For science. Please vote only if you've gotten a 2nd dose or the one shot J&J.
Per CDC
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Yes. I got my second Pfizer shot on Saturday - and felt fine for about ten hours. That night I had chills, a fever, and body aches which continued into the next day.
Woke up this morning, and I'm fully back to 100%.
My advice would be to either schedule your second shot for a Friday or Saturday (if you have the option), or take the following day off work.
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Woke up this morning, and I'm fully back to 100%.
My advice would be to either schedule your second shot for a Friday or Saturday (if you have the option), or take the following day off work.
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My parents both in their 70s had pain in their arm where they got the shot, headaches, chills and tiredness
Damn this sounds crappy. I'm getting vaccinated this Friday, and I don't want to have to go through this. But on the other hand, the relief of getting the vaccine will be huge, so I guess I will continue with my reservation.
Had some pretty intense arm pain with both Pfizers but other than that, it was pretty mellow both times. Anyone I know who received Moderna got hit hard after dose two though.
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My arm was sore both time, but I think it was a bit more sore after the second shot and I did feel a bit under the weather (low energy, had a headache) the morning after the shot. That said it wasn't so bad that I'd call them anything over mild regardless. Like it was a situation where I was glad it was a weekend and I didn't have to work, but if it wasn't I'd definitely be able to manage working if I had to
got moderna by the way
got moderna by the way
After the first shot, the first 24 hours my body was pretty sore, and I was tired the whole day. Will update once I get my second shot. :)
Yeah I did. Had Pfizer and the arm soreness was more intense than the first dose. But it also felt like it went away sooner. Also got chills the night of the 2nd dose, but never had a fever. The next day I just felt out of it and was in bed most of the day. By the evening, I felt better again. And so far, nothing else. 2nd dose was this past Thursday morning.
No. First Pfizer shot, I my arm was quite sore for a few days. Second shot, no sore arm, no other effects whatsoever. For the second shot the technician had me let my arm hang limply, straight down, instead of propping it on my lap like I did the first time. Maybe because my muscles weren't flexed that helped?
I got the Pfizer and luckily didn't experience any side effects either dose beyond very mild arm tenderness.
Yeah, even when I got my flu shot last year, they recommended relaxing as much as you could.
Got conflicting recommendations regarding which arm to get it in (dominant vs non-dominant). I think that they ultimately agreed on the result for both cases, but had different opinions on what they actually wanted.
Those that said dominant wanted to work it out faster and not have that soreness as long.
Those that said non-dominant just wanted to avoid the discomfort even if it meant it lasted longer overall.
My second dose is Wednesday. Took Thurs off and we have Friday off already.
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Oh, I haven't gotten mine, but my wife did (Pfizer). I couldn't tell any real difference with her, but she has a tendency to have "sleepy" days even when healthy, so maybe it was the vaccine maybe it was just one of those days.
Wasn't any worse than tired though for sure.
Wasn't any worse than tired though for sure.
Getting more intense side effects on the second dose is a sign that it's actually working properly. The side effects are a direct result of your immune system learning to fight the disease. It might suck a bit for a day or so if you're unlucky (personally I felt largely better beyond the sore arm by the afternoon of the next day, and even in the morning of that day I didn't feel that bad)
12 hrs after my J&J shot It felt like I was going to die tbh. I got one of the worst headaches I've ever experienced, which lasted 2 days. A fever appeared that night and lasted until the next day, I believe I had a 102 temp. The "Chills" was the final symptom.
Maybe haha. The only symptom I didn't have was loss of taste and smell. I freaked the fuck out for sure, especially with that fever spike and pulse ox drop.My work gave me time off since they thought there was a chance I could have caught COVID prior to or during the shot process?
Exactly.
A key takeaway from all this is that your reaction to the vaccine is largely identical to the actual coronavirus. If you have a bad reaction to the vaccine, it means you'd have probably had a bad reaction to the virus. The key difference between the vaccine and the virus though is that the virus will continue to replicate in your cells for a long time while the mRNA in your system will quickly break down and cannot replicate beyond that.
