H1N1 vaccine — I had an allergic reaction

Another interesting report via CNN, excerpt (but please read whole informative article):

" I am an allergy sufferer — from seasonal sniffles to mushrooms and penicillin. Although I’ve been careful and lucky enough to have to use an adrenaline auto-injector only once, I’m wary of trying new things, whether it’s food or a new vaccine, out of fear of discovering yet another allergy. Despite my hesitation, I felt the protection granted by receiving the H1N1 vaccine outweighed the risk of a possible allergic reaction.

Early this month, I made an appointment with my school’s health center to receive the nasal spray vaccine. When I went in, I bravely tilted my head back, pinched one nostril and then the other for my two shots of vaccine nasal spray. The nurse told me not to blow my nose for 10 minutes and I was free to go."

http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/16/h1n1-vaccine-%e2%80%94-i-had-an-allergic-reaction/