Well I had mine yesterday morning at 10.15. Felt the jab but all went well till the early hours, about 16 hours later. Pain at top of left arm, (the injection site), was unreal and swelling at the site was also unreal. Today been sleeping for England and the bloody nightmares/ daft dreams also unreal. Mercifully, no AF or cardiac related issues except massive high BP ( for me anyway) up around 148/90 constantly all day but HR still good. Bloody well stirred up pain in tendons/ AC joint though, unreal man!! just when I was starting to get it more controlled ......fair dinkum !
Can't even concentrate on cricket 🏏🏏 on my tablet.
Still you guys and dolls, think of CD, don't put the booster off as and when you are offered it. Oh yeah, my first two were AstraZeneca, booster was Pfizer.
Hi carneuny, Snap! I had a Pfizer on Friday and my first two were Astrazenica. I am always glad of some after effects so I know my body is fighting. I was fine Saturday morning but by lunchtime I had the fiercest headache which my arthritic “heavy duty” pain killers wouldn’t shift. I was so tired I almost stumbled to bed around 8pm and fell asleep almost right away and woke at 3am with telly still on. (I am normally a poor sleeper and enjoy telly in bed) I was so hot I thought the heating must have come on. But despite the early wakening I feel fine today but am taking it really easy so as not to stir up any headaches because I feel the glands under my jaw ar up a bit. I enjoyed Rocketman on Netflix which is probably less taxing on the concentration than cricket. I’m 74 and only had the Pfizer as I got the flu jab at Boots a few weeks afo. However, my neighbour opposite in her 80s I saw passing the window with her shopping bag quite the thing snd she had both on Friday. I hope you feel better soon. After effects are nothing compared to Covid. It is a horrible disease. A neighbour opposite has lost two aunts and a friend to it. I have 7 relatives and a number of friends who’ve had it.p, some before vaccination, some after. One of the before spent 4 weeks in intensive care last December and still not right. Thank goodness for the vaccines but we should still be very careful. They should be used in addition to safe and sensible behaviour. Good luck!
Thanks Peileen, did you get a racking cough, sometimes dry sometimes phlegmy. Just got to sit it out. I must admit I'm preparing for work driving buses next week and this time I shall be very careful with my masks and wear them much more often than I have done through the first shedload of lockdowns. I gotta unhealthy feeling this winter it's gone bite us on the bums, starting with the young.John
Take good care of yourself John. Mask, vaccine, distance and wash hands. I had swollen gland under my chin for a few days and a bit lethargic. Nothing too bad. The way people are behaving and as vaccines wane I think the poor hospital workers face a difficult winter. People complain about having caught a horrible cold round here. If they are sp exposed they can catch that theywould have also been exposed to Covid. Up to them. I’m keeping safe. Take care.
Never thought of that Bob. Certainly could be. If you dropped a plumb line down from the tip of the shoulder the injection site would be about 2&half inches down and forward of the line. Nice little red dot surrounded by a inch and half dia. bright pink patch. As if my bloody shoulder problems aren't enough 😂😂😂😂John
Or they've injected into a blood vessel, instead of a muscle. I want mine to be done by an older nurse who's heard of aspirating with a syringe, that is pulling the plunger back slowly to check that there's no blood and the needle isn't in a vein .
They think it's not necessary now, although it was always done until a few years ago. It's believed this could be causing the myocarditis etc some people and particularly young men experience. Nurses are injecting into veins and not muscle. If they drew the needle back and saw blood they would know they were in a vein.
A friend who'd just had their jab, told me yesterday that a big blood blister had come up on her arm. I really didn't like the sound of that. Where I live ordinary people have been trained to give the covid vaccines. That's what made me decide I want the needle to be drawn back slightly to show it's not in a vein. I want a nurse who knows what to do.
Interesting what you say jeanjeannie. I too watch Dr John every night. I asked my vaccinator who said he was a semi retired pharmacist who had given flu jabs for years, He’d never heard of aspiration. He said he would be looking it up. I went ahead with the vaccine because the odds of suffering from a wrongly inserted needle were less to my mind that catching Covid. I have to go into hospital for an op soon and would be too scared without the booster, Eventually the aspiration debate is bound to come to the surface and hopefully acted upon.
The assistants at some of the pharmacies here in the states are giving the shots rather than the pharmacist. Never saw that before. Most Drs don't give them in their offices anymore where you expect their nurses to be trained. Such a different world the medical system has become. I've read that the person giving the shot should also be sitting down next to you. Never standing up.
