re: How many times in your life have you had the flu?

I don't think I've ever officially been diagnosed with it. Maybe when I was a kid, but I don't know.

I've gotten the flu shot probably 5 times in the past 10 years (mostly because part of that time period I worked at a hospital that required it, or clients required that I have it before going onsite).

It's pretty crazy the number of people on here who don't get the shot

I’ve had the flu every single time I’ve gotten the flu shot. I haven’t had flu shot in 5 years, and I haven’t had flu during that time.

I’ve had it twice. Once in my 20s and once last year at 50. It was the worst week that I have had in recent memory. I can absolutely see how it kills some people.

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Think I had the flu once when I was around 10 or 11.

Once. It was so bad that I missed a week of classes. I vowed never to experience that again. I get the flu shot every year and have had no further problems.

Two that I know of, never diagnosed but when you have it like that you know it the flu. Now I try to get the shot every year.

The wife was diagnosed, swabbed, two times and didn’t even have any symptoms except an elevated temperature. She had debilitating flu one other time.