Which jab did you have - Astra Zeneca or Pfizer? And what side effects?

[hegley]

Had AZ about 24 hours ago - so far no side effects, hoping I won't get any now.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Just to add something in here. Exactly two weeks after my jab I developed shingles. I'm in my late 30s and I've never had shingles in my adult life but had chicken pox in my childhood. I asked the nurse at my gp practice whether it could be vaccine related and she said it's possible because my immune system was looking the other way so to speak.

I'm no anti vaxxer and I think vaccines are a good thing but it's definitely knocked my confidence in them a bit.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

mum-tat (80+) had her second pfizer jab thursday - no side effects apart from slightly sore arm

i've got my first jab wednesday and have booked thursday off in case i feel crap (and it gets a 6 day weekend with 2 days off that way)

 

[LDC]

Just to add something in here. Exactly two weeks after my jab I developed shingles. I'm in my late 30s and I've never had shingles in my adult life but had chicken pox in my childhood. I asked the nurse at my gp practice whether it could be vaccine related and she said it's possible because my immune system was looking the other way so to speak.

I'm no anti vaxxer and I think vaccines are a good thing but it's definitely knocked my confidence in them a bit.

Why would it knock your confidence in them? It doesn't impact whether vaccines work or not, and nobody has ever said they're not without side or adverse effects. It's also quite possible, even very likely, that it was completely unrelated.

 

[two sheds]

I has a bad period of asthma before my jab and was on prednisolone. That affects your immune system and they specifically warn about avoiding people with shingles. I've been avoiding everyone though.

 

[gentlegreen]

Just to add something in here. Exactly two weeks after my jab I developed shingles. I'm in my late 30s and I've never had shingles in my adult life but had chicken pox in my childhood. I asked the nurse at my gp practice whether it could be vaccine related and she said it's possible because my immune system was looking the other way so to speak.

I'm no anti vaxxer and I think vaccines are a good thing but it's definitely knocked my confidence in them a bit.

How bad was the shingles ?
It happened because chicken pox vaccine wasn't available when we were kids.
I had my shingles at 51 and no bad side effects thankfully so chances are I'll be OK until I get a vaccine at 70 ...

 

[planetgeli]

I has a bad period of asthma before my jab and was on prednisolone.

I'm on that. Having a bastard of a time trying to get off it. Every time I get below 5mg my polymyalgia comes back big time. Have you managed to get to zero?

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Why would it knock your confidence in them? It doesn't impact whether vaccines work or not, and nobody has ever said they're not without side or adverse effects. It's also quite possible, even very likely, that it was completely unrelated.

Why do you think? No it doesn't impact whether they work or not but when you get an actual illness instead of just feeling shit the next day as a result of it I think it's entirely natural to be a bit wary of having the same vaccine again.

Indeed it is probable it's unrelated but when I have an actual medical professional telling me it's possible it's related as opposed to, well, you I think it's completely natural to be wary of having further doses of a vaccine that uses brand new vaccine technology.

I will have further doses but if I get another illness then yeah I'll be even more wary.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

How bad was the shingles ?
It happened because chicken pox vaccine wasn't available when we were kids.
I had my shingles at 51 and no bad side effects thankfully so chances are I'll be OK until I get a vaccine at 70 ...

I've still got it. It's a burning itchy rash and I feel a bit fatigued. Not bad enough to be off work but enough to be prescribed anti viral tablets and to dab it with calamine lotion repeatedly throughout the day.

It's likely a coincidence but it was a bit surprising to get it not long after the first dose of a vaccine that uses new vaccine technology.

 

[two sheds]

I'm on that. Having a bastard of a time trying to get off it. Every time I get below 5mg my polymyalgia comes back big time. Have you managed to get to zero?

I tapered down because I don't like the idea of it long term, asthma came back though . After some wise person on here recommended Montelukast I tried it (did have it prescribed a few years ago but didn't feel it worked) and it's made a real difference - not coughing any more and breathing's a lot easier.

