Dear Body, WTF?

[lydy]

I got my flu shot yesterday. As always, it hurt, because needles. Ok, then. But it continued to hurt. And then hurt some more. So, I looked at it in the mirror. I have a red spot fully four inches in diameter. It's bigger than a baseball, dammit. And it's incredibly sensitive to any pressure.

I've never had this reaction to a shot before. Fascinating. There aren't any symptoms that worry me. No shortness of breath, red lines, or things like that. I did have some joint and muscle pain earlier today, but that's mostly gone, and is pretty typical with getting a flu shot for me.

So, really, WTF?

Comments

[redbird]

That is odd. If the spot isn't spreading, and given the lack of other symptoms, I'd probably just wait it out unless going back to wherever you got the flu shot is particularly easy, in which case I would go back and ask. (I've never had a bad reaction to one, I'm lucky that way. At least so far.)