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

[Epona]

OH had the Oxford vaccine on Tuesday and was quite unwell all Wednesday - sore arm, fever, muscle pain, nausea, headache, and tinnitus. He seems to have perked up a bit now although is still headachy and a bit off his food. I know he won't have been exaggerating - he's very pro vaccination (in general, not just this one) and wouldn't have made a fuss over nothing. I expect he'll be back to normal soon.

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm now thinking of the AZ as the "boiled cabbage, rugby and regular beatings" virus ...

I'm calling it at 5 days.
I had a nice bath and carried about 15 kilos of groceries 100 yards home.

I learned yesterday that they chose not to program-in the "2P" "scaffolding tweak" that Moderna developed, and Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, and Pfizer also used that stops the spike springing out of shape through not being bolted to a virus body.

Perhaps it means that the immune system has to work on multiple conformations it will never encounter ?

https://cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/vaccines/tiny-tweak-behind-COVID-19/98/i38

 

[editor]

Just had the Oxford one. Feeling a little bit dizzy but alright so far.

 

[2hats]

I learned yesterday that they chose not to program-in the "2P" "scaffolding tweak" that Moderna developed, and Johnson & Johnson, Novavax, and Pfizer also used that stops the spike springing out of shape through not being bolted to a virus body.

Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion thread, post #33722.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Had my first jab at about 3:45. Got AZ.
Only slight arm aches so far. I think. Twinges seem to be spreading slightly.

 

[gentlegreen]

I wonder if local effects are a good omen.
I've barely had any local sensation.


Though I just tapped the area gently and I could feel it for a few seconds ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Coronavirus in the UK - news, lockdown and discussion thread, post #33722.

So is that true ?
I'm imagining it spitting out a load of abstract art and my bored immune system thinking the toys had arrived

 

[StoneRoad]

Think I'll call it quits with the jab's after-effects from tonight.

I feel back to what I laughingly call normal.

 

[Brainaddict]

Rather weird seeing Germany get in a tizzy about the AZ vaccine. On the one hand AZ did seriously fuck up their PR by announcing lots of different figures for its efficacy. On the other, it took stupid nationalism to turn that failure into a crisis.

 

[gentlegreen]

Think I'll call it quits with the jab's after-effects from tonight.

I feel back to what I laughingly call normal.

I actually almost felt a bounce in my step today after my bath - quite often the case with real live viruses in the past

 

[8ball]

I'd call my side effects minor, but it's nice that I had this one (and am booked in for the second) on a Saturday, so have the day after off.
Would advise anyone having it to have something worth binge-watching lined up if they are similarly lucky.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Had my first jab at about 3:45. Got AZ.
Only slight arm aches so far. I think. Twinges seem to be spreading slightly.

Been a good few hours now. arm maybe a tiny bit sore but thats it as far as I can tell. Will update tomorrow.

 

[scifisam]

My heart rate still hasn't recovered properly - still in the 90s (usually it's in the 60s; despite everything; my general level of fitness is reasonably good). I do have superventricular tachycardia, or rather, I did until it was operated on a few years ago and significantly improved. Now it really feels like it's come back. That can happen sometimes with that condition - viruses themselves can do it, but it didn't happen after I had covid.

(I have a pulse oxymeter).

I'll make a phone appt with my GP tomorrow to discuss it.

My GF had the same jab yesterday and has been utterly exhausted, but otherwise OK.

 

[editor]

So here's my update, 12 hours on. I've got a sore throat, a fair few body aches and I feel knackered. So I'm going to bed.

 

[8ball]

My heart rate still hasn't recovered properly - still in the 90s (usually it's in the 60s; despite everything; my general level of fitness is reasonably good). I do have superventricular tachycardia, or rather, I did until it was operated on a few years ago and significantly improved. Now it really feels like it's come back. That can happen sometimes with that condition - viruses themselves can do it, but it didn't happen after I had covid.

(I have a pulse oxymeter).

I'll make a phone appt with my GP tomorrow to discuss it.

My GF had the same jab yesterday and has been utterly exhausted, but otherwise OK.

My heart has been a bit weird all week (I also have SVT's among other things). I'd put it down to them switching on the LV lead on my CRT-P last week, but I guess maybe the vaccine might be be involved.

 

[scifisam]

My heart has been a bit weird all week (I also have SVT's among other things). I'd put it down to them switching on the LV lead on my CRT-P last week, but I guess maybe the vaccine might be be involved.

Mine is definitely related to the jab - went to 128 on the day, and has gradually got down to the 90s. So either it's SVT or something else has happened. I didn't become that much less fit overnight.

 

[editor]

Man oh man this is tough. I'm really aching all over and have had horrible bouts of shivering all night. It feels pretty much like flu, it's that bad.

