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Vaccines and chronic illness
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Sorry pal, but the most you can probably do action wise, would be to just take some rest and ride it out when those symptoms hit. Taking paracetamol can help to offest some of the vaccine side effects such as pyrexia, chills, bodyache etc. If mentioned this elsewhere on this forum, but one way of looking at it, is that it's your immune system kicking in for a fry and gearing up itself should the real deal strike.
I work in a vaccine clinic and the anecdotal evidence is that people don't seem to react as badly to the second shot as they did the first.
I felt like I'd been hit by a bus after my first shot. High temperature, chills, body aches, thumping headache and fatigue for three days. My arm was red, swollen and really painful for over a week. I had my second dose on Friday and was absolutely dreading it but I've had barely any symptoms this time. Arm is a little sore and I felt quite tired the next day.
I felt like I'd been hit by a bus after my first shot. High temperature, chills, body aches, thumping headache and fatigue for three days. My arm was red, swollen and really painful for over a week. I had my second dose on Friday and was absolutely dreading it but I've had barely any symptoms this time. Arm is a little sore and I felt quite tired the next day.
Did you have the Moderna @Sunspots? Those symptoms sound awful. My husband had no reaction at all except he felt cold. I'm waiting for my appointment to come through so I don't know which one I'll eventually get but I'll be dreading it if it's AZ. I've heard the first is bad but not so much the second but I've not heard much about Moderna so now I'm wondering if the second shot could be the worse one.
I had the Pfizer.
We've only had Pfizer and AZ at our clinic and they're pretty neck and neck on the side effects it seems. The vast majority of people have nothing or a slight headache with a few of us feeling like total pants. The UK have only just started using the Moderna and we haven't been allocated any yet and as we're leaving around 11 weeks between doses we haven't started on the second Moderna doses yet. My brother has had both doses of Moderna where he lives and he felt fine after both, just a sore arm.
I think they're probably all much of a muchness on the side effects and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to who gets them or not. I always seem to feel bad after any vaccinations - the flu one knocks me out every year for a couple of days. I'm obviously a bit of a wuss
We've only had Pfizer and AZ at our clinic and they're pretty neck and neck on the side effects it seems. The vast majority of people have nothing or a slight headache with a few of us feeling like total pants. The UK have only just started using the Moderna and we haven't been allocated any yet and as we're leaving around 11 weeks between doses we haven't started on the second Moderna doses yet. My brother has had both doses of Moderna where he lives and he felt fine after both, just a sore arm.
I think they're probably all much of a muchness on the side effects and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to who gets them or not. I always seem to feel bad after any vaccinations - the flu one knocks me out every year for a couple of days. I'm obviously a bit of a wuss
I have had 3 jabs here in the UK started with AZ and had a pain in my arm like a dead arm went back for jab 2 that one hit me bad had the arm thing but all I wanted to do when I got home was sleep worse was the 3rd before Xmas it was Pfizer that one messed me and mum gave us both flu like s for days after now they have started a program to give 4th jabs here
my main worry is won’t we build up a resilience to the vaccines if we keep having it
my main worry is won’t we build up a resilience to the vaccines if we keep having it