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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/LeastCleverNameEver on 2025-10-26 19:57:17+00:00.
Obligatory not today, last fall
I made an appointment at CVS for my flu shot, but I was lazy and kept pushing it back until eventually I just cancelled it and figured I'd be fine.
Flew out to visit my mother for Xmas. Spent Xmas eve with the whole family (ages 1.5-85yrs). Woke up Xmas morning feeling like I was dying. You know what I mean, my whole body hurt, my head was stuffy, all I wanted to do was sleep. So I took some NyQuil.
My next clear memory is January 28.
I had the flu. Which became necrotizing pneumonia and I became septic. I was put on a ventilator and in a medically induced coma for a month.
I almost died from the goddamn FLU.
I have brief flashes of what happened in the days between Xmas and 12/29, when my mother called the ambulance. I have clearer memories of the nightmares I had while comatose, then back to brief flashes as I regained consciousness.
Long story short, get your fucking flu shot. I was healthy, relatively young (early 40s), and if I hadn't happened to be visiting my mom, I would be dead. I would have died alone in my house because I didn't feel like walking the 4 blocks to CVS.
Im fully vaxxed now.
TL;DR: I skipped my flu shot last year and almost died.
ETA: No one at the family xmas party got sick, neither did my mom. Thank God.
Edit: spelling