Help with Covid Vaccine, have you had yours??

[VaTom]

Had both Pfizer. First-sore arm and fatigue for a couple of days. Second less soreness and less fatigue but mild headache. Been two two weeks since second shot and feel ok. Still take an afternoon nap when I have nothing else to do! Was told to drink plenty of liquids and only take regular Tylenol for after effects. No Ibuprofen!

 

[ColbyBruce]

I got the Johnson & Johnson vaccination last Tuesday. I had a runny nose and fatigue on Wednesday and Thursday. Yesterday, Friday, I sweated like a tramp in church all day long. I never ran a fever. Pollen could likely be the cause of my runny nose.

However, Johnson & Johnson did screw up baby powder...

 

[ladder13]

I've had them, the Pfizer, but I am not going to try shaming those who refuse to get vaccinated like so many do here in these threads.
It's still America AFAIK.

 

[sureshotbob]

My wife and I just got our first dose of the Pfizer shot yesterday .
We are both doing fine a little tired with minimal arm soreness.
We go for the 2nd shot 4/2/21.

 

[Salty RI]

I didn't want to get the shot, my son's were all bugging me, so I signed up through the town, I go for my first one tomorrow, one of my son's is taking me, he is afraid I will chicken out.

Sent from my LGL455DL using Tapatalk

 

[old bear]

Getting the Second Pfizer dose today. Only had Mild soreness for a day or so with the first shot. Was told to get shot in "master" arm do to arm movement which will help get vaccine into system faster.
Added:

Received my second vaccine two hours ago, feeling Just fine. Will take a nap this afternoon, but that is normal for a Saturday afternoon.
Be safe all!!

03/15/2021, slept most of Yesterday (Sunday) and still feeling groggy this P.M. It was still worth the effort and the loss of two days.

Do your part and get the shot..

 

[Step N. Mud]

Got the second Pfizer shot March 10 and had a dull headache about 8 hrs. later and went to bed, but was was gone the next morning and fine now. Would have been real suspicious if I had not had any reaction since both shots were not even felt at the time when given. Seems like when I was a kid and got vaccinated, the shots where very noticeable when stuck and needle left in for a few seconds.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Got my shots. Pfizer. No issues whatsoe.....GAKKK

 

[snake803]

Had both shots, no problems , just some fatigue after the 2nd one....
JIM........

 

[CQB27]

My wife and I had the Moderna (she works in healthcare and I in LE), our 2nd shots were Feb 1st. We both had sore arms for about 3 days and felt bad (body aches, headache and slight fever) for about 12 hours after the first shot. My arm was sore for 3 or 4 days, which was unusual for me post shot wise. My wife's arm was only tender for a day. The second shot my arm were much less sore, only about a day, and my symptoms were much milder. My wife's symptoms were about the same.

My 77 year old mother and 85 year old step father had the Phizer shots and both of them were asymptomatic.

 

[rwsmith]

I definitely had a sore arm...

Like others said, it bothered me trying to sleep on it. And I did feel crummy a few days.

Actually I've had some gastric problems lately that keep me fatigued all the time and it's flared up some in the last week, so that is probably what's bugging me. I feel ok right now. But it can hit any time. Of course I'm suspicious of the dreaded unknown vaccine.

 

[mckenney99]

Got the Johnson & Johnson single shot on Wednesday the 10th. No injection site pain and no side effects that I can tell. Pulled 8 yds of concrete this morning, now that is already making me stiff and sore.

 

[Jeff423]

I've had both the Pfizer shots without any adverse reaction.

This goes for me too.

 

[docjonson]

After I got both my shots(Phizer) I started getting questionnaires about whether I was having any reactions to the shots. It's been a month and I am still getting questioned. Don't know if it is the medical facility doing it or whether the Mfg.

 

[Jim1392]

We had our second Phizer shot one week ago. My wife had no side effects and I just has a sore arm for a couple of days.

 

[SMSgt]

Don't need luck, the science is on my side. Unless you fit into a specialized category, the virus has a 99.7% survival rate.

That's fine and dandy if you're retired--like me--and don't have to work for a living. It is not about "survival rate." You don't get to choose how your body reacts to Covid.

I had Covid in Dec.-Jan. and, obviously, am in that 97% survival category. However, it is doubtful I would have been able to work for the 2-3 weeks it had me in its grasp. Can you get by without working for 2-3 weeks? Many cannot. Survivable, yes. Walk in the park, not at all. Have to work to feed the family--one might be in serious trouble. Everyone who has it reacts differently. My wife felt run down for a day and no more.

As for the vaccine, I got the Moderna vaccine right after I recovered. First shot, sore arm for about 4 days, chills the first night for about 30 minutes and done. Second shot, slightly more sore arm but only for a day or so, chills again that quickly passed, muscle aches overnight, feeling really run down the second day. A-okay by morning of day three. It was recommended I wait 90 days after recovering because the antibodies from having it would make the shot reactions worse. I did not, getting the shots at the earliest opportunity. If it did increase the aftereffects, it was not severe.

Opinion? The shot is nothing compared to having Covid. So I say unless you have a medical reason not to receive the vaccine, get it. It is proven to help prevent catching it or reduce the effects if one does. The odds of an extreme reaction are so tiny as to be nearly non-existent.

The internet has filled people's heads with all kinds of voodoo information. The vaccines work. They are not a cure all--no vaccine is--but they help prevent catching the virus and/or reduce its effects if one does. This virus and the efforts to combat it are both an evolving and ongoing issue. It's a medical issue in progress. Hell, they've been trying to solve cancer for many, many years and haven't. But--they've made progress. The Covid vaccine are just another step in a medical problem that may or may not ever be resolved.

 

[fiasconva]

Wife got her 2nd Pfizer last week and was really tired the next day but that was about it. I got my 1st Pfizer yesterday and the only side effect so far is a sore arm.

 

[arjay]

I reacted to the first injection of the Pfizer vaccine after 12 hours or so. Had a fever and flu symptoms for 18 hrs and a sore arm for several days,but that was it. I'll get the second shot on the 24th

 

[Old cop]

I've had both shots and aside from a sore arm after #2, no problems.

 

[windypoint]

No problem with Pfizer #1 shot. #2 was a twelve hour delay to flu like symptoms. Stayed in bed the next day. Dr. said I have a good immune system. Apparently shot one was very effective and my body rebelled at shot two. The Dr. did tell me the shots are identical as I asked if #2 was stronger. It is just an assurance that your body develops antibodies to the virus.