Covid vaccination status?

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Got my first Moderna this morning. My arm was sore for 10 minutes, but now all I feel is the bandage. I expect some side effects to surface later.

Was it sore immediately after the jab, or later on? I recall that most people feel sore in the arm, but that it's usually an hour-plus later, not necessarily right away.

It was sore immediately, then mostly faded. It's been about 2 1/2 hours now.

[cl94]

Shot 2 of Pfizer was about 3.5 hours ago. A little sore in the arm, but nothing else yet.

[webny99]

Got my first Moderna this morning. My arm was sore for 10 minutes, but now all I feel is the bandage. I expect some side effects to surface later.

Was it sore immediately after the jab, or later on? I recall that most people feel sore in the arm, but that it's usually an hour-plus later, not necessarily right away.

It was sore immediately, then mostly faded. It's been about 2 1/2 hours now.

Don't be surprised if it resurfaces in the next 1-2 days. That's not to sound pessimistic, but just to concur with jakeroot that almost all the reports I've heard of sore arms have been 1-2 days later.

[J N Winkler]

I spent much of my fifteen minutes after the second shot windmilling my left arm, and I think that helped with soreness, which was not as bad as it was after the first shot.  I also took pains to stay hydrated.

[kphoger]

I spent much of my fifteen minutes after the second shot windmilling my left arm, and I think that helped with soreness, which was not as bad as it was after the first shot.  I also took pains to stay hydrated.

Soreness wasn't as bad with my second as it was with my first.  Side-effects, on the other hand...

[J N Winkler]

Soreness wasn't as bad with my second as it was with my first.  Side-effects, on the other hand...

In terms of systemic adverse reactions, I do feel lucky to have gotten away with no more than a headache following the second shot.  For Moderna in my age group, other possibilities included (percentage prevalences after first and second shots in parentheses):  fatigue (38%/68%), muscle pain (24%/62%), joint pain (17%/46%), chills (9%/49%), nausea/vomiting (9%/21%), and fever (1%/17%).

[Roadgeekteen]

I heard that drinking water helps with second-dose side effects.

[kphoger]

By this point in life, I've come to realize that drinking water helps with pretty much anything health-related.

[Roadgeekteen]

By this point in life, I've come to realize that drinking water helps with pretty much anything health-related.

I drink a lot of water normally and it helps me feel better a lot of the time.

[Scott5114]

By this point in life, I've come to realize that drinking water helps with pretty much anything health-related.

not drowning

[kphoger]

By this point in life, I've come to realize that drinking water helps with pretty much anything health-related.

not drowning

You're on a roll today, aren't you?

[Scott5114]

By this point in life, I've come to realize that drinking water helps with pretty much anything health-related.

not drowning

You're on a roll today, aren't you?

A little bit, yeah. I should go outside or something...

[kkt]

I guess I'm legit now that two weeks have passed since vaccine number two.

Yay!  Congrats!

[cl94]

23 hours in and my only noticeable side effects from Pfizer round 2 have been a sore arm, a headache that comes and goes, and fatigue that may or may not be linked to the vaccine.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I started getting some chills and aches side effects late last night, which subsided by the morning but I still don't feel great. I may be reacting more strongly to the first dose because of my recent bout with COVID, but it's tough to say for sure.

[Roadgeekteen]

23 hours in and my only noticeable side effects from Pfizer round 2 have been a sore arm, a headache that comes and goes, and fatigue that may or may not be linked to the vaccine.

I'm always fatigued.

[SectorZ]

I got my Pfizer 2 shot noon yesterday. Was fine yesterday. 4 AM today I was not. Spiked up to a 100.3 degree fever, which is probably the first known time I've gone over 100 in 30+ years.

Just feel run down now. Fever gone, sore as hell, minor headache. Small price in my personal worldview to pay for the potential of something that could be a hell of a lot worse.

[gonealookin]

I get shot #2 of Pfizer on Day 0, plan on resting on Day 1, have to drive 100 miles to Sacramento the afternoon of Day 2 and have an early flight out of SMF the morning of Day 3.  I gather I should be OK on that timeline.  I've never had any adverse reaction to any vaccine other than a bit of arm soreness.

Granted I'm not waiting two weeks after the second shot to fly, but I recently traveled cross-country before Shot #1 and survived.  I did semi-quarantine after returning and got a test several days later to make sure I was clean.

[kphoger]

I get shot #2 of Pfizer on Day 0, plan on resting on Day 1, have to drive 100 miles to Sacramento the afternoon of Day 2 and have an early flight out of SMF the morning of Day 3.  I gather I should be OK on that timeline.  I've never had any adverse reaction to any vaccine other than a bit of arm soreness.

I'd never had any adverse reactions to anything since I was like three years old.  But shot #2 of Pfizer had me feeling pretty miserable for about 20 hours.

[Scott5114]

I think the miserable feeling after the shot isn't technically an "adverse reaction", but rather the desired reaction–the miserable feeling is your body devoting resources toward to building up immunity to the virus, which makes you feel like shit. (Which if you think about it, kind of makes sense–the worst COVID cases were due to the virus causing the immune system to go into hyperdrive and damaging the body, like trying to smash a bug flying around your window with a sledgehammer.)

[kphoger]

I think the miserable feeling after the shot isn't technically an "adverse reaction", but rather the desired reaction–the miserable feeling is your body devoting resources toward to building up immunity to the virus, which makes you feel like shit.

Yes, well, I don't know how else to describe it.  I actually sometimes refer to it as "getting sick" from the vaccine, because–well, when you have a fever and chills and body aches and trouble breathing, "sick" seems like a rather appropriate word to describe the situation.

[kevinb1994]

Got my second COVID shot today at CVS. Afterwards, stopped at Whataburger for a big spicy bacon burger and a interesting Dr. Pepper shake.

[Roadgeekteen]

I think the miserable feeling after the shot isn't technically an "adverse reaction", but rather the desired reaction–the miserable feeling is your body devoting resources toward to building up immunity to the virus, which makes you feel like shit.

Yes, well, I don't know how else to describe it.  I actually sometimes refer to it as "getting sick" from the vaccine, because–well, when you have a fever and chills and body aches and trouble breathing, "sick" seems like a rather appropriate word to describe the situation.

I don't think that people want to call it sick as it might make people less likely to get it.

[Max Rockatansky]

I think the miserable feeling after the shot isn't technically an "adverse reaction", but rather the desired reaction–the miserable feeling is your body devoting resources toward to building up immunity to the virus, which makes you feel like shit.

Yes, well, I don't know how else to describe it.  I actually sometimes refer to it as "getting sick" from the vaccine, because–well, when you have a fever and chills and body aches and trouble breathing, "sick" seems like a rather appropriate word to describe the situation.

I don't think that people want to call it sick as it might make people less likely to get it.

I was hoping to call in sick, I was disappointed that I felt fine with all the hype leading into both my shots. 

[Roadgeekteen]

I think the miserable feeling after the shot isn't technically an "adverse reaction", but rather the desired reaction–the miserable feeling is your body devoting resources toward to building up immunity to the virus, which makes you feel like shit.

Yes, well, I don't know how else to describe it.  I actually sometimes refer to it as "getting sick" from the vaccine, because–well, when you have a fever and chills and body aches and trouble breathing, "sick" seems like a rather appropriate word to describe the situation.

I don't think that people want to call it sick as it might make people less likely to get it.

I was hoping to call in sick, I was disappointed that I felt fine with all the hype leading into both my shots.

I have a test the day after my second dose. I don't know if I want side effects or not.