Moderna booster reaction

[FoxNewsSucks]

I got the J&J in early March. Sore arm for a week, not much other reaction.

Friday afternoon, I got the Moderna booster. I felt fine the rest of the day, except my arm was even more sore. I went to bed a little early.

Saturday, I woke up and felt dizzy, and somewhat crappy. I also had a migraine, that's how my luck goes. I made coffee, walked my dog, ate a very small breakfast and made a trip to the post office. By noon I was back in bed. Woke up about 4:30, felt crappy, cold and still had the migraine. No actual fever. I made another cup of coffee then went back to bed. Got up about 7:30 pm feeling lousy, moved out to the couch and watched tv until 9 pm. I did have a fever then of about 100-101. Didn't eat anything, just drank tea, coffee and juice when I was awake and went back to bed at 9 pm.

Sunday (yesterday) I woke up on time and felt fairly OK. Not great or good, just OK. Migraine was gone, and I went back to work. Ate normal meals, still felt a little tired and weaker than usual, but didn't feel compelled to stay in bed sleeping again.

Today I feel fine, and in fact my arm is no longer sore. So the Moderna shot seems to have given me a reaction but less arm soreness.

A couple others from work got the J&J earlier, so I've been letting them know how things are going since I was first to get the booster.

It's worth a couple days of feeling tired and crappy to be safe.

[underpants]

1. J&J last March here. Did you have to go thru your PCP?

Or can you just walk into a drugstore and get it?

[FoxNewsSucks]

3. I just called the pharmacy I went to last time

Back then it was hard to find it in the city, and a lot of people went out to the country where they had excess vaccine and morons refusing it.

I could have gone that morning, but had things to do so I made the appointment for the afternoon. It was pretty simple, as it should be.

[underpants]

28. Ok. Thanks.

I should have a prescription filling this week so hopefully I can get the booster.

[underpants]

44. Got my booster today. Just walked into Walgreens. 30 minutes total.

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[FoxNewsSucks]

46. Good deal!

That's about the time it took me even though they were actually busier than last March. Which is a good sign. Several others there were also getting flu shots, and there were a couple people who clearly had other medical issues.

I was in a Walgreens the previous weekend to pick up a Fedex shipment, went by the pharmacy to see about getting the moderna shot, but they had a really big crowd.

Seems like the hardcore morons are just the loud media-amplified minority. From the looks of the local pharmacies I've been to, more are getting vaxxed now than last spring.

[MLAA]

2. Glad you are boosted!

[PSPS]

4. Same here. 36 hours of fatigue, listlessness, then snapped right back to normal.

Felt great to catch up on my missed sleep!

[bamagal62]

5. Question for you.

I get my booster Moderna Thursday. I had J&J in April. I know the people who got Moderna, originally, get a half dose for their booster. Are J&J folks also getting a half dose?

[FoxNewsSucks]

10. That's what they gave me

Judging from the reaction compared to what others said they got from getting Moderna first, it seems to have worked the way it should.

[utopian]

6. Had the J&J and getting Moderna on Friday

If I have a reaction, it'll hopefully be over by the Monday. Thanks for sharing.

[Freddie]

7. Ugh, I'm doing the same this Friday afternoon

Moderna booster after getting J & J in March. Saturday is my granddaughter’s family birthday party. I’ll make the cupcakes and whatever else I usually make for these things (dip and a side dish) on Friday evening in case I feel too crappy to actually attend.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. I've had two Moderna shots. I'm not due yet for the booster.

First shot, on a Friday afternoon in early April -- no problem.

Second shot, on a Friday afternoon at the end of April -- woke up, went downstairs, had a cup of coffee, crawled back up the steps and went back to bed. Stayed there 'til noon.

That second shot -- smh.

End of October -- I'll be getting a message to come on in. I will.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. I've been Pfizer all the way through

Just had my booster on Saturday.

Little to no reaction with the first two . . .

Down for the count yesterday. My advice to folks getting boosters - plan little or nothing the next day.

[LoveMyCali]

12. Same here

No reaction to the first one, a little fatigued after the second one, got my booster last Thursday and it kicked my butt for two days.

Friday I was a little achy when I woke up but it went away quickly but the headache and tiredness hung on all day. Saturday I seriously couldn't stay awake. I felt better yesterday but just took out easy and spent a lazy day watching Midsomer Murders

[phylny]

13. I had the Moderna vaccine in February and March

and had a Pfizer booster yesterday. I have a sore arm and other than that, I feel good. In fact I’m elated

[SoCalNative]

19. That was my reaction with the Pfizer as well

first 2 not much of anything but a sore arm.

But the booster - within about 30 mins of returning home was hit with chills, headache, exhaustion and general malaise that lasted until I woke up the next day.

