Man is this second dose kicking my ass. Got the shot yesterday.
Was fine up until bed time. Couldnt sleep right, woke up with body aches and a mild fever. My wife felt the same way but my parents however feel perfectly fine. Another friend of mine ,around the same age, also feels the same. Almost exactly the same.
Any reasoning to older people feeling fine after the second shot but the semi younger crowd feeling like shit?
I'm getting my first shot next Thursday at Stony Brook. I believe it's the Pfizer one. So I'll definitely be following this thread.
Feel better!
My 2nd Shingles shot kicked my butt. Woke up a bit feverish took a couple aspirin and in 30 minutes all was well.
Have their been any warnings on using aspirin/Tylenol etc after the covid shots? (I think MDs say use Tylenol for relief from vaccines, but not sure).
In fact, an acquaintance who was hospitalized in the spring actually declined to take the 2nd Pfizer shot because the first one really hit him hard, and has legitimate concerns about the follow-up dose.
My 2nd Shingles shot kicked my butt. Woke up a bit feverish took a couple aspirin and in 30 minutes all was well.
Have their been any warnings on using aspirin/Tylenol etc after the covid shots? (I think MDs say use Tylenol for relief from vaccines, but not sure).
MD's told me to take tyelonol only if i had the symptoms. so i took it, because i had the symptoms hahaha
Your mileage may vary.
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bag of results from the people I know.
My 2nd Shingles shot kicked my butt. Woke up a bit feverish took a couple aspirin and in 30 minutes all was well.
Have their been any warnings on using aspirin/Tylenol etc after the covid shots? (I think MDs say use Tylenol for relief from vaccines, but not sure).
MD's told me to take tyelonol only if i had the symptoms. so i took it, because i had the symptoms hahaha
TY
I had none of them, except extreme fatigue in the legs the following morning. I felt like I had run 5 marathons in 5 consecutive days. By around 5 PM Friday, it was gone.
Thankful I got the shots.
*But* if you broke the data down into >=55 years old versus <55 years old, the older age group had many fewer side effects. That sounds like what people here are saying, comparing themselves to their parents).
The reasons aren't clear, but older people do have decreased ability to make immune responses and it may be that they are prone to less inflammation from the vaccine stimulus. Or, as we joke about it here (but perhaps there is some truth to it) old people always have headaches, muscles aches and are tired so they don't know they're having a vaccine side effect. It is worth pointing out that Shringrix seems to kick everybody's ass, so old people are not always without side effects.
FWIW, if you look at the COVID vaccine clinical data, the placebo group had almost as much frequency of the same side effects, so it might just be the other stuff, including the physical part of injection itself, that goes along with the mRNA that is causing many of the side effects.
And, my workplace still has not allowed us to get vaccinated, so I am extremely jealous of all of you.
First one I didn't feel any different whatsoever.
This one knocked me on my ass when I got up this morning. I'm achy everywhere
I know few people who had any problem with first shot other than a sore arm that subsides in a day. Good luck.
There's nothing to be nervous about. Even if you do get knocked on your ass for a day, it's plenty worth it.
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For a while. Cut off for some reason
I am 39, and had my first shot yesterday (Pfizer). Was a little tired last night and my arm is sore near the injection site, but otherwise I feel normal.
Best of luck to the OP!
1. You’re NOT sick it’s a reaction
2. Symptoms subside within 36 hours usually.
Small price to pay to get us back to “normal”
Bravo to all for getting your shots. Not a given in our society
The weaker immune response is why us old guys get a higher dose of seasonal flu vaccine. One of the major reasons for death with Covid is a very robust cascade in the immune response that proceeds out of control. But once again, understand that even people in any group are individuals each with their own immune response.
Just grateful to be receiving the vaccine shots.
Congrats!
how did you get it so soon? Are you a real old guy? lol
Now, being an anxious fellow to begin with, that was a long 15 minutes, Haha.
Now, being an anxious fellow to begin with, that was a long 15 minutes, Haha.
I’m a hypochondriac to begin with so I’m bound to get somatic symptoms.
“Are you feeling dizzy or lightheaded?”
“Actually, now that you mention it...”