Oh my goodness Jean ! Thanks. I dunno what happened, I'm one of those guys who has to look the other way. One thing though, it didn't tickle.😰Couldn't get a fix on the age of the nurse, she was masked!I'd say late 30's early 40's. Hope you are well and stay that way.
That is the only reason I know about it CD because it happened to Emily (also a nurse) given by a doctor too.. She had a very painful shoulder for some days.
Fascinating video. I guess if social workers et al have been trained to inject, you don’t want them to vary from their training on patient request ie they would need to be retrained in order to aspirate. Same with their managers. I am also guessing that if a vaccinator vaccinated say 40 people in a shift, that will drop to say 30 if they aspirate.
I expect my booster in November, I will contact them in advance and request aspiration but I expect problems. Maybe I’ll get lucky and get a proper nurse who will comply with my request when I pitch up. Also I’m getting a pneumonia jag tomorrow - I’ll ask about aspiration there (excellent local GP surgery).
I'd like to have an older nurse who knows how to aspirate do my vaccine. Yes, the extra time it takes to do may add up, but it can only be seconds. Younger nurses and ordinary people that have just been trained to give the jab wouldn't have a clue what was being asked for. From what I can gather it would be beneficial for young males who are more prone to getting heart infections from the procedure.
I had my pneumonia jab a few weeks ago. felt a little odd and dizzy next day, but nothing bad.
My booster really worked overtime also. Moderna for me. But w an autoimmune condition and taking immunosuppressing meds, I was excited to have a fever! It hit about 24 hours after the dose. I had a painful arm, but not as bad as yours sounds. Hope you’re on the mend soon.
Thank you lovetogarden. Feeling a bit brighter this morning, except for the upper arm. At least mentally I'm not like a zombie and can watch international cricket 🏏🏏🏏 on BT Sport 😂😂😂 and make my usual comments 😱😱
The pain and swelling in the upper arm does not necessarily mean the vaccinator injected into a blood vessel. You might just be having an extra strong reaction. When I got my jab in August the doc did it in the fleshy bit off to the side of the deltoid . I never felt a thing and had no reaction pain or swelling later. What I have noticed though is since the vaccination I bruise much much worse after blood draws than before. My latest one was nearly 3 weeks ago and the bruising is only just starting to fade. After the one before the nurse put some tape over the bit of cotton wool and when I pulled it off a pile of blood blisters came up on my arm . This was a bit alarming as I have never had it before. They took ages to fade away.
Wow! That would have freaked me right out. I think you are correct, it was a one off event which might be described as one of those things. Not feeling dynamic yet but shedloads better than yesterday.John
Like you we had two AZ followed by Pfizer. Certainly felt it going in and for the next day but no swelling. Had a day feeling tired but absolutely fine now.
I'm not up for a 'boost' jab every 6 months for a relatively low risk respiratory illness. I've never bothered with the 'flu one. I had the double CV jabs due peer pressure but if they have now worn off, I'm going to chance letting my normal immune system do its job. I work in a relatively high CV risk job so shouldn't have to wait too long to see how I cope. Yes, just like some of my relatives suffered, there's a risk CV could kill me but so could my job and I've accepted that aviation risk for 42 years.
There was a 1 in a 1000 risk of death with ablation....and I accepted that 3 times, even when the first one put me into asystole twice. CV risk is tiny in comparison.
Life's a gamble, I'd rather get on with it than subject my children and grandchildren to this new life of fear. (but I suspect it's too late for that, I'm sorry to say) Freedom destroyed for a bug 99%+ of humanity will survive.
Very wise, localad .. you are right .. 99.5 % of people getting the Co disease get well again .. and their immune system shall protect them better than any experimental (booster) jab ever will. ✌
Absolute irresponsible conspiracy led non scientific rubbish. You talk about freedom but have no concept that your selfish ignorant moronic claims threaten the freedom of the rest of society. It's not an "experimental" vaccination so don't try and fly under the radar here with your destructive anti vax nonsense based on nothing more than you tube videos by insecure self obsessed brain dead idiots. People like you abuse free speech to destroy the freedom of others. In fact destroy the lives of others. Provide some proof (other than some discredited quack on YouTube ) before you make false statements on this site.
Total rubbish. How has freedom been destroyed? You think taking a booster vac "subjects your children to a life of fear". Why? I genuinely don't care if you get Covid or not, it's your choice. It's also your choice to spread it to your family. What I do care about is if you get it and give it to another member of society (via your family or otherwise) or use up scarce NHS resources due to your selfishness and an innocent person is denied treatment and suffers because of your incredible it's all about me attitude. Life's a gamble so let's put everyone else at risk. Appalling. Me me me me me. Forget about the rest of society.