 

[Badgers]

12 hours in (Pfizer) and just a slightly sore upper arm. Slept like a log last night for the first time in a while. Was warned fatigue was a possible side effect but feeling okay this morning.

 

[Epona]

Man oh man this is tough. I'm really aching all over and have had horrible bouts of shivering all night. It feels pretty much like flu, it's that bad.

That sounds very much what OH was like, his lasted for around 36 hours so hopefully you'll be feeling much improved soon - best wishes to you!

(EDIT: I hope that no-one is going to be put off having the vaccination due to the side effects that some folks are having - I certainly will still get vaccinated when I am invited to do so - I'll just make sure I have nothing to do for the following couple of days just in case, and some paracetamol and soup to hand)

 

[scifisam]

That sounds very much what OH was like, his lasted for around 36 hours so hopefully you'll be feeling much improved soon - best wishes to you!

(EDIT: I hope that no-one is going to be put off having the vaccination due to the side effects that some folks are having - I certainly will still get vaccinated when I am invited to do so - I'll just make sure I have nothing to do for the following couple of days just in case, and some paracetamol and soup to hand)

Yep. I was a bit unsure about being honest about having side effects, but the reality is that I had a bad reaction and would still recommend getting the jab. Let's get this fucking thing done.

 

[gentlegreen]

Man oh man this is tough. I'm really aching all over and have had horrible bouts of shivering all night. It feels pretty much like flu, it's that bad.

Having been through it myself, my best advice is to know it will end, and to take it easy tapering back to activity.
How do you respond generally to viruses ? " all or nothing" ?

 

[ricbake]

Had the AZ on Monday morning, at the GPs very quick, easy and well managed. Sore arm for 36 hours, very slight cold symptoms and a clamp like ache at the back of my skull and neck Tuesday morning. Paracetamol helped, fine now, I was pleased to have some effects. Helps convince me it is doing something!

 

[gentlegreen]

French heath minister advising people pre-emptively dose with paracetomol if they get the AZ- which seems very bad advice - given that fever is an important feature of the immune system - at least initially.

As per usual I held out until my head was hurting too much to bear - by which time it had probably done its thing and was then in overshoot - given no active propagation and a very localised infection.

At least once when I deliberately sat up at my desk (for too long )in a cold room in just a tee shirt my body seemed to force me back to my electric blanket because it was determined to carry on with the fever and I paid for that.
Best not too fight it too hard.

 

[gentlegreen]

Yep. I was a bit unsure about being honest about having side effects, but the reality is that I had a bad reaction and would still recommend getting the jab. Let's get this fucking thing done.

Me too. luckily no underlying issues like you.
It was the surprise that it was so exactly like an actual live dose of flu that caught me out.
It surely at least means we got a good, lasting response.

 

[scifisam]

Me too. luckily no underlying issues like you.
It was the surprise that it was so exactly like an actual live dose of flu that caught me out.
It surely at least means we got a good, lasting resonse.

Agreed. It really was like all the covid symptoms all over and done with in one night! Well, except for my heart being off still - the rest was basically disease on fast-forward.

Glad you're feeling better!

 

[gentlegreen]

FTR even though I felt much better yesterday, I didn't push it - went to bed early - and later on still had to pop half a co-codamol for a headache and later on a paracetomol and ibuprofen when it persisted ... but I probably still have chronic mild sinusitis - which complicates things a bit.

 

[8ball]

French heath minister advising people pre-emptively dose with paracetomol if they get the AZ- which seems very bad advice - given that fever is an important feature of the immune system - at least initially.

I don't think anyone knows whether it could affect a vaccine response. Medical scientists are still arguing over whether fever is adaptive at all (though I've read of some studies that point in this direction).

Just to check, since your response earlier was a little ambiguous, but you have reported this, haven't you?

 

[gentlegreen]

I don't think anyone knows whether it could affect a vaccine response. Medical scientists are still arguing over whether fever is adaptive at all (though I've read of some studies that point in this direction).

Just to check, since your response earlier was a little ambiguous, but you have reported this, haven't you?

No point so far as I can tell.

 

[8ball]

No point so far as I can tell.

I know they are eager to gather information on side effects, or at least they were until pretty recently.
This is from 2 weeks ago:

Reporting suspected COVID-19 vaccine side effects, and potential product defects or counterfeit products

Advice on reporting suspected side effects to COVID-19 vaccines. Also correct mechanisms for reporting suspected defective products and counterfeit products.

www.sps.nhs.uk

 

[two sheds]

Yes I'd say report it too. They'll want to reduce side effects of the vaccines so they need to know all they can about them and how many people get them. You're a valuable bit of data gg