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Booster Update Feeling Pretty Rough Is This Normal Or Covid?
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Yesterday morning I went to my local vaccination centre to get my flu jab and my covid19 booster after having had a letter inviting me. I was asked what was my dominant arm, which was my right. So the nurse put the flu and Pfizer jab in my left arm. Flu jab never felt a thing. Pfizer flipping painful and I sat down for recovery for 15 minutes. No issues. Yesterday afternoon very nauseous and tired but slept very well. Got up this morning felt great went to my voluntary job for 5 hours had s great day felt fine. Came home shaky as anything, shivers hot and cold sweats, high temperature 39.1. I had no reaction like this to the other 2 Pfizer jabs or last years flu jab. I did read the leaflet saying you could feel rubbish for a couple of days after or you could have got Covid without knowing before the vaccine. Even as a pessimist I don't think it's the latter !! So is this a normal response to a vaccine and am I right in thinking it's working?
Yesterday morning I went to my local vaccination centre to get my flu jab and my covid19 booster after having had a letter inviting me. I was asked what was my dominant arm, which was my right. So the nurse put the flu and Pfizer jab in my left arm. Flu jab never felt a thing. Pfizer flipping painful and I sat down for recovery for 15 minutes. No issues. Yesterday afternoon very nauseous and tired but slept very well. Got up this morning felt great went to my voluntary job for 5 hours had s great day felt fine. Came home shaky as anything, shivers hot and cold sweats, high temperature 39.1. I had no reaction like this to the other 2 Pfizer jabs or last years flu jab. I did read the leaflet saying you could feel rubbish for a couple of days after or you could have got Covid without knowing before the vaccine. Even as a pessimist I don't think it's the latter !! So is this a normal response to a vaccine and am I right in thinking it's working?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I suffered the same side effects. I was fine until I went to bed then I couldn't stop shaking. I went to the bathroom in the night and couldn't balance having to hold onto the furniture. Next morning my husband said my face was red and blotchy. Obviously suffering from side effects and feeling rough, I went back to bed sleeping most of the day and night and when I got up the day after that, I was fine.
Agree with Tilly, stop fretting. The chance of it being an actual infection are probably about 1%. Everybody has reacted differently to these vaccines from nothing to severe, from both to neither, from 1st to 2nd and vice-versa.
Pre-covid there were loads of threads about the flu jab too -those who said they'd never had a reaction to those who said it always made them feel rough.
Try not to worry, most of us are in the same boat.
Pre-covid there were loads of threads about the flu jab too -those who said they'd never had a reaction to those who said it always made them feel rough.
Try not to worry, most of us are in the same boat.
Geordie, ... we had ours two weeks ago. I have had the flu jab for many years now, pneumonia jab, and both covid jabs without a bother. After this booster I was OK for 2 days, apart from the usual dead arm. But 3 days after felt like ***. Like having a cold without sneezes . Headache, lethargy, tired, and psychodelic dreams that only my 60s self could enjoy. Now bob on and OK again. Better still I may have some immunity from the bleeding thing.
I thought that having your flu and booster was not recommended.Indeed when I had mine on Wednesday I was asked if I had had a vaccination in the previous fortnight.Then asked if, when I had first two AZ Covid jabs I had a reaction.I said I had a bit of one for 24 hours with first one and that as booster was Pfizer might happen again as something new entering system same might happen again. In practice had slightly sore and heavy arm but fine now.
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