It was a HORRIBLE experience.
Had the Hong Kong flu in '68.... 1957 all over again!! EECCKS!!!
So, when they came out with the SWINE FLU alert... yep, I took that vaccine. So did my husband. I knew what FLU was like and I figured if President Ford was taking the vaccine. Well, I would too.
Well, let me tell you. On a lunch hour my husband and went to our doctor's office to get the vaccine shots. My husband took the shot first, then me.
About 4 hours later, he calls me from work and says, "Honey, I AM SO SICK... my friend is driving me home."
As soon as I put the phone down.... I actually collapsed in a heap on the floor. My oldest son, then a teen, ran for a neighbor. It was 2 days before Thanksgiving. That is all I remember. I was in the hospital when I came to...2 days AFTER THANKSGIVING.
My poor husband was also hospitalized and also had pneumonia but did real well.
If the vaccine made me that sick, well, I guess an actual full-blown case might have done me in.
Swine flu shots first came out in 76, right? If so, I remember getting mine. Thankfully I didn't become ill...sounds like you were recipients of a bad batch. wow.