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Showing Original Post only (View all)It's day two after my second Moderna shot. Here's what it's been like. (Spoiler: not that bad!) [View all]
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The first shot was no problem except a little soreness in the arm, until day 5 post-shot when a large bump (about 3" long, 2" wide and about 1/4" raised) showed up at the injection site. It was hot and itchy. It lasted till day 10 and then went away. Weirdly, it puffed up my polio scar, but that went back down with the bump. I'm told this reaction is not common, but also not particularly rare.Had the second shot yesterday morning. A little soreness in the arm building throughout the day, a little tiredness. Woke in the night with aching joints. Like a medium-bad flu. 2 Advil took care of it and I slept through the rest of the night. (My doc said to give the shot at least 12 hours to begin the immune response before taking anything if I could, so it was more like 17 hours before I took the Advil.)
This morning, achy again, some minor chills and very tired. Taking Advil and it's doing the job. Drinking tons of water. The aches are definitely better now than they were during the night. I am guessing this will all be done by tomorrow morning. If it is NOT, I'll update this.
Not going to lie. I feel medium-crappy. Not awful, nothing debilitating, but not great. But I know the feelings accompanying the miracle of building an immune response (I'm trying to be positive) are much preferable to Covid.
It's not that big a deal. You can do it!
ETA a day later: Aches continued through last night (night of day 2) and I slept a really long time, but woke this morning feeling just fine. It's done! I know it's 2 more weeks before I have full immunity, but you cannot imagine how freeing this feels. You are going to be very happy.
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It's day two after my second Moderna shot. Here's what it's been like. (Spoiler: not that bad!) [View all]
Squinch
Feb 2021
OP
Ulster County said "80,000 seniors qualify" also only 1,500 shots were sent out.
In_The_Wind
Feb 2021
#44
Thanks for the update. Got my first Moderna shot Friday and have a little soreness around the
c-rational
Feb 2021
#5
I wonder why these side effects are commonly experienced on the second shot?
msfiddlestix
Feb 2021
#6
Here is how it was explained to me: the first shot, your immune system recognizes an
Squinch
Feb 2021
#8
Thank you. I will get my 2nd shot of pfizer next week. Good to hear what others are going through.
OregonBlue
Feb 2021
#7
Thank you for that. The first was a breeze and I'm hoping the second will be as well. I too
OregonBlue
Feb 2021
#40
A little more than two weeks into first shot should started itching. I had about 4"x 3" red patch on
LizBeth
Feb 2021
#9
I have heard that people who have had Covid have a more difficult time with the vaccine.
Squinch
Feb 2021
#11
"Gayness?" What is this referring to? There was no reference to gayness in my OP.
Squinch
Feb 2021
#16
Oh, right!!!! I forgot about that! No, don't remove it. I just didn't know what it referred to.
Squinch
Feb 2021
#19
Got my Pfizer dose 2 on Friday afternoon, and had a pretty similar reaction.
malchickiwick
Feb 2021
#26
I'm only dreading it because of my last flu vaccination. The reaction wasn't from the vaccine
Vinca
Feb 2021
#29
Oh. I got my first in a hospital, but the second was given at Belmont Racetrack!
Squinch
Feb 2021
#30
I got my first Moderna shot, yesterday. What surprised me was how thirsty I was.
Frustratedlady
Feb 2021
#33
Got the 2nd Moderna shot yesterday at 1 PM. Shot arm is stiff and sore. I had a slight headache on
retread
Feb 2021
#38