 

[LDC]

Why do you think? No it doesn't impact whether they work or not but when you get an actual illness instead of just feeling shit the next day as a result of it I think it's entirely natural to be a bit wary of having the same vaccine again.

Indeed it is probable it's unrelated but when I have an actual medical professional telling me it's possible it's related as opposed to, well, you I think it's completely natural to be wary of having further doses of a vaccine that uses brand new vaccine technology.

I will have further doses but if I get another illness then yeah I'll be even more wary.

When people ask questions like it's really hard to answer tbh in a way that's honest, but then doesn't make them think like you seem to have. Like say it's possible (which it is) and then they do tend to fixate on that and possible somehow turns into likely. Not saying you think that, but I've seen it so many times it's hard work then trying to turn people around from that. You can see it in what you said when you start having concerns about the mRNA connection to your shingles.

 

[gentlegreen]

I've still got it. It's a burning itchy rash and I feel a bit fatigued. Not bad enough to be off work but enough to be prescribed anti viral tablets and to dab it with calamine lotion repeatedly throughout the day.

It's likely a coincidence but it was a bit surprising to get it not long after the first dose of a vaccine that uses new vaccine technology.

Odd that. I wasn't fatigued with mine. I got stick on here for going on 20 mile bike rides ..
I just had to go to 3 chemists to get enough co-codamols...
No antivirals or calamine - not least because it showed up after I'd been in bed with the lurgy - I initially thought it was a broken bed spring ...

 

[Doctor Carrot]

When people ask questions like it's really hard to answer tbh in a way that's honest, but then doesn't make them think like you seem to have. Like say it's possible (which it is) and then they do tend to fixate on that and possible somehow turns into likely. Not saying you think that, but I've seen it so many times it's hard work then trying to turn people around from that. You can see it in what you said when you start having concerns about the mRNA connection to your shingles.

That's what I'm alluding to (which I didn't make clear) in that I can see why people do get turned away from vaccines if something like this, something likely unrelated, happens to them or people they know not long after a vaccine.

Loads of people get shingles every year and loads of people are having this vaccine this year so of course some people are going to get shingles around the time of the vaccine. Some people will even get it before the vaccine! But for vaccines like a flu jab, something I've been offered before, I'm more likely to just take my chances with getting flu instead of getting a jab for it. I wouldn't say it's as a result of this because it's something I've always felt but I feel it just a little bit more now. Even though my rational brain is going it's not that bad even if it is related to the vaccine there's another part of my brain saying yeah not that bad but why bother with vaccines for stuff like flu? You might as well just take your chances and if I'm thinking like this, even a little bit, I can see how it would effect people who could go either way but are still exposed to all kinds of bollocks online about vaccines.

 

[gentlegreen]

It's painful getting stuff to stick in my brain, but I find this channel reassuring.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Odd that. I wasn't fatigued with mine. I got stick on here for going on 20 mile bike rides ..
I just had to go to 3 chemists to get enough co-codamols...
No antivirals or calamine - not least because it showed up after I'd been in bed with the lurgy - I initially thought it was a broken bed spring ...

Yeah I find it odd you needed cocodamol for it. I think any pain killers would be overkill for mine. At first I thought it might be bed bugs

 

[gentlegreen]

Yeah I find it odd you needed cocodamol for it. I think any pain killers would be overkill for mine. At first I thought it might be bed bugs

I found it was on the threshold between pain and tickling - I suppose that's going to be possible given the virus hides in nerve cells ..
I just kept it down with a minimal dose of soluble cocodamol.

 

[LDC]

That's what I'm alluding to (which I didn't make clear) in that I can see why people do get turned away from vaccines if something like this, something likely unrelated, happens to them or people they know not long after a vaccine.

