Anyone had side effects from the Pfizer vaccine either the first or second shot

[Tribetime]

[Sedona]

1. My 81 year old mum had zero side effects after shot 1

[StClone]

15. Same here and over 55.

[Ninga]

2. I had flu like symptoms 8 hrs after second Pfizer jab. Chills, body aches, headache, feeling

Crappy.
Felt better after 12 hrs, all better after 24 hrs.

[Ocelot II]

3. Mild side effects from #1.

Sore arm, some fatigue, slight fever. All gone 24 hours after the shot. I'm getting #2 on Thursday, so we'll see...

[In_The_Wind]

4. My husband was wiped out on days 2, 3 and 7 after his first Pfizer.

Tired, deep sleep, itching, squeeze stomach, sore throat.

[Iris]

39. Day 7 for me - slept 12 hours

[gibraltar72]

5. Swelling at injection site from both.

little muscle soreness after 1st. Better mental outlook.

[Croney]

6. None after either.

[beveeheart]

7. 1st shot only a little soreness on arm,

2nd shot, chills, overall body soreness, slight headache. 2nd day after shot just very tired. 3rd day after shot just my usual aches and pains (sciatic pain).

[cilla4progress]

8. Just a little fatigue

for a few days after #2.

[TDale313]

9. Only gotten the first shot so far...

But my arm being a bit sore was the only side effect.

[asiliveandbreathe]

10. 1st shot 3/3 Pfizer, lethargy - just a bit the next day..I took the shot in

my right arm..considering I do everything with my right hand, so I had lots of opportunity, spring cleaning (AZ), to keep it moving..not bad at all - second shot 3/24..coming up next week..hubby said he was fine..

You have to know, I am the biggest baby when it comes to needles..I have been known to faint..this time, it was no more than the feeling when you know you are being bitten by a mosquito..all that anxiety for a nothing burger...

[hamsterjill]

45. Good to know.

From another fainter. Thanks.

[wryter2000]

11. Got my second shot yesterday

Woke up really stiff and achy. Motrin has helped a lot.

[Mollyann]

12. Mild flu like symptoms after first.

Extreme fatigue 48 hours after second.

[Biophilic]

13. Not even a sore arm from the first shot. Hoping that will be for the 2nd as well. nt

[Thirties Child]

14. First Shot--Pfizer

Reminded me of Typhoid shot I had to get to start school in East Texas -- arm somewhat aching. Second shot. Nothing. Son's arm was painful after first shot, hasn't had second. Both of us have high pain tolerance.

[Bev54]

16. I am glad to hear most are mild symptoms, I have heard from some that got Moderna

that they had bad symptoms for 24-36 hours. I am scheduled for Pfizer.

[wnylib]

36. Uh-oh. I get my second Moderna shot April 9.

Had sore arm and runny nose from the first shot. Nose cleared up in 24 hours. Arm felt better after 48 hours.

[Bev54]

41. I wonder why some people are affected far more than others.

[wnylib]

42. Don't know. I can only guess that the

different reactions are due to differences in individual immune systems and maybe to previous viral exposures, not necessarily to the covid virus, but maybe to other coronaviruses.

[LisaL]

44. I had a slightly sore arm after first Moderna.

Second will be in April.

[Paper Roses]

17. Pfizer, 1st shot, mild symptoms but very tired the next day.

2nd shot wiped me out. Just severe tiredness, I couldn't get off the couch.

[Dream Girl]

18. After first shot, muscle soreness, headache, some muscle soreness, fatigue

I did not expect that reaction from the first shot. Kind of nervous about the second.

[rsdsharp]

19. Some arm soreness for a day or so after the first shot.

Second shot coming up on Thursday.

[Patterson]

20. Sore arm after both. No big deal. No flu symptoms.

[Polly Hennessey]

21. None.

[ChazII]

22. My first will be this Friday

and so I say thank you for this thread.

[Big Blue Marble]

25. Me too!

Friday's the day. I am reading the thread carefully.

[ChazII]

26. I am reading this thread carefully, too.

Starting to hydrate and I need to get some Tylenol just in case.

