I got mine and I'm almost 75, and I just asked for a flu shot. Oh well.

without you having to ask.

They gave me Flucelvax, which is for ages 4 and up, so it's not the high-dose. I don't really care, but I'm surprised how uninformed I was.

restocked. Give it a couple of days and try again.

was there on an appointment, and they just asked. They're pretty good at it.

I went in this morning, had to wait 45 minutes but got the flu and pneumococcal pneumonia shot.

I live in Helena, MT.

... also the first year that my injection site turned blue. A huge silver-dollar sized bruise. That's never happened before.

Was it the fault of the pharmacist who gave me the injection? (It didn't hurt when he did it.) Is it just my old skin and bones getting older/thinner/frailer?

Or was it something in the serum that caused it?

It doesn't hurt... the bruise looks much worse than the ordinary discomfort one has from injections. But it's just weird. (Hubby's injection site was just fine.)

I asked a pharmacist today while grocery shopping and she said that the vaccine they have doesn't have a senior dose. She said when they have the trivalent vaccine there is a senior dose. They were very busy so I didn't ask if they had had both kinds this year.

Wonder what the deal is.

I do see news stories that talk about a shortage so I looked a bit further.

I looked to the CDC at https://www.cdc.gov/flu/professionals/vaccines.htm?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fflu%2Fprotect%2Fvaccine%2Fvaccines.htm#anchor-star

They only list one vaccine as high dose. It looks like the CDC and Medicare recommend any of the vaccines and have not required the high dose for seniors.

thanks for sharing that.