Ouch, I am sorry, hope you feel better soon.
I’m feeling positively left out - no reaction at all to my Pfizer booster. Hope it was actually DONE 🤷🏼🤞. (I am sure it was). I had a nurse.
I have applied to be a volunteer at the centres, they may turn me down as too crock. I have heard that the walk in centres have become crowded, with queues whereas the place I had my jabs was by appointment and orderly, so I may decide too risky.
Same here John. Had booster Friday lunchtime. All ok Friday and Saturday until lunchtime and then felt a wave of exhaustion hit. Stopped fighting it about 6.30pm and went to bed for 3 hours and dragged myself up to watch GP qually. Felt rough during the night with pulse pinging about and that familiar vibrating feeling in my chest 🙄. AZ for 1st two and Pfizer this time. A few friends suffered the same last week. Felt better yesterday, thank goodness.
I have read all the messages with great interest. I had my Booster yesterday, Pfizer, same as my first 2 Jabs. It actually didn’t hurt when it was done, a Dr did mine. However it was quite high up and has been achey from a few hours after it. Also quite severe headache.I am taking paracetamol, just feel so tired and lacking concentration. Nothing too serious thankfully and well worth the extra protection it gives. I am grateful to the people that are doing this and keeping us a bit safer. Hope everyone here feels better soon, rest and just take it easy best you can X
My wife had a very sore arm and shoulder...she felt poorly for 4 days...then it was gone..all good. I felt nothing, had zero after effects. She always has a reaction after her annual flu shot as well...me...nadda.
I just got over 2 weeks of virus fun...common cold...head like a cement block, a nose that would not stop pouring no matter what I threw at it, boxes and boxes of Kleenex, energy level of zero...glad it was just a cold. I can't imagine what laying intubated in an ICU Must be like.
I’ve had a similar reaction. Sore and swollen at site of jab. More than happy with the competence of the nurse administering the injection. He was also extremely careful not to actually inject into one of my many lumps but this is something I always expect from any injection. Spent the last two days sleeping! Pain around all my Dercum’s lumps. Same as you, first two were AZ and this one Pfizer. Still, I’d much rather this than actually have COVID!
👍👍 Funny you should say that, I felt great this morning ( well, compared to 24 hours earlier) so needing a few bits and bobs I hit my local supermarket late morning - then collapsed in a heap with the cat this afternoon.
Hi, sorry to hear about your experience, I also had my booster yesterday, I have AF.Had a couple of pints on my way home and turned up this morning feeling fine to volunteer at our local vaccination centre.
I’mSo sorry to hear that you have felt so poorly and hope that you feel better now
It is these reactions that are stopping me having a booster. And I won’t be having themIn the future. They are saying that we shall have to continue having more vaccinations as the efficacy wanes. I have heard of too many people with reactions, and had a family member die of cardiac problems after his vaccine. I know of a cardiothoracic nurse who is equally worried about the injections and the increase in myocarditis
Had both flu and booster yesterday, one in each arm, and so far feel reasonable. Pretty painful in both shoulders, but flu one worse, so if it stays like that I’ll be tickety boo. Glad you’re a bit better now…. You must be if you’re watching cricket lol. Zzzzz
😂watching Australia v India Womens Test - highlights. Not fallen asleep yet.
Have just got back from the Health Centre where I was supposed to have my booster jab. They wouldn't do it because when they asked me if I had had any reactions after my first two jabs at the beginning of the year I admitted that I had had an AF episode after each of them. They are saying I must let my Doctor make me go to the hospital as a day case where they can watch me for longer after the jab!
Deep joy, not, I find a lot of them can’t find a place to remove my blood, stab me in every possible place and leave bruises 😳 Ine young woman nearly got sworn ast as she was causing me abject agony 😳
I would never regard myself as having a naturally efficient immune system. I have however, been blessed with a family with wonderful genetics which have led many generations to have a long, productive and enjoyable lives. My immunities have always needed to be boosted by man made stuff.
I think unfortunately, it does happen. Notwithstanding my comments about my family, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at 58, died at 72. Other to members of her family lived to 95 plus while her own mum and dad lived to 65 and 41 respectively. It's all more down to genetics than immunities I suspect. I think sometimes these genetic things skip a generation or so, then pop up again outta the blue.
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Hi just about to go and have my booster ( Pfizer). I'm a little worried as first 2 were AstraZenica ( with no side effects).It seems that people having a Pfizer booster after 2 AZs are having unpleasant side effects. Oh well better than getting COVID. Just hope I don't go into Afib .Take care all X
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