Let's talk vaccines!

[JessieOfSeacowBay]

I received my second dose of Moderna on Thursday. Currently feel like a trash heap. Between the two doses, the side effects I've experienced have included dizziness, tiredness, chills (so so cold, like I woke up in the middle of the night and had to get my heating pad cold), body aches, loss of appetite, nausea, headache, and it's made my dry eye play up, in addition to pain at the injection site. Currently sitting up in the middle of the night with a mug of peppermint tea because I feel like "reverse-snacking" (to quote lazy villagers).

Can't really comment on the injection itself, as I've had regular blood draws for medical purposes, but I guess the needle did seem fairly small. Smaller than the one they use from drawing blood at any rate, lmao. I did bleed and the pharmacist had to apply pressure to staunch the bleeding and then apply a bandage, but that is fully normal for me and it varies from person to person.

 

[Rika092]

I received my second dose of Moderna on Thursday. Currently feel like a trash heap. Between the two doses, the side effects I've experienced have included dizziness, tiredness, chills (so so cold, like I woke up in the middle of the night and had to get my heating pad cold), body aches, loss of appetite, nausea, headache, and it's made my dry eye play up, in addition to pain at the injection site. Currently sitting up in the middle of the night with a mug of peppermint tea because I feel like "reverse-snacking" (to quote lazy villagers).

Can't really comment on the injection itself, as I've had regular blood draws for medical purposes, but I guess the needle did seem fairly small. Smaller than the one they use from drawing blood at any rate, lmao. I did bleed and the pharmacist had to apply pressure to staunch the bleeding and then apply a bandage, but that is fully normal for me and it varies from person to person.

yeah I also feel like the needle was pretty small! I usually am pretty sensitive to shots but I didn't really feel much at all when I got my first moderna dose. Of course, the pain I have in my arm afterwards (especially the next day) were no joke haha

I also heard most people have more severe side effects after the 2nd injection, and that the side effects are more noted in people who received moderna shots so I'm feeling a bit nervous... I hope you recover soon! Your body is probably just working hard to build up the immunity right now.

 

[Tessie]

I got vaccinated in December, yay for being a health care professional (not rly).
I received Pfizer, tolerated it fine. The second shot I had a very slight headache and a bit of chills 12hrs afterward but not something that would affect going to work or doing stuff. The only annoying part was just a sore arm honestly.

 

[-Lychee-]

I got my first dose of the pheizer vaccine a few weeks ago with no side effects. Today I am going for my second dose. I'm pretty excited. I was told to drink lots of Gatorade or water and take some advil when I get home. I have heard that the second dose can be a real kick in the pants so I am trying to be prepared.

 

[JessieOfSeacowBay]

yeah I also feel like the needle was pretty small! I usually am pretty sensitive to shots but I didn't really feel much at all when I got my first moderna dose. Of course, the pain I have in my arm afterwards (especially the next day) were no joke haha

I also heard most people have more severe side effects after the 2nd injection, and that the side effects are more noted in people who received moderna shots so I'm feeling a bit nervous... I hope you recover soon! Your body is probably just working hard to build up the immunity right now.

Thanks! Definitely better to have the shot side effects than the illness. I'm still experiencing pretty significant eye pain, which is causing my headache and possibly this nausea is being caused by it as well. I don't think this is a common symptom though, so I don't want my experience to dissuade anyone or make anybody nervous!

Update: I was feeling really awful this morning and ended up calling my insurance company's nurse hotline. The nurse I spoke with said I was experiencing an unusual symptom and I needed to have someone drive me to urgent care or the emergency room asap. I ended up going to my doctor's office a couple hours of later instead (don't ask) and he said that he believes it is just my sinuses getting extremely inflamed due to the vaccine. By assuming it was dry eye and treating it with warm compresses, I was actually making it worse. I hadn't actually done a warm compress today, which would explain why I was feeling better!

So I guess the main takeaway from my experience is don't use a warm compress if you get eye pain or a headache!

