a flu shot, and knock on wood, I've never really gotten the flu.

I've seen a lot of people get the flu shot and get very ill, including Mom who got the pneumonia shot one year and almost died from pneumonia.

Let's face it, I haven't even been to see a doctor in 5 and 1/2 years. Hopefully, that will change in the new year, but I just pray whichever new doctor I find does not find anything!


So I heard about the H1N1 Clinic at the Galleria. I figured, what the heck. I made a deal with myself. IF there is a line, I was going to turn around a leave and it was not meant to be.

IF there was no line, I was supposed to get the vaccine.

I pre-registered on-line the night before and printed out my paperwork.

Not only was there NO line, but the person in charge of the entire vaccine clinic was a fellow college classmate of mine.

That was a sure fire sign from God that I was to get the H1N1 vaccine.

When I saw Patrick, I did ask him, "So tell me again WHY I should get the H1N1 vaccine?"

And he said, "because we are old!"