So I got my Covid, Flu, and second shingles vaccine shots yesterday. Having a very strong crappy response (light headed, body aches, no energy, significant back pain, headaches. etc) to the vaccines. Anybody else have a severe response to vaccines this year? Not sure the flu/covid would be any worse really.


HH =)

I've heard the shingles vac can be rough. Someone in my family just had shingles, and it was really bad. Hopefully your vac will be worth it.

I haven't heard a lot of complaints about the other two vacs yet.
Get all the rest you can!

Second shingles dose gets a lot of people.

I reacted to it too. Woke up feverish with the chills. Better than shingles which I've also had.

That's quite a lot of vaccines all in one day. The COVID vaccine, especially the Moderna brand, does indeed result in temporary flu-like symptoms for many people. That is the most likely culprit.

slskipper Wrote:
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> That's quite a lot of vaccines all in one day. The
> COVID vaccine, especially the Moderna brand, does
> indeed result in temporary flu-like symptoms for
> many people. That is the most likely culprit.

Agreed. I had just the Moderna and the flu vaccines Saturday and was pretty much out of it all day Sunday. Fortunately, by Monday, I was (mostly) back to normal, and I'm *very* glad I did it, especially with that eugenics supporter now running the Department of Health...

My understanding is that one of the Moderna versions is using a newer kind of technology. Less of a dose.

I've had significant reactions to all my doses of the Moderna Covid vaccine. I will switch to the Pfizer this time around.

I had no reaction to flu and covid vaccines, but I did with shingles. Had a fever, aches, flu like sympoms for about 36 hours from both shots. Not fun but it didn't last too long.

I got the Covid & flu vaccines together last year. Very mild ouchie arm after. That's worth it to me to avoid the infections. I would do shingles vax separately if I were getting it.

Hope the after effects wear off quickly for you. But at least now you will have some protection against those unpleasant maladies.

I've had all the vaccines. No problems at all.

My wife and I both had some effects from the 2nd shingles. COVID and flu, nothing

When I used to get the flu vaccine, I used to feel sick but was gaslit and told I was imagining it. Now I don't get it, I don't get the reaction and I haven't had serious flu for at least eight years. These things should be down to personal choice. We saw the ugly side a few years ago.

There are people who can’t be vaccinated or have a poor immune response to vaccines, like the elderly. A bit of temporary discomfort for you contributes to the herd immunity that protects the most vulnerable. Your “personal choice” leaves them open to diseases that can kill them.

If you think it was ugly a few years ago, things will get uglier with the proposed revised vaccine schedules, and lower vaccine uptake. More illness, hospitalizations, and deaths. More deafness, blindness, and brain damage for children. The list goes on.

My migrant/immigrant students come from poor countries with inadequate medical care. Many problems in utero, in infancy and childhood can be traced back to inadequate medical care including lack of vaccines. I've sat in IEP meetings where we can trace back the child's developmental issue to a previous lack of medical care. It can cause issues that will follow a child for his or her entire life. It can literally be crippling.

If a student is emotionally crippled, can you just treat them like they are LDS?

Serious flu? So what kind of flu are you talking about.

Yes, some types of flu are more serious than others.

But even the common seasonal types are more serious for some people than others.

I had a reaction like you're describing to the Shingles vaccine.
I got it solely alone, and not with any other vaccination.

I just got my Covid and Flu vaccinations 1 week ago today. Had the usual top part of my arm sore for 2 days, and that was the end of it.

So, that would make me guess your reaction is to the Shingles vaccine. I usually don't get more than 1 vaccine at a time, since I want to know for certain what my reaction is to, if I should have a reaction.

I get a flu shot every year, and I’ve never had a noticeable reaction. Same for Covid.

Shingles? That was a whole other story. Both doses gave me very unpleasant flu like symptoms for a few days.

Thank you for responding everyone. My wife got just a flu and Covid shot at the same time I did. She has some body aches and sore throat. So I think I got a double whammy with the shingles and the others.

