Yellow fever vaccine your cheerful tales of it being fine please

[bimble]

Booked in for this on Tuesday, required for where I’m going later in the year, and someone just told me I need to cancel any plans for days after as I’ll be sick, tell me it will be fine please?

 

[Orang Utan]

I wasn't sick at all. Just the usual relatively painless injection
The only vaccine I had that made me feel really ill was the typhoid vaccine - was fluey for a few days and it must have been a big needle as it hurt for ages too - had my arm in a sling for a couple of days!

 

[dessiato]

I've had it, although not recently, with no ill effects at all. Don't worry about it.

 

[LDC]

Had it, was fine. Don't listen to them.

 

[bellaozzydog]

No issues with my anecdotal exposures to it.

Is it your first one? If not there has been a change in international Policy regarding need for boosters I.e no booster required at 10 year point of first jab IYSWIM

 

[Sue]

You're okay with getting live vaccines, bimble?

 

[bimble]

You're okay with getting live vaccines, bimble?

I don’t really understand the question, is it a medical one?

 

[bimble]

No issues with my anecdotal exposures to it.

Is it your first one? If not there has been a change in international Policy regarding need for boosters I.e no booster required at 10 year point of first jab IYSWIM

Yep it seems to be my first one, I thought I’d had it once but looks like nope.

 

[bimble]

Feel a lot better now. One scary anecdote and 4 reassuring ones means than I’m 80% likely to be fine. Science.

 

[Sue]

I don’t really understand the question, is it a medical one?

Yes. More info here:

Yellow fever - Vaccination

Find out about the yellow fever vaccine, including who should have it, where to get it, how much it costs, and what side effects it can cause.

www.nhs.uk

Eta Only mentioning it because I was refused one a few years ago at the vaccination clinic on medical grounds. I'd no idea it would be a problem beforehand.

 

[bcuster]

I had it in the Navy. I was younger then, but it didn't seem to be that bad.

 

[bimble]

Yes. More info here:

Yellow fever - Vaccination

Find out about the yellow fever vaccine, including who should have it, where to get it, how much it costs, and what side effects it can cause.

www.nhs.uk

Well, I think I’m ‘ok with having a live vaccine’. I’m not any of the kinds of people listed there who should not have it.

 

[bimble]

Might get a comfort food shop in just in case.

 

[bellaozzydog]

I had it in the Navy. I was younger then, but it didn't seem to be that bad.

I’m sorry you were in the navy

 

[JimW]

Had it too with no noticeable after effects other than never getting yellow fever.

 

[bcuster]

I’m sorry you were in the navy

Somebody had to be...

 

[WouldBe]

I had it as part of the gulf war vaccine. No problems that I recall.

 

[blairsh]

Had it about 15years ago, it had no negative impact on my life.

 

[Plumdaff]

I'm another person who had no ill effects.

 

[Boudicca]

I've had it but it was a very long time ago and I can't remember if it affected me or not. But if it had been bad, I guess I would have remembered.

 

[bimble]

Thread has really helped. Good example of when making a stupid thread on here is much better than doing a google.

 

[Sasaferrato]

I've had three, no problem at all.

 

[LDC]

The day after I had mine I won the lottery, pulled someone really hot, and then was offered my dream job.

HTH bimble

 

[Orang Utan]

Have you checked foreign office/Travel Health Pro travel advice for Ghana recently, bimble ? You might want to avoid the Ashanti region

 

[bimble]

Foreign office page was a very depressing read, unsurprisingly. Possibly the most unhelpful bit of advice I’ve ever seen on a government website : “do not give cash to the police”.

 

[prunus]

Had it along with a slew of others for a trip to west Africa (that sadly never happened ) - don’t recall any specific issues other than two sore arms for a day or two - almost as if someone had been stabbing them with metal spikes…

 

[planetgeli]

Had it a few years ago. Was fine. Apart from the 70 quid. How much is it now?

 

[Steel Icarus]

Had it too with no noticeable after effects other than never getting yellow fever.

Tbf I've never had Yellow Fever despite never having been vaccinated for it.

You'll be fine bimble, it has to be better than what it's protecting you against innit

 

[bimble]

Had it a few years ago. Was fine. Apart from the 70 quid. How much is it now?

75

 

[Idris2002]

It's over a decade since I had mine (probably due a booster at this point). I recall no adverse effects whatsoever.