[Jirel]

23. Pfizer and Moderna use the same basic technology, so they would have similar side effects.

I had the Moderna, first shot so far. Day 1 - nothing. Day 2 - my arm felt like it had taken a vacation overnight, been in a car crash, and tiptoed back into place by first thing in the morning, with the level of soreness that feels unfair that you don't have massive purple and green bruises to match. Day 3 - nothing.

[True Blue American]

24. My arm hurt on the first one.

Second I had a lump that only hurt when I touched it. Delayed reaction, 3rd day sick, vomiting, weak. Couple of days, fine. Some had no problems!

[flotsam]

27. Had pfirst Pfizer

absolutely no symptoms...

[Tribetime]

34. Im getting my first Pfizer vaccine Wednesday morning

It's about 50 miles away but it's worth it

[speak easy]

28. There's speculation that ppl who react strongly to Pfizer / Moderna shots

have already had Covid.

50% or more of people who contract Covid stay asymptomic.

[quakerboy]

29. Alternatively theres speculation that those who react more strongly have

had a stronger immune response and are even less likely to catch covid, even asymptomatically.

Ive yet to see any hard evidence for either theory, but its my understanding the latter theory is currently being studied.

[TexasBushwhacker]

31. Yes, I've heard that older people don't have side effects

as bad as younger people because their immune systems aren't as robust. I'm 64 and I got first Pfizer on Saturday. No arm soreness, but I felt a little queasy and sweaty Sunday morning. Fine today.

[wnylib]

38. What about older people who have

multiple allergies, and therefore an immune system that is too strong for what should be harmless substances?

I am 71, had a sore arm and runny nose from the first Moderna shot. Second one still a few weeks away.

I am not allergic to anything in the Moderna shot, but I am allergic to the flu shot so I never get one, and am super careful during flu season. But, when I did get the flu, the virus always settled in my chest, triggering asthma reactions to the viral protein. So, I am nervous about reports that the second covid shot produces flu like symptoms, especially since it is modeled on the coronavirus protein.

[speak easy]

32. Not mutually exclusive.

You would have stronger immune response to Covid proteins if you've already had Covid.

There's no empirical evidence, but there it stands to reason

If the immune response to the second jab is stronger than the first (and it is), - and the side effects are more pronounced (and anecdotally that is the case) there should be a stronger immune response in those who have already been exposed to SARS-Cov-2.

[quakerboy]

35. Possibly not.

I have been hearing that having had covid provides immune response roughly equivalent to getting the first shot in the two shot series, but being up front i have absolutely no idea what factual underpinning that may have or not have.

That said.. the two people I know best who definitely had covid.. had no immunization side effects. One younger, but tested positive test while having moderately strong symptoms (just below hospitalization required levels), and another older who was asymptomatic, but had many positive tests over a multiple week period while surviving a rampage in his nursing home that killed literal dozens.. Both now vaccinated with NO side effects. Not even sore arm reported by either.

And a nurse i know had fairly major side effects from jab 1 and only modest soreness from 2.

All of which to say I doubt we will know more than anecdotally for quite some time to come. If ever.

[quakerboy]

30. Yes

First shot, Nice half dollar size sore spot on my arm for about 36 hours.

Second shot had the whole shoulder muscle on fire for about a day, and then later came the exhaustion and "fuzzy thinking". And then all was well again. Most i've heard seem to get that the following day, mine lulled me into complacency, took a couple days to kick in, and then knocked me on my rear for the better part of two days.

No issues since.

[Corgigal]

33. Had both.

Nothing, bud did find out I was watching the final of Creatures Great and Small on PBS. So, a minor anxiety attack. Unsure, if these two things, that did occur on the same day, were related in anyway.

[pfitz59]

37. I've had both doses

No ill affects.

[JimGinPA]

40. I Had Both Pfizer Shots

No side effects. My arm was a little tender after each, but a little more the with the first I think.

[Tribetime]

43. Thank you to everyone responding I'm a little

Over 24 hrs after first Pfizer shot with no side effects.