Just sleeping like crazy and taking ibuprofen. I feel so much better than I did last night.

HH =)

Glad to hear you're starting to perk up a bit.

It sounds like it was rough. Sorry about that.

But I still think it's better than taking a chance with getting the infections which can cause significant symptoms, as we know.

It is worth keeping a note for yourself and perhaps sharing it with your MD at some point re the vaxxes you rec'd, the dates, and the side effects you've experienced. Maybe they may think about doing them separately should you need/want them again.

On the cheery side, hopefully you're likely now safe from contracting the infections themselves.

Feel better!

I got the flu and covid shots on the same day. No problem. The 2nd shingles shot, a week later, made tired and a bit sore. It only lasted a day or so. It is better than getting shingles.

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sore arm for both flu and covid vaccines but nothing worse, thank goodness. I'm jut glad I was able to get them, without a prescription and have them covered by my medicare plan.

Shingle shots were zero reaction, but I actually had shingles at age 35. The younger you have it, the milder it is, so I hear.

Flu shots leave me feeling a little blah for a day. All my covid shots gave me mild/medium covid symptoms for a day, including an hour of fever and chills. Not much fun, but actual covid is worse, both more severe and longer lasting. I skipped one booster and got covid at the ten month mark. Google razor sore throat.



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I just got a flu and covid (Pfizer). So far I don't feel anything. I barely even felt the injections.

I was going to use these vaccines as an excuse to sit around and read all day tomorrow. We'll see.

I wanted to die after my second shingles shot. I’ve never reacted that badly to a vaccine. Covid, flu, RSV, pneumonia almost no reactions.

Eek.

I've never had one. You guys are ensuring I won't be asking for it any time soon!

Trouble is you really don’t want a shingles attack. It’s not a feel sick for a week, then it goes away type of illness.

Very. Good. Point.

OK, I'll think about it.

Shingles left scars on my face.

Ordeal lasted a month.

Definitely get vaccinated.

OK thanks.

I've had shingles. You don't want to get shingles. Trust me on this.

My second initial Covid vaccine felt that way to me. I was so weak and dizzy that I laid down on the floor so as not to pass out. I contemplated calling for an ambulance, but decided to give myself ten minutes. It was the Moderna vaccine. My family members have always gotten the Pfizer vaccine and had no problems with it. I will be switching to the Pfizer vaccine this fall. I think the Moderna is too strong for me.



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I have always thought that vaccinating for whatever has an available vaccine is a good idea. I haven't always had the discipline to follow through every time, on time, but I do get them all.

That being said, I have had plenty of experience with vaccines and inoculations with varying instances of minor discomfort.

The list includes all of the ones a kid in the early '70s would get for school (MMR, Polio, DPT,...etc.), the third world missionary ones (Typhoid comes to mind.), the old guy ones (like Shingles) and the recurring Flu and COVID ones.

None caused a reaction severe enough to make me rethink the decision to get them. Only a couple were bad enough that I would even be careful about when I scheduled them (Friday evenings). Those were Typhoid (aches and exhaustion), Shingrix second dose (Exhaustion and a sore enough arm that I wanted to baby it), and one of the early COVID doses that I can't specifically remember (just wanted to sleep). i i

I got both this year without any problems.

Yes, to Covid I think. Arm really sore and felt a bit punky the day after. Temp grade temp. Also had flu with it, but doubt immune system was reacting to that.


Shingles will be later this year.

I had shingles the illness several years ago, seems like more than 5. It shifted from one side to the other and it lasted almost 9 months. I was on pain pills and gabapentin, which is for nerves. I am still on gabapentin for postherpetic neuralgia (from the shingles) and for my neuropathy in my feet from diabetes.