[SergeStorms]

38. I've had all 3 Pfizer shots.....

and other than a sore arm, no reactions at all. I guess we all react a little differently.

[getagrip_already]

41. 3 pfizer shots.. no bad reactions to any.... n/t

[Walleye]

11. Had all three Pfizer shots. Mild reaction to second and third. A little immunocompromise because of

Cancer treatments. Slight fever,headache sore arm, no real problem. I got all three shots at the giant supermarket pharmacy. Just walked in didn’t have to have an appointment. Easiest thing I’ve done medically ever. I get my prescriptions there. Didn’t have to show ID, signed one form at the beginning, that was it. I feel pretty well protected I just wish America wasn’t having such an intelligence deficit

[Mz Pip]

14. Pfizer #2 knocked me out

Pain, fever, etc. #3 was fine.

Just glad I’ve done everything I can in the fight against Covid.

[Dial H For Hero]

15. Had the J&J in March, virtually no reaction. Getting Moderna tomorrow.

We'll see how it goes....

[FoxNewsSucks]

47. Good for you,

seems like all of us will have a shitty next day, then a so-so 2nd day, then be fine.

[madville]

16. I got a 102 fever for about 12 hours from my J&J shot in April

I’m going to get another J&J shot soon, read that two J&J shots are 94% effective. Good enough for me, I want to stick with the same vaccine.

[Native]

30. Read the Atlantic article about mixing shots first. Following up the J&J shot with Moderna

Is like 9.8 times more powerful (antibody wise) than staying with J&J for the booster (if I recall correctly). NIH study. Here's the link:
]https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/10/mix-match-booster-covid-vaccine/620395/

[FoxNewsSucks]

49. That makes sense

and the RNA science is more modern.

It's really unfortunate that all the news channels are so influenced by the paid advertising from Big Pharma that they don't inform us of what is really the best thing to do.

Just look at all the drug ads on them. I've even seen ads for regeneron. All that is really nothing more than bribery to the networks to either give favorable coverage or "not cover" negative things.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

57. Thanks for that very useful article.

Forwarded to family and friends, with one "thanks" reply already from Tennessee!

KY......

[FoxNewsSucks]

50. That's a good plan

In fact, years ago I was reminded of that the hard way. At a martial arts class I went to, you found out real quickly that when you got hit to keep moving whatever arm or leg it was in order to avoid soreness. One time at a sparring class, I got kicked hard in the thigh, and didn't think anything of it until after going home, loading the car for my 4 hour road trip, and then trying to get out of the car on a pitstop after 2 hours. I almost fell over. I was limping for 3 days. Had I been home and moving/stretching instead that afternoon, I would have had no problem.

Weird thing is, when I got my J&J I had time to use my arm/shoulder more yet it hurt more for a week, the booster worried me as I didn't move nearly as much but the soreness was gone by this morning.

Hard to predict. But it is such a relief to have good protection from the MAGAt moron spreaders.

[Lovie777]

18. Aunt had Moderna, 1st and 2nd . ..

Moderna for booster on Thursday. Each shot where she had sore arm for weeks. This time besides the sore arm, she got chills, then fever and feeling crappy all over her body. This lasted 2 days. She still has a sore arm but it's subsiding and feeling much much better, no chills or fever.

[Zambero]

20. Also got Moderna booster on Friday as well

Your after-effects description for each day were almost identical to mine, except that I did not have chills. Started feeling a bit washed out later in the evening. Saturday was fatigue, malaise, minor achiness, bad headache, low appetite, and an evening low-grade fever topping off at 100F. Just about the same stuff as had followed my second jab. Yesterday I was doing considerably better through the course of the day with the headache the last symptom to abate, and today feeling great after a restful night. And yes, well worth it for the safety of myself and others.

[redstatebluegirl]

21. My husband had a more serious reaction than I had.

He got his on Friday, he was down all weekend much better today, went to work. Glad he got it though.

[RicROC]

22. NovaVax+ Moderna

In January 2021 I was in a study for NovaVax and had virtually no reaction. Turns out, this vaccine is still not totally approved so my boss forced me tp get vax'd using an accepted vax. At CVS they gave me Moderna which did KICK me just like what I am reading in these postings.

There is a difference between Pfizer, Moderna, J&J and NovaVax, with Moderna producing the more uncomfortable reactions.

[marble falls]

23. My Moderna had a achey injection spot, but otherwise was ok.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

24. Pfizer yesterday

Arm is much worse than the previous shots and I'm incredibly exhausted. No headaches or fever yet, but I don't feel good. Probably going to spend most of the day resting.

[packman]

25. Wife and I get our booster Moderna on Wed.

Gonna stay at home afterwards and pester the cat

[ananda]

26. I also had a strong reaction to my third Moderna shot.

The next morning I was nauseous, achey, had a hot body,
and a very sore arm.

