Originally Posted by
JudyO
You're lucky -- my suburban gyn gave me a real fight over it saying it was totally unnecessary for women over 25. I ended up going to a clinic, speaking with the director (who had LOTS of experience with "women like me") and had no qualms at all. In fact, she realllly educated me about the vaccine and gave me lots of info. For example, even if you may have already had exposure at in the past, getting the shot now can help you. Basically what it does is help fight the virus if it's already in your body. How well does it fight the virus? I don't know and neither do the researchers. It really depends on soooo many different factors. Best thing you can do is keep your body as healthy as possible. She also recommended eating healthy, good sleep and taking vitamin/supplements (resveratrol, L-lysine, medicinal mushrooms, olive leaf, etc.) anything to help fight viruses and reduce your viral load.