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

[platinumsage]

Nice summary here of the various factors that influence people's reaction to a vaccine:

The how’s and what’s of vaccine reactogenicity - npj Vaccines

Reactogenicity represents the physical manifestation of the inflammatory response to vaccination, and can include injection-site pain, redness, swelling or induration at the injection site, as well as systemic symptoms, such as fever, myalgia, or headache. The experience of symptoms following...

www.nature.com

 

[gentlegreen]

I just tried twice to navigate the yellow card reporting form and it dumped me out - I wonder if it was written by Dido Harding herself ...

 

[editor]

That was a rough night. Still feeling bloody awful - minor headache, hefty body aches everywhere - so I'm scuttling off back to bed.

 

[gentlegreen]

I just learned that the French consider a BMI over 30 as being as important as diabetes and the usual other health issues in terms of vaccination priority !

 

[gentlegreen]

That was a rough night. Still feeling bloody awful - minor headache, hefty body aches everywhere - so I'm scuttling off back to bed.

Best thing to do.
Even when you feel OK to sit up at the PC for coffee, best make it only brief and go back to bed before the shivers start.

 

[8ball]

That was a rough night. Still feeling bloody awful - minor headache, hefty body aches everywhere - so I'm scuttling off back to bed.

That's shitty. If you're not sorted in 24 hours maybe you'd be best reporting it too.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

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

Ok, so I felt kinda cold last night (had to use my second duvet) but that may have been due to me having the window open again. I woke up today with a fairly sore shoulder. Nothing killer but kinda bruised. Almost like if you got smacked hard in the arm but it was a few days ago. A much bigger ouch when i tried to lift my arm above shoulder level. Now have slight ache in the shoulder. Bit like slightly pulled muscle. It is spreading down my arm a bit as I type.
Noting seriously painful. More like just overdoing it at the gym a day or so ago.

I am maybe more sleepy than usual but I always have a fucked up sleep pattern so that might just be background me-ness.

 

[gentlegreen]

There's definitely a recovery phase too...
I had my bike up on the stand to give in a good sorting in preparation for a possible gentle ride, and even that was tiring - it will be an old man womble around the park instead - perhaps with a sit down...
Tomorrow and Sunday look similar, weather-wise, so maybe then - though the local path will likely be rammed ...

 

[elbows]

I just learned that the French consider a BMI over 30 as being as important as diabetes and the usual other health issues in terms of vaccination priority !

As they should, given that weight is clearly a factor with this virus and severity of disease.

The UKs vaccine priorities are a bit more vague about that but I'm sure some GPs are factoring it in, and the following sort of thing sometimes gets mentioned in UK vaccine articles:

And it strongly advises some particular groups to take up a vaccine as soon as it is offered. They are:

• men
• people from black, Asian and minority ethnic communities
• people with a BMI over 30
• people living in poorer neighbourhoods

Age not job prioritised in second phase of Covid jab rollout

Over-40s will be first in line from mid-April after the top nine priority groups receive one dose.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[gentlegreen]

As they should, given that weight is clearly a factor with this virus and severity of disease.

The UKs vaccine priorities are a bit more vague about that but I'm sure some GPs are factoring it in, and the following sort of thing sometimes gets mentioned in UK vaccine articles:

Difficult to "police" though - given how infrequently most people get weighed by their GPs - so doubtless they would have other health factors like diabetes ?

I was out doing regular 40 mile cycle rides at a BMI up to 34 ...

 

[editor]

I'm still a big blob of achiness so need to take something. What's best to take? Paracetamol or ibuprofen?

 

[gentlegreen]

I'm still a big blob of achiness so need to take something. What's best to take? Paracetamol or ibuprofen?

I usually start with soluble cocodamol which I keep for sinusitis and is aimed at the pain rather than the fever, but mostly it was double paracetomol - not least because they're cheap and because it's a pain to extract cocodamol from the local Chemist's.

 

[planetgeli]

I'm still a big blob of achiness so need to take something. What's best to take? Paracetamol or ibuprofen?

Both are ok. It's suggested you start with paracetamol because it has less side-effects than ibuprofen.

 

[StoneRoad]

I was alternating paracetamol and ibuprofen during my worst spell, and spent some extra hours resting / kipping. This was most of a day or so, starting a couple of days after the jab. After that day, I was more tired than anything else.

 

[2hats]

I'm still a big blob of achiness so need to take something. What's best to take? Paracetamol or ibuprofen?

When it's my turn, if I need to deal with any aches and pains I would choose paracetamol over NSAIDs, at the very least for this reason. Though more likely I would take nothing.

 

[gentlegreen]

I only use Ibuprofen when I'm fairly sure it's me sinuses ..
It was a revelation after I'd had sinusitis that even maximum codeine couldn't fix.

 

[8ball]

When it's my turn, if I need to deal with any aches and pains I would choose paracetamol over NSAIDs, at the very least for this reason. Though more likely I would take nothing.

