Covid-19 vaccination experiences

My daughter managed to get a COVID shot 3 weeks ago.
She had no letter, but managed to do an online booking


Nurse raised an eyebrow when she said she had ME , but gave the shot.

We were the only people masking in the hospital clinic dealing with this .
Nurse donned a mask when we entered side room for innoculation .

Tireder and sorer than " normal", poorer sleep and recurrence of ringworm, which may be consequential. There's been a suggestion that fungal infections are particularly opportunistic after COVID .


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I had my flu and Covid vaccines a couple of weeks ago. I am on my GP's list for elderly housebound home vaccinations. I managed to get my daughter on the list for the first couple of years of the pandemic, but if she wants it now we'll have to start the fight for it all over again. It's so exhausting having to argue for everything.
 
I had my flu vacc about 2 weeks ago. I asked if the district nurse could call but was told 'no'. I made an appointment at the surgery but failed to keep it having had a fall at home.
I really wanted the flu vacc and it is very hard to get an appointment at the GPs so I paid £25 to my old GP. He has a private clinic and it was wonderful to be seen easily in pleasant surroundings and we also talked about some of my long term conditions. No reaction to the vaccine and very glad to have had it.

Mr B had his flu vaccine at the surgery and they gave him the RSV at the same time. It wasn't his intention to take it but he didn't formally refuse. He has never had a problem with vaccines but did this time.

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I'm not sure if anyone is still interested in this but anyway:

I got the new Moderna vaccine earlier this week. I only had Astrazeneca and Pfizer before, with normal but pretty strong side effects (feverish, ill feeling, very fatigued etc).

I asked AI about how the side effects of the new Moderna vaccine compared to these. Basically it said that the other two were known for stronger general side effects (the ones I listed above) than Moderna, while Moderna is known for a more painful arm after vaccination. It also said the new Moderna vaccine would probably cause a less sore arm than the original one but probably still more sore than the other vaccines.

And it was right. I was a bit groggy the next day and I couldn't really lift my arm without somewhat uncomfortable pain for about a day but otherwise it was OK.
 
I've had 8 vaccines so far, both Pfizer and Moderna with the same results for both. Sore arm for 2 days. The latest vaccine last month was Moderna and I didn't have a sore arm at all. I had both flu and Covid at the same time.

Some friends only want Pfizer and order it ahead of time.
 
It's really individual, isn't it. I've had them all except Novavax, and none of them have given me much pain or negative side effects. The injection site feels bruised if I press on it, but I'm not really aware of it otherwise. Yet some people are ill for weeks.

The pneumococcal vaccine made my arm ache and I felt tired for a couple of days, but prior to that the last time I can remember feeling bad after a jab was when I had the BCG at school. That one was vicious; we were supposed to be doing an experiment in a chemistry class and none of us could move our left arms! :emoji_sweat_smile:
 
I have primarily FM, so don't know how applicable my experience is to PwME.

Had Novavax (2nd time and in succession) and the flu shot in October.

Felt no side effects other than a tiny injection area soreness. I thought maybe I had been injected w/saline instead.

Novavax is said to have less intense side effects (per Prof Rancaniello and Dr. Daniel Griffin on microbeTV) than the mRNA covid vaccines.
 
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