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I received my annual flu shot three months ago and I also am having the sharp pain in my arm radiating from the injection site down my arm to elbow. Some days are worse than others, last night was bad, waking me up with jabbing pain many times during the night. Advil does help but I cannot take it on a regular basis because it upsets my stomach. The pain is not as widespread as it was a month ago, then it was was traveling down my arm to my fingers and certain movements were terribly painful, that has since gone, I hope. I will never get another flu injection again and only hope this has not caused permanent damage. I did talk to my doctor about it because at first I thought the needle had broken off in my arm, thats how it felt. I was assured that it had not and that this pain was unusual and it should shortly subside, that was months ago. After reading other posts I think it is fruitless to seek help from the medical field. It does seem that most people who are suffering feel that the injections were given too high and some nerve damage has been done. I tell others to make sure that they tell there nurse to place the injection in the proper spot.