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Fever, chills, headache, stiffness, exhaustion... (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2021 OP
Your body is responding and producing antibodies Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2021 #1
Congrats - Hope you are feeling better soon. Got my 2nd Moderna also yesterday and so walkingman Feb 2021 #2
They say for those that experience side effects it should be about 2 to 3 days. Hope you feel still_one Feb 2021 #3
thanks for letting us know Chautauquas Feb 2021 #4
How long did it take them to set in? jcgoldie Feb 2021 #5
Kicks in after 12 hours brooklynite Feb 2021 #17
It varies. Five hours for me. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2021 #19
It was about 9 hours for me. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2021 #23
Thanks for taking one for the team jmbar2 Feb 2021 #6
Gee, thanks for telling me what to expect... Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #7
Lady Wife and I got our 2nd shots yesterday Turbineguy Feb 2021 #8
48 hrs Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #9
I wish you the day-after-the-day-after that I had. Aristus Feb 2021 #10
My neighbor who is in her 40's ChazII Feb 2021 #11
I had a similar reaction. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #14
You will! I'm on the day-after-the-day-after, & I'm almost 100%. AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2021 #12
I had similar, but milder symptoms after my flu shot - so I think it comes w/the territory. AnotherMother4Peace Feb 2021 #18
I'm so sorry. I hope you feel much better tomorrow! Thanks for LiberalLoner Feb 2021 #13
Husband and I got the Moderna Wednesday and have no problems. Srkdqltr Feb 2021 #15
I think the second shot is the problem spinbaby Feb 2021 #26
Oh how I envy you! Tink41 Feb 2021 #16
I feel like a truck ran over me but I'm okay. nolabear Feb 2021 #20
I had those symptoms too, they will pass after 24 hours and beats being on a vent. redstatebluegirl Feb 2021 #21
I'm sorry you feel bad. panader0 Feb 2021 #22
Friends in Pima county went to a mass vaccination site in Tucson. They get KewlKat Feb 2021 #25
Nope, no mass vaccination sites, and from what I gather, panader0 Feb 2021 #27
Got the second Moderna Digger Feb 2021 #24
Get well quickly. Thank you for sharing this info. Mike 03 Feb 2021 #28

walkingman

(7,577 posts)
2. Congrats - Hope you are feeling better soon. Got my 2nd Moderna also yesterday and so
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:01 PM
Feb 2021

far only a little sore arm......{knock wood}

still_one

(92,060 posts)
3. They say for those that experience side effects it should be about 2 to 3 days. Hope you feel
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:01 PM
Feb 2021

better by tomorrow

Chautauquas

(4,435 posts)
4. thanks for letting us know
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:02 PM
Feb 2021

your experience seems to be much like a lot of the other 50 million people who got vaccinated. many of them also made a thread about it.

jcgoldie

(11,612 posts)
5. How long did it take them to set in?
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:04 PM
Feb 2021

Im curious because I have the 2nd Moderna scheduled in the morning in 3 wks and a meeting later that day. I didnt have any effect from the 1st except a sore shoulder but thats been bothering me if I need to reschedule the 2nd based on all these reports I read of side effects.

Wounded Bear

(58,596 posts)
7. Gee, thanks for telling me what to expect...
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:07 PM
Feb 2021


Just kidding. Hope you feel better soon. All part of the plan.

Turbineguy

(37,285 posts)
8. Lady Wife and I got our 2nd shots yesterday
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:08 PM
Feb 2021

No effects sofar. Moderna

Google maps sent us to the wrong place and and the people there sent us to the second wrong place. We went home and got on the phone. County Health District person very nice and helpful. We got to the right place an hour and a half late. No problemmo!

Everybody working there was very nice. It was just like living in America.

Irish_Dem

(46,471 posts)
9. 48 hrs
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:10 PM
Feb 2021

A good friend of mine just got the second Moderna shot and had the same symptoms for 48 hours.
It came on suddenly and then went away just as suddenly.

Aristus

(66,283 posts)
10. I wish you the day-after-the-day-after that I had.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:11 PM
Feb 2021

After a full day of crushing fatigue, I woke up the next morning feeling better than I had in months.

ChazII

(6,201 posts)
11. My neighbor who is in her 40's
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:12 PM
Feb 2021

is a teacher. She also has received both of her shots from Moderna. She was fine day 1 and day 2. Her fever, chills, stiffness started on day 3. Day 4 she was down but by day 5 feeling better. She doesn't know if the fact that she has Lupus may be the cause for her difference from others.

Turin_C3PO

(13,902 posts)
14. I had a similar reaction.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:17 PM
Feb 2021

It was my first shot and I got a fever on day 2 that lasted until day 5. I don’t have any autoimmune diseases so I’m not sure why I had a delayed, longer reaction.

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,237 posts)
12. You will! I'm on the day-after-the-day-after, & I'm almost 100%.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:14 PM
Feb 2021

Now I'm hearing I may need a booster. But that's OK. I'll do it. Yesterday was like a flu day, but today I'm out of bed and doing my chores. Hang in there - drink LOTS of water, tea, jello, popsicles. I did not take any fever reducers, but I monitored my temp in case it got over 102. I'm giving myself the option of taking it easy today.

LiberalLoner

(9,761 posts)
13. I'm so sorry. I hope you feel much better tomorrow! Thanks for
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:15 PM
Feb 2021

Keeping yourself safe and all of us safe too! ❤️

spinbaby

(15,088 posts)
26. I think the second shot is the problem
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:47 PM
Feb 2021

I had my first yesterday and have no side effects aside from minor arm soreness. I’m hearing, though, that the second shot is way more likely to cause side effects.

Tink41

(537 posts)
16. Oh how I envy you!
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:20 PM
Feb 2021

Congrats! Experienced similar w my pneumonia vaccine last year. I'd give anything for 1x Vaccine this week. Became a Grandmother last summer, my last time touching my sweetpea was October. I see her about 1x a week. At this point I'd tolerate puking my guts up to hug my child again.

nolabear

(41,932 posts)
20. I feel like a truck ran over me but I'm okay.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 12:39 PM
Feb 2021

2nd Moderna yesterday too. No fever, not a terrible headache, ALL my muscles ache but it’s not so bad I won’t be fine if I baby myself for a day.

panader0

(25,816 posts)
22. I'm sorry you feel bad.
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:40 PM
Feb 2021

My county (Cochise in Az) apparently can't get any vaccine. I'm 70 and have yet to get shot #1.
I think it's being delivered by mule, a slow and old mule.

KewlKat

(5,624 posts)
25. Friends in Pima county went to a mass vaccination site in Tucson. They get
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:45 PM
Feb 2021

Shot number 2 on Monday. Maybe they have a shot clinic somewhere in your county?

panader0

(25,816 posts)
27. Nope, no mass vaccination sites, and from what I gather,
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:47 PM
Feb 2021

the places that have given shots have no vaccine.

Digger

(478 posts)
24. Got the second Moderna
Fri Feb 26, 2021, 01:45 PM
Feb 2021

Thursday Feb 25th. So far only some soreness at the injection point; same as first time. Here's hoping...

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