I have not had the 2nd yet but my mom has. She had barely a reaction both times. Second dose she said she might have been a little extra sleepy that night and that was it. Hoping my second is as mild.
Voted No, but did have some side effects. Got the J&J Friday morning, was fine til about 12 hours later when started feeling tired. Passed out til morning and had tenderness in my body and still tired, started to wear off in the evening. So just a little soreness at the injection site, then tenderness and fatigue for a little less than 24 hours. I'd call it mild side effects rather than moderate.
I don't know how true it is, but it seems like people who had Covid at some point in the past tend to have a more severe first dose than second, but people who hadn't have a more severe second dose than first. I haven't had either vaccine dose yet though so I don't know from personal experience.
Yes, I got the moderna vaccine.
First vax was basically nothing. Minor arm pain similar to getting a flu shot. I had some very light nausea later that night that I honestly wouldn't have even thought about had I not gotten the vaccine.
Got my second dose last Wednesday, and I was pretty wiped on Thursday. Felt nothing until about 8am, so like 18 hours after the shot. Not terrible... y'know, like mild flu symptoms, 100 degree fever, general blah all day, some gastrointestinal distress (which isn't uncommon for me anyway). I took dayquil and ibuprofen and it handled it but I still felt generally a little sick. When the dayquil wore off at like 5PM, I didn't want to take more till going to bed, and for those 3 hours I felt pretty rough. Woke up at about midnight, 34ish hours after the vaccine, and had completely sweat through my night clothes, fever broke, and I was fine. Felt 100% fine on Friday, 36 hours after getting the vax.
Friend of mine had it similar to me, got his second dose on Friday, felt blah on Saturday, was fine by Sunday.
Meanwhile my wife got her 2nd Pfizer vax yesterday at 5PM and has basically been symptom free all day. She actually felt a little shitty when she got her first shot... But what's interesting is she has long suspected she got COVID last February (2020). We don't really know but she was wiped out with a cold for about 3-5 days, and symptoms lasted longer. So it's kind of interesting because people who did have COVID already have reportedly had slightly harsher symptoms with the first vaccination, which makes sense... Your body is responding to that protein again.
Yep.
First vax was basically nothing. Minor arm pain similar to getting a flu shot. I had some very light nausea later that night that I honestly wouldn't have even thought about had I not gotten the vaccine.
Got my second dose last Wednesday, and I was pretty wiped on Thursday. Felt nothing until about 8am, so like 18 hours after the shot. Not terrible... y'know, like mild flu symptoms, 100 degree fever, general blah all day, some gastrointestinal distress (which isn't uncommon for me anyway). I took dayquil and ibuprofen and it handled it but I still felt generally a little sick. When the dayquil wore off at like 5PM, I didn't want to take more till going to bed, and for those 3 hours I felt pretty rough. Woke up at about midnight, 34ish hours after the vaccine, and had completely sweat through my night clothes, fever broke, and I was fine. Felt 100% fine on Friday, 36 hours after getting the vax.
Friend of mine had it similar to me, got his second dose on Friday, felt blah on Saturday, was fine by Sunday.
Meanwhile my wife got her 2nd Pfizer vax yesterday at 5PM and has basically been symptom free all day. She actually felt a little shitty when she got her first shot... But what's interesting is she has long suspected she got COVID last February (2020). We don't really know but she was wiped out with a cold for about 3-5 days, and symptoms lasted longer. So it's kind of interesting because people who did have COVID already have reportedly had slightly harsher symptoms with the first vaccination, which makes sense... Your body is responding to that protein again.
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Yep.
The response is a result of your immune system fighting the vaccine, so yeah, people who have had Covid tend to have first doses more comparable to other people's second because having actually had Covid basically acted like a first dose in the first place. My sister who had covid and got the vaccine had this experience too, but it's a real general trend that has important ramifications about how actually getting covid builds immunity
I'm nervous of getting my second Moderna shot since I'm supposed to fly the day after. It would suck if I was deemed ineligible to fly because I had a fever from the vaccine.
