Varicella vaccines are known to be a bit more reactogenic, but at least you are protected.

I reacted so badly to the flu shot that my doc told me not to get another one over 20 years ago. Finally got convinced last year that they've changed a lot over the years, so I tried again and got another bad reaction. Once again, doc told me to skip it.

Covid was no biggie, which is surprising. Nothing with TDAP either.

I do want to get the pneumonia vax after a month or two. I'll see what my doc has to say about that.

My body is strange and didn't read the book, I guess.

Yep, glad to be protected. I'll just hang out here or take some naps.

Fever, chills, nausea and a horrible headache. Awake all night in misery, but I knew it wouldn’t last! Headache lasted the full 24, but when it passed, I felt great quite quickly.

Knowing it would end was a comfort. I hope you feel better fast.

It’s better than getting shingles, for sure.

I feel pretty rotten, but no fever, chill, or nausea. I'm glad you felt better quickly.

Yep, better than getting shingles, and I've waited a long time for the OK from my doc.

But I was warned that this might be different. So not much surprise.

last Thursday and was told to expect a stronger response than the first one. He was certainly correct. I felt okay the day I got the shot last week, then Friday night I hurt all over, then next couple nights had night sweats so bad I had to wash the sheets twice. Also had nausea as well as being extremely tired. I finally looked up side effects of shot and found all my symptoms listed. This is the first day I have felt normal. My arm was barely sore though😊.

Yikes! I'm glad you're doing better.

I'm mostly sore all over and very tired and have a headache. I'm thirsty and am drinking plenty of water. Right now, I'm having some watermelon, which really seems to be doing the trick.

Brave of you to look up the side effects. I usually don't want to know.

up until after several days of not feeling well. I don’t know if it matters, but I take medication that suppresses my immune system and am a small woman. Have no clue if it effected my reaction. Never had this type reaction with any Covid vaccines I got.

I don't take medicine, but am also a small woman.

This is definitely worse than any Covid vax for me.

…within 24-48 hours.

Guess I'll go for 48. I do feel like I could sleep a little, so that's an improvement.

longer than 24 hours, and I was tired for a few days after that. But it's totally worth it.

Which one did you get? I had Pfizer 5 times.

You are right, it's totally worth it. I have been waiting for almost a year to be able to do this. Doc didn't want me to do it while I was getting all those Covid vaccines.

I hope you get over it quickly.

Yep, it's sort of bad. But I feel protected now and am glad I did it. Might need another 24 hours though.

My dad had the old vaccination but won’t get the new one because he said Medicare doesn’t pay for it.

We are both on a Medicare Advantage plan. From what I've read, it's free if you have Medicare Advantage or Part D. Looks like something changed in 2023. Might want to just call the pharmacy. They'd know.

good enough that you might have gotten back to sleep after an hour of kitty vids or whatever.

My worst one was the pneumonia shot when I was just getting over the third pneumonia that year. Proximity to illness or prior vaccination can make a difference since your immune system overreacts to something it sees as reinfection with a bug it just disposed of.