I don't get the flu shot and I don't get any COVID shots anymore. I had COVID. Haven't had the flu in I can't remember how long. It was back when my kids were in school and brought everything home to me. They graduated in 2004. And my system was a mess from the ____ I went through the years after my husband left and I was a single mom working two jobs. He didn't help me in any way. I didn't get child support as I didn't divorce him and with what I've seen with my brother, nephew, and the courts and child support, and my niece's daughter's child and fighting her loser sperm donor in court--I was smart not to get divorced and I get half his pension.

BUT we get along now just fine as friends or whatever we are. I'm certainly not interested in him and he isn't interested in me except it will kill him if I die first. He about lost his mind over my first boyfriend. It was quite hilarious to watch.

BUT I got all the vaccinations I needed as a kid. My kids got everything. I don't get sick that often in terms of stuff like you guys mentioned. Did get osteomyelitis as I walk around all the time without shoes including in the snow and I got sores on my feet. Lost part of a big toe. And I'm fine. I am diabetic and I use very little insulin as my numbers are so low.

Oh well. I'm sorry you have had trouble with the shingles especially. One of my bosses told me not to get it because she got really sick from it. I got really sick from the real shingles.

Having had COVID one year likely doesn't protect you from the following year's virus as it keeps morphing.

Most often, the medics advise us to get a COVID vax every year. I believe they know what the best advice is.

I usually have reactions to COVID vaccines, and had reactions to the Shingles vaccines as well. Flu shots don't bother me, but I've never needed the high-dosage flu shot. In general, a moderate reaction indicates that your body is responding as it should to the vaccine.

> In general, a moderate
> reaction indicates that your body is responding as
> it should to the vaccine.

I believe that is what happens with the second Shingles dose. The first one introduces the virus to the immune system, and the second provokes a strong immunological response such that any subsequent appearance of the live virus is immediately suppressed.



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Happy_Heretic Wrote:
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> So I got my Covid, Flu, and second shingles
> vaccine shots yesterday. Having a very strong
> crappy response (light headed, body aches, no
> energy, significant back pain, headaches. etc) to
> the vaccines. Anybody else have a severe response
> to vaccines this year? Not sure the flu/covid
> would be any worse really.
>
>
> HH =)


When I got my shingles shots, they were horrible! Very dramatic, I was very sick. It was a few years ago though.

This month I'm going to get Covid and Flu. To me, they are ok. I won't be able to play basketball that day, but rest a day or two and I should be fine.

Remember to take Ibuprofen right after the shot(s), esp. Covid.

Thanks everyone. My symptoms were horrible the first day, and mild the second. By day three I was back to normal. I had no reaction to the first shingles shot, and have never had any reaction to flu/covid vaccines before. So this was new to me. I tend to have a pretty great immune system. I rarely get sick. Good thing... I am clearly a man-baby when I do.


HH =)

If you are experiencing "horrible" symptoms there's no man-babyness involved. You're permitted to share the details with no judgement from anyone. It certainly doesn't sound pleasant but, as they say, it beats the alternative which may (likely) be much worse misery with contracting the illness.

Yay for having a great immune system but even so, vaccines are a safeguard against serious outcomes if these pestilences attack you.

Glad you're back to a good normal.

Thanks Nightingale. =)

HH =)

Sweetie and I both have MS (central nervous system disease), and have to be extra careful regarding vaccines. Recently we got flu shots one week and Pfizer covid shots two weeks later. A bit of discomfort the day after, but much better than getting the virus. One year, we got both shots in one go and it was not good. Sweetie had to have the good looking young men in the red vehicle come and take him to the hospital.

Wow, you're dealing with huge challenges. Your plan of action sounds most reasonable.

Re the red vehicle: Yeah, the attendants are often a bonus but the reason for encountering them not so much.

Take care, both.

Had a reaction to the covid shot 2 years ago. Low grade fever for 24 hours. Our XXXprovincial government wants to charge $110 for the covid shot which will no longer be available at pharmacy's. I Marseille qualify for the free shot because of my age...but it pisses me off.



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Four years going, and never had a problem with a side effect from a Covid shot or booster.


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Not something to be proud of, caffiend.