This.

I kind of doubt it's a major thing in terms of the vaccination (based on not very much tbh), but best not risk dampening your immunity.
And editor please remember to report it.

 

[gentlegreen]

And please remember to report it.

If he successfuly navigates the appalling webform, maybe I'll make a third attempt

 

[circleline]

Daughter had 2nd Pfizer jab yesterday. Apart from dead arm (again) no ill-effects whatsoever, so far..

 

[editor]

When it's my turn, if I need to deal with any aches and pains I would choose paracetamol over NSAIDs, at the very least for this reason. Though more likely I would take nothing.

I've stuck with taking nothing all day but so far I'm in some distress and need a break, so I may crack soon unless things improve. It's not been a good day thus far!

 

[editor]

Happy to report I feel a lot better today. Yesterday was like a full day with the flu.

I'm going to change the thread title as I think it deserves something a bit more sensible. Hope people don't mind.

 

[gentlegreen]

Take it easy though though - especially to keep warm - the chills crept up on me on day 3 ... I learned to knock it off late morning and go back to bed ...

I still had a humdinger of a headache last night in bed though I feel OK so far today ...
It is now almost exactly 7 days since my jab.
It's been VERY sluggish in the bathroom department all week....

 

[starfish]

My sister has had the Pfizer jag & just a bit of a sore arm, BiL had AZ & had full aches & shivers for 36 hours.

 

[planetgeli]

Happy to report I feel a lot better today. Yesterday was like a full day with the flu.

I'm going to change the thread title as I think it deserves something a bit more sensible. Hope people don't mind.

I liked the title and with 250+ replies I don't think it had stopped anyone replying or getting a jab. God forbid we can have light-heartedness in a shit time. But meh, your site, do what you want. Glad you're feeling better.

 

[May Kasahara]

I had the Pfizer.

Had it first thing in the morning, very achy arm by the end of the day. The following day was just like when I had Covid: terrible aches all over, shivers, intermittent temp, generally felt shite. Went to bed early and sweated/shivered through the night.

Was fine the next day, just very tired, but the day after that I had the same kind of deep depression reaction that I usually have to sedation which wasn't nice. All cleared up by the weekend though.

 

[prunus]

Take it easy though though - especially to keep warm - the chills crept up on me on day 3 ... I learned to knock it off late morning and go back to bed ...

I still had a humdinger of a headache last night in bed though I feel OK so far today ...
It is now almost exactly 7 days since my jab.
It's been VERY sluggish in the bathroom department all week....

At some point, given the severity and in particular duration of your symptoms, I think the likelihood tips over in favour of you having caught an actual virus which is causing symptoms possibly overlapping with some vaccine side-effects, rather than suffering extreme right-tail probability side effects. Not that it makes much difference in practical terms, but it might in terms of how you think about it.

 

[Treacle Toes]

4 days on, nothing more than a slightly tender arm at jab site (probs inside bruising). Sorry for those suffering.

 

[gentlegreen]

At some point, given the severity and in particular duration of your symptoms, I think the likelihood tips over in favour of you having caught an actual virus which is causing symptoms possibly overlapping with some vaccine side-effects, rather than suffering extreme right-tail probability side effects. Not that it makes much difference in practical terms, but it might in terms of how you think about it.

But how would I catch a virus given I only step out of my house to go shopping - or a walk in a windy park where I walk on the mud to avoid others ?
I can remember the last one - November 2019 when a postgrad biology student sneezed directly at me while I was fixing a PC.

I do have underlying chronic sinusitis - but very mild - though I did notice I had a teeny bit of labyrinthitis the past few days that I hadn't had before.
I was hoping this might chase it out ...
Usually my sinus headaches are milder with every few years a crippling attack or two.

Maybe it's only sinusitis now ... but I'm as weak as hell - I may try a short bike ride later ...

 

[William of Walworth]

gentlegreen : ALL of the above strongly points to you needing to phone your GP!

 

[prunus]

But how would I catch a virus given I only step out of my house to go shopping - or a walk in a windy park where I walk on the mud to avoid others ?
I can remember the last one - November 2019 when a postgrad biology student sneezed directly at me while I was fixing a PC.

I do have underlying chronic sinusitis - but very mild - though I did notice I had a teeny bit of labyrinthitis the past few days that I hadn't had before.
I was hoping this might chase it out ...
Usually my sinus headaches are milder with every few years a crippling attack or two.

Maybe it's only sinusitis now ... but I'm as weak as hell - I may try a short bike ride later ...

Presumably, unfortunate though it may seem, at your vaccination venue. The vaccine could have given you the standard 48 hours of side effects, with some other kind of respiratory (probably) virus kicking in after a fairly standard 48 to 72 hour incubation. I think you said as well your symptoms changed qualitatively on day 3? Anyway - all only speculation of course.