Let's talk vaccines!

[Khaotico]

Just got my booster shot today. Had no side effects from my first shot back in April aside from a sore arm. Second shot hit me kinda hard with a low grade fever and some body aches, but went away fairly quickly after taking some Tylenol. The person who gave me the booster said that most of the same side effects were possible, but that most people reported experiencing not much of anything since the booster is just half a dosage of a regular shot.

I received the Moderna shot, if anyone is curious.

 

[Pyoopi]

I got my Pfizer booster shot and flu shot today. I just have sore arms for now. I originally wanted both in one arm but the nurse said my arm is too thin, and not enough space for both, lol.

I felt the booster shot a bit more than the previous two vaccines.

 

[Bluelady]

I got the Pfizer booster shot today.

I was warned today that any chest pain or tightness of the chest can be a side affect of the vaccine. I won’t lie I was quite surprised when I was told about that as I hadn’t heard of that side affect during my previous vaccine appointments.

Thanks so much for this info. I was wondering if I was experiencing a heart attack; or that disease that enlarges the heart following COVID.

Good Lord, I wasn’t expecting this pain. The nurse told me that the symptoms would be similar to my second dose. This is far worse. During the second dose I only had to deal with fluctuating body temperature and a sore arm. Right now the pain radiates from the injection site to my armpit and then to my breast. Luckily, I don’t have a headache, dizziness, or chills.

To make matters worse, my mom lost her bottle of Advil, so I’m just going to have to ride out this pain. Ugh, I wish that morning would come already.

12/22/21, 9 am: Injection site and armpit still hurts, but not my chest anymore. Thank goodness. Still no other side effects.

 

[Chris]

Had my booster on Monday. Other than aching and swelling near the site of injection I got off lightly this time. I had weird and lucid dreams though.

 

[-Blue-]

When I got my booster it just lingered mildly for about a week and a half. Wasn't anything serious and I probably just picked up a low-key cold or something, but it's not like I would know lol.

 

[DudafromKroksand]

I have vaccinated in the first months after the start of the pandemics, because I am a medical student and we were priority due to hospital protocols. With that, I just received my three doses and this is very relaxing.

 

[ams]

Spent my day vaccinating today! We’ve been having supply issues where I live but they came in today so we got a few hundred doses out before Christmas. Now I’m more exhausted than when I actually got the vaccine lol

 

[Kitsuragi]

booked my booster for the first day of the new year, finally. had to fit in a bunch of other doctors visits and such and finally found a good open day to get this booster ;_;

 

[LadyDestani]

Apparently, I'm now eligible to get the booster in my state. I just have to figure out a good time to schedule the appointment because I had really bad side effects after my second dose. In case this one knocks me out for a day or two, I want it to be a day that I don't have anything major planned.

 

[.: Meri :.]

My parents and I got our Moderna boosters today! Doing alright so far, I've just got a bit of a headache and some soreness in my arm; trying to stay hydrated and move my arm around as much as I can. c:

 

[angelcat621]

Got my 2nd booster of Pfizer (3rd shot total) today at Health Dept. First two shots were in April and May. Feeling ok other than a mildly sore arm. Last time I had a low grade fever for a day but nothing serious. First one in April hurt quite a bit but only for a day or so. Nothing that I couldn't handle.

There were a couple young boys and a few older adults there to get their COVID-19 vaccines but not many people were there.

 

[LadyDestani]

I got my booster shot this evening (Moderna)! So far I only have some mild stiffness in my shoulder because they injected me really high up on my arm. We'll see how things go tomorrow because that's when my side effects kicked in last time. Still worth it, though, for the extra protection.

 

[Sprinklebun]

Had my booster on Monday. Other than aching and swelling near the site of injection I got off lightly this time. I had weird and lucid dreams though.

This happened to me as well!

I just got my booster on Monday (12/27) and had super crazy, VERY vivid dreams. I woke up totally freaked out. I’m actually avoiding sleep right now because I’m nervous that it will happen again tonight. :-/

My body reacted very poorly to the second dose back in the spring, so I was really worried about getting the booster and have been avoiding it for the past couple of months. So far, I am faring a lot better this time around! The only thing I really dislike is that I appear to have another lump/rash on my arm, at the injection site. This happened to me with my first two doses of Moderna back in early Spring.

 

[angelcat621]

Well it's the day after my 3rd dose of Pfizer and the side effects hit me during the night. Low fever, chills, which I had with dose two, and nausea, which I didn't. It's so bad today I can barely eat or drink anything so I took some Pepto and will try to relax. Barely slept last night. Still better than having COVID though. Should pass by tomorrow I hope. Arm's barely sore now.

 

[Beanz]

i got the pfizer booster yesterday and i have side effects. i threw up twice earlier this morning and my whole body aches. i feel like i can barely walk. at least my grandma doesn’t have side effects, she got the booster too. for me the side effects are worse than the second vaccine

 

[LadyDestani]

So after getting the Moderna booster yesterday, I woke up this morning feeling some mild cold or flu-like symptoms. My mouth is really dry, my throat is a bit sore, and I have a small headache. I don't have any aches or chills, but just a general yucky feeling.

My arm is also sore at the injection site, but I still have full movement, which I didn't last time. I did spend a lot of time moving my arm around last night hoping to keep it limber.

Overall, I've fared better this time than I did with my second shot. Hopefully, I'll be mostly back to normal by tomorrow.

 

[Mimi Cheems]

I’m currently vaccinated.

My mom, dad, and step-dad refuse to get it though. My step-dad is probably the worst about it. He has always said COVID is a ‘hoax’ of some sort and it’s just annoying to listen to him preach about it. He refuses to even get tested. And he’s been very sick recently. So I refuse to go over to my mother’s until he’s better. But my brother and I visited her last week and he was there. I’m sick AGAIN, so I should probably get tested :’3

My step-mom and my two brothers also are vaccinated. We all have the J&J vaccine! I think it’s only a single dose one, but I plan on getting a booster soon.

 

[Halloqueen]

Got my Moderna booster on Tuesday morning. As expected, I started feeling like junk that night and felt that way through the majority of Wednesday; injection site pain, headache, sinus pressure, fever, chill, random shortlived aches and pains in random places. It mostly wore off by late Wednesday with just a little bit lingering, but I woke up feeling fine today. It was similar to, but less intense than, the second dose I'd received earlier in the year, but that's unsurprising considering that this booster was half the dosage of the second dose.

Only thing now is that the injection site still hurts if I touch it/put pressure on it, but it otherwise doesn't hurt either.

 

[~Kilza~]

I ended up getting my booster shot of Moderna last week on Christmas Eve, 5 and a half months after getting my second dose after eligibility had opened up in my area on the 21st. I was able to just walk in to the same pharmacy where I got my first two doses of Moderna and get it 2 hours later, had the same person who administered my first two doses administer it this time as well. Even though my area recommends that my age group (18-29) get Pfizer due to the slightly increased (but still very rare) risk of getting myocarditis from the Moderna vaccine (especially for males), the risk is still lower than getting it from COVID-19 itself, so I had no issue with getting Moderna for a third time rather than wait for them to get Pfizer in stock, especially with the rate the Omicron variant is spreading.

The only side effect I had was having a sore arm for 2-3 days yet again, otherwise things were perfectly fine.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

Got my Pfizer booster today, on Valentine's day of all days! Glad to have it out of the way (until the next booster, at least).