 

[jiny]

i got my 2nd pfizer dose on saturday, i was expecting to have bad side effects since yknow its known that the 2nd dose has worse side effects,, but i actually feel perfectly fine! the only side effect i really have atm is my sore arm, and its not really as sore as it was the 1st dose. ive been drinking a lot of water so maybe thats why side effects are little to none. i was experiencing some nausea the same day and yesterday but not sure if it was caused by the shot :0

 

[Snap Crackle Pop]

I got my first dose a couple of weeks ago (Moderna) and I am going to get my 2nd dose soon, I was a little nervous to get it at first but I'm glad that I am doing it.

 

[Hanami]

i'm fully vaccinated now (pfizer)
overall, the first dose was fine. for the second dose, i felt like crap... i got it on monday after work and the side effects began early tuesday morning before work. besides the sore arm that persisted for 4 days, i felt feverish and i had nausea, chills, and muscle aches for that day only and left early from work

 

[jefflomacy]

Just following up here. I got my second shot on Tuesday of last week, and good god did it make me sick for about 24 hours. I had a relatively high fever, chills, muscle pain, fatigue, inability to sleep, and severe thirst. Had a craving for orange juice and had none in the house so drove to a McDonalds at 5:30 AM and ordered two large orange juices and chugged them in the parking lot and was still thirsty. Then, 48 hours after the shot, I was just normal and felt great.

So hooray, I have been fully vaccinated. Going to go do some fun things this weekend.

 

[slzzpz]

Getting my second dose of Moderna this Wednesday! Hope I just get a sore arm like the first dose.


Getting Pedialyte and stuff ready just in case lol

 

[Milleram]

I just got my first dose of Pfizer last Wednesday. I felt a little rundown the first night, but after 9 hours of sleep, I woke up feeling fine. The only thing was, my arm was super sore the next day. I could hardly move it! The day after, I was back to normal. I'm scheduled to get my second dose in August.

 

[DJ_Saidez]

Follow-up, just got my second dose (Pfizer), already I'm noticing that it's feeling a bit more sore than the first time, maybe because I didn't get much of a chance to loosen up my arm enough, I wonder how it'll affect me taking a calculus test 2 days from now
With the exception of my little siblings, my entire immediate family (and my grandparents who returned to Mexico) are now fully vaccinated

Edit: Got a fever and achy body the day afterwards, eased up the next day, and now (3 days after vaccine) I still have a bit of a headache

 

[.: Meri :.]

Updated my vote; I was finally able to get my first dose of the Moderna vaccine today with my mom and my aunt! Feeling fine so far, though I know the side effects may take a little while to kick in, so I'm planning on taking things easy for the next couple of days.
Edit: Little update! My arm kinda hurts and I can't lift it very high, but otherwise I'm still doing alright.
Edit 2: Next day update! Arm is less sore than it was last night, feeling a little generally "bleh", but nothing terrible.

 

[slzzpz]

Got my second Moderna dose about 3 hours ago now. Feelin' fine, arm isn't sore.



I did hear the following day is usually worse, so I'll update then.

 

[Midoriya]

Received my second dose of the Moderna vaccine! I didn’t have any side effects with the first shot and so far haven’t experienced any with the second.

 

[AccfSally]

I just got my second dose of the Pfizer one today. The spot were I got the shot at is starting to feel sore (but I usually do the thing my Mom told me, put rubbing alcohol over the sore and move my arm around) but so far no different from my first dose.

But I heard I might get a fever or chills.

Update 4/29: Had chills last night and now my arm is sore.
My little brother (17 years old), had his second one yesterday too and today he wasn't feeling to well.
I'll give an update on that too.

Update: He's fine now and as for me, my arm is feeling a little better.

 

[Livia]

never mind

 

[Shawna]

I think this is a great video. Give it a watch if you can.

 

[JessieOfSeacowBay]

I think this is a great video. Give it a watch if you can.

Thanks for posting this! I've been meaning to post it, too.

 

[Midoriya]

Received my second dose of the Moderna vaccine! I didn’t have any side effects with the first shot and so far haven’t experienced any with the second.

It has been a day since my second dose and still no side effects! My arm is slightly sore, but it’s not even noticeable or enough to stop me from doing what I need to do. Awwwww yeah.