Loads of people get shingles every year and loads of people are having this vaccine this year so of course some people are going to get shingles around the time of the vaccine. Some people will even get it before the vaccine! But for vaccines like a flu jab, something I've been offered before, I'm more likely to just take my chances with getting flu instead of getting a jab for it. I wouldn't say it's as a result of this because it's something I've always felt but I feel it just a little bit more now. Even though my rational brain is going it's not that bad even if it is related to the vaccine there's another part of my brain saying yeah not that bad but why bother with vaccines for stuff like flu? You might as well just take your chances and if I'm thinking like this, even a little bit, I can see how it would effect people who could go either way but are still exposed to all kinds of bollocks online about vaccines.

Ah, yeah I see, thanks.

 

[Cloo]

Husband had AZ yesterday afternoon, had what seems to be pretty typical response in terms of waking in night shivering and then hot, and has been shivery, tired and achey today. Hopefully another night will see him right.

 

[Aladdin]

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[bmd]

Which is the one where you have to sit down for 15 minutes, directly after having it?

 

[bmd]

So very very sorry to hear that, Sugar Kane.

 

[gentlegreen]

Which is the one where you have to sit down for 15 minutes, directly after having it?

Pfizer, but also AZ if you are driving.

 

[LDC]

Pfizer is 15 mins observation (some have been doing 30) for allergic reaction - very rare, and related to a specific ingredient in this vaccine.
AZ is no observation, just advice not to drive for 15 mins in case you go faint or dizzy from the needle/fear/that kind of thing.

 

[girasol]

Which is the one where you have to sit down for 15 minutes, directly after having it?

Don't think you have to literally sit down, but my understanding is that some people can have a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine, not just this one, therefore everyone should wait 15minutes before driving or going anywhere, just in case. In reality most people just walk off the clinic and go home. Just like with any medication, severe side effects are rare, but they do happen. I've had enough vaccines/medication to know I'm not allergic to most common medications and I also know I can take a local/general anaesthetic. As always, it's a case of the benefits outweighing the risks.

Also, poll might need updating as the Moderna vaccine will be arriving soon!

 

[LDC]

Don't think you have to literally sit down, but my understanding is that some people can have a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine, not just this one, therefore everyone should wait 15minutes before driving or going anywhere, just in case. In reality most people just walk off the clinic and go home. Just like with any medication, severe side effects are rare, but they do happen. I've had enough vaccines/medication to know I'm not allergic to most common medications and I also know I can take a local/general anaesthetic. As always, it's a case of the benefits outweighing the risks.

Also, poll might need updating as the Moderna vaccine will be arriving soon!

You're wrong, see my above post. For Pfizer after having it you are supposed to be actually observed due to some very rare allergic reactions to a specific ingredient of that vaccine. What you said goes for not driving for 15 mins after the AZ one, a general non-specific reaction to the procedure, like some people go a bit faint from the needle etc.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Had the AZ jab this morning, a slight feeling of nausea in the background, could be a hangover though, or car sickness as Frau Bahn drove. Feel pretty blooming ecstatic to have had it though!

 

[planetgeli]

Had the AZ jab this morning, a slight feeling of nausea in the background, could be a hangover though, or car sickness as Frau Bahn drove. Feel pretty blooming ecstatic to have had it though!

Have you had the vaccine WITH POLL

wow am a bit amazed that over 70% of people who've responded have said yes. Maybe this is one of those increasing rare moments when i get to feel youngish. I'm still in the no camp

www.urban75.net

Change your vote Bahnhof Strasse ta.

 

[two sheds]

Do neighbours count? One of mine (in his 80s) has just had his second AZ jab, no reaction to either of them apart from a bit of a sore arm.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Have you had the vaccine WITH POLL

wow am a bit amazed that over 70% of people who've responded have said yes. Maybe this is one of those increasing rare moments when i get to feel youngish. I'm still in the no camp

www.urban75.net

Change your vote Bahnhof Strasse ta.

My pleasure

 

[felixthecat]

2nd jab Saturday late afternoon, feeling a bit knackered, fluey and headachy today. Taking it easy and paracetamol seem to be the answer.
No side effects at all after the first one.

Was advised I will probably be called back for a booster in September...