I did not medicate.

The next day all of those symptoms were practically gone.

I moved my arm a lot this time around. It lessened the
soreness and made it go away faster.

[Karma13612]

48. Yikes

I got a wicked flu-like reaction to Moderna # 2 in March. We are scheduled for boosters this Thursday.

Not looking forward to it!!

But at least I already got my flu vax back a couple weeks ago so that’s all thru my system.

[GPV]

27. Thanks! Going to try to get the sane combo you have.

[FoxNewsSucks]

52. Seems like the best thing to do

From what I experienced and heard here and elsewhere, just plan on a couple days off then back to normal

[demosurvivor]

29. My booster view - Pfizer all 3

My spouse was just fine. No reaction at all. However it totally kicked my ass for 2.5 days. I had all the symptoms except the taste and smell issues. I broke thru at around 4AM on day 3. Within hours, I was fine.

Even though it was a total pain in the ass, I feel it was well worth it.

[NurseJackie]

31. Sounds like a good strong reaction... your body is going to be ready for the REAL invaders...

... if/when they find you.

[FoxNewsSucks]

55. Hope so!

Thanks for that.



J&J did its job all summer, I hate that I kinda wish this would Darwin out the morons making the rest of us suffer.

[appleannie1]

32. I had Pfizer for all three.

First shot a sore arm and came home and promptly went to sleep. Slept the clock around.

Second, arm a little sore and went to bed early and slept later than usual in the morning.

Booster, no reaction at all.

[moreland01]

39. Getting my booster this afternoon.

I hope I don't sleep "the clock around"! I have a puppy to take care of.

First Shot Moderna: No reaction other than swollen/sore upper arm.
Second Shot Moderna: 102 degree fever for 36 hours and extremely sore lower back pain (could NOT get comfortable)
Booster Moderna: TBD and hoping for the best.

[CaptainTruth]

33. Thanks for sharing! It's good to know what to expect.

One thing I noticed when getting the original vaccines was that people seemed to have the strongest reaction the 2nd time their immune response was activated. For those who hadn't had COVID that was the 2nd shot. For folks like me who had COVID then got vaccinated (Moderna) a few months later, my second immune response was to the 1st shot, & as expected I had the worst reaction to it. I had no reaction to the 2nd shot & in fact felt great the next day, it seemed to eliminate some shortness of breath & lack of energy issues I attributed to being down with COVID for 3 months.

All of this has made me curious about what my reaction to the booster will be. I believe I'll be eligible for one in January.

[HUAJIAO]

34. Did you ask for aspiration first?

[Maru Kitteh]

45. Aspiration is absolutely useless at best when giving an IM at the deltoid. nt

[FoxNewsSucks]

53. I didn't know what that was

so before replying I looked it up, and didn't see any reason I should have asked for it.

Or anyone else, for that matter, unless instructed by a doctor.

[Maru Kitteh]

62. It's a Dr. Facebook recommendation that's going around, so

yeah, I wouldn't sweat it.

[paulkienitz]

35. I just got Moderna booster and my fever peaked near 102.

My partner got full-size Moderna in the spring and her fever hit 104!

[TexasBushwhacker]

36. That just tells me you had a robust immune response

I got the Pfizer the first time around. I'm going to get the Moderna booster.

[rhiannon55]

37. I didn't have any reaction at all

after any of my vaccines, including the booster I got a couple of weeks ago. Each time, it was Pfizer. I kind of worry that my little fighter antibodies never woke up, but I've read that this is nothing to worry about. I hope that's true.

[FoxNewsSucks]

54. I know,

that is so odd. Either a reaction or no reaction is supposed to be a "sign" that it worked.

I had no reaction in March, and never got covid so I guess I can assume that J&J has done its job for the last 7 1/2 months.

Now I'll find out if the "new" science is effective.

[johnp3907]

59. 2 posts?

Gonna get three in before you go back under the bridge?

[Rhiannon12866]

61. Nope!

[Jim G.]

60. LOL!

Again with this.

[orleans]

40. i'm thinking i should buy a thermometer. ALSO

i vaguely remember reading/hearing we shouldn't take aspirin? advil? tylenol? to help with reaction symptoms. but i can't remember what that is.

[GoneOffShore]

43. Doctors here say to take the French equivalent of Tylenol. Paracetamol.

Works very well.

[FoxNewsSucks]

56. I use my kitchen instant-read

Last year, when temp checks started, I used it and consistently got a 96 or so degree temp on my forehead. I think that all the suddenly-expensive "official" temp-check thermometers do is add 2 degrees to the forehead reading.

I'll stand by my kitchen thermometer from "the old days"

[GoneOffShore]

42. Posted my experience with the Pfizer booster over in the Lounge.

My reaction was much like yours. Here's the post - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181575346