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Following on from my grumbly, long hauler reaction to the jab a couple of weeks back - for info, a fair number of long haulers get a protracted reaction for a couple of weeks presumably because the immune system is doing some sort of manic wtf is going on dance in the background - Mrs BWD got jabbed on Monday morning with AZ.
She had a rough Monday night with shivers and cramps, then spent yesterday mostly horizontal as standing up made her nauseous. She also suffered the undocumented side-effect of extreme grumpiness.
This morning she's mostly back to normal, just feeling a bit 'fragile'. We both had probable covid-19 back in March last year, but she had very mild symptoms and a mostly normal recovery bar the mysterious appearance of a single covid toe some six months later.
This morning she’s mostly back to normal
How is the grumpydex reading today? My reaction has also been a little protracted, but back walking now. Cost me three days on the 99-day challenge 🙁
Had mine yesterday and don’t feel too bad today. Best way I can describe it is a red wine hangover, feel a bit dehydrated, legs ache a bit, mild headache, but nothing that’ll cause any issues and can’t be cured with bacon, coffee and paracetamol.
My experiences based on AZ jab late last Friday afternoon, it now being Wednesday morning.
1. The jab site still has light background "pain". It has got no worse or better over the time. Just aware of it constantly.
2. Sleep patterns have not had the slightest affect. I have slept deep and well every night, as I always do.
3. I started to feel a bit lethargic on the Saturday morning, by afternoon physical effort was tough. I almost failed to load a sheep into our small trailer and had to hang on the side panting like a fish out of water following the 10 second struggle. This is not normal.
4. Late Saturday into Sunday felt decidedly under par. Not ill, just like you might if you had "a flu coming on"
5. On Sunday when I woke up from an afternoon snooze both my elbows and knees were sore. The feeling lasted less than half an hour.
6 Monday, still a bit tired but that might just be the late nights in the lambing shed
7. Tuesday. Did the STW Zwift Spring Series race and expected to be miles off the pace. However, HR and power were bang on trend and I was holding my own with the usual 3-4 riders I have been racing all series. This would suggest there are now no lasting physical affects for me.
For info, I have had the flu jab twice and on both occasions I felt more rough afterwards than I have with this one.
Well, 14 year old daughter had her normal jabs at school today, one in each arm, and BOTH arms are really sore apparently.
Will she be able to play the violin again? (As the very old joke goes).
Will she be able to play the violin again?
🤣
She'd be offended by that, she's a flute player.
How is the grumpydex reading today? My reaction has also been a little protracted, but back walking now. Cost me three days on the 99-day challenge 🙁
There was mild glaring this morning, but official levels have dropped from 'Red' to 'Amber' stay away, wear a helmet, protect yourself. And I'm finally feeling a little more normal again just over two weeks after the vaccination. Just back from a gentle 30-minute stroll in the sunshine 🙂
She had a rough Monday night with shivers and cramps
This also reported by my missus after the AZ on Monday night. Anecdotally we're seeing pats on AZ reporting bad side effects after 1st jab, but less bad after 2nd dose. and the reverse true of those taken Pfizer.
Had my second Pfizer jab about 8:30 this morning. I've got a slightly stiff/sore arm coming on, if it's in line with what I had after the fist jab, it'll be about 24hrs of that and not much else.
She had a rough Monday night with shivers and cramps
I woke up shivering in the night after my first AZ jab, nothing after the second one other than a slightly sore arm.
She’d be offended by that, she’s a flute player.
A relief for the MCTD household as learner violins sound like the cat is being gutted for a restringing of the instrument.
AZ jab yesterday afternoon.
Arm is very slightly sore today, feel a little achy. On a scale of 1 - 10 of side effects I'd mark that as sod all really.
Will see what the next week brings but so far, so good.
A relief for the MCTD household as learner violins sound like the cat is being gutted for a restringing of the instrument.
Sat through enough beginner concerts to know how bad strings are. I hate any strings groups below Grade 5 and have the utmost respect and sympathy for the parents that have to smile and clap encouragement. 🙉
The missus still has mild nausea today, Friday, after being vaccinated on Monday, she's a little less grumpy than she was though. We both had suspected covid last March and she's had the odd weird, ongoing symptom since, so that may explain the slightly more vigorous than average reaction I guess.
Countdown is nearly up, and I take the long walk tomorrow 😕
Given some of the replies here I'm really not looking forward to this, in that the side effects might be kill or cure.
Too much talk of serious side effects, and while I guess it should be ok, theres still a nagging doubt.
Sure, better than to catch the actual virus itself, but that said I've survived thus far.
Too much talk of serious side effects, and while I guess it should be ok, theres still a nagging doubt.
Talk yes but reading this thread and my own experience it's just that, all talk, the majority seem to have had mild to non existent side effects. Now get in there and get it done!
Too much talk of serious side effects, and while I guess it should be ok, theres still a nagging doubt.
I'm reading very, very little talk of any serious side effects on this thread.
50. Had COVID in January - moderate symptoms (like a mild flu)
No adverse reactions (other than a hurty arm) after the first or second Pfizer-BioNTECH jabs (approx 36 hours after the second jab at the time of writing).
Too much talk of serious side effects, and while I guess it should be ok, theres still a nagging doubt.
It's normal to worry about such things, but the NHS has dished out 17 million of these now and in comparison, very, very few serious side-effects have been reported.
The dangers posed by the virus far outweigh those from the vaccine, particularly in those middle-aged or above.
Had my second Pfizer jab on Wednesday. No fever this time, have a sore arm around injection site still and this time a sore armpit (assume this is just swollen gland). Feeling quite lethargic, had a go on Zwift yesterday and legs felt completely empty.
AZ here (50 yrs) had it 2 1/2 week ago, and felt rough ever since, although last few days starting to feel better, basically 2 week off work with flu
A friend of mine is a Professor of Communicable diseases of many years standing.
He volunteered in vaccine trials for a US drug company and was given 2 doses of the the experimental vaccine then had his first jab of the AZ.He's continuing to have blood tests to see the effects of the two vaccines.
He had no reaction to the experimental vaccine,actually thinking he'd been given a placebo,but a mild reaction to the AZ.
He was happy to have a reaction as he believed that it showed the vaccine was actually effective.
I spoke way too soon with mine. Felt great a few days after, then just continued to feel drained for about 2 weeks.
Went out for rides, but knackered after less than 2 hours, feeling sluggish all the way. Some minor sharp needle pain in my legs and at the start of rides in my chest, which was slightly concerning, but not enough to have me phone the docs. Seemed to pass as the ride went on.
Suffered from really bad sinus pain and associated headache, blurry vision out of one eye which lasted a couple of days.
Seems to be passing now, was out Thursday evening for a couple of hours and didn't feel like I was dying.
I had my first Pfizer yesterday. Some pain around the injection site. Poor night's sleep, general aches in the neck and shoulders. Feeling tired. No fever or cold symptoms. Mrs. 10 had it at the same time and is reporting similar but less achy.
I must have vaccinated close to 500 people now, 75% second jabs.
We ask every patient how they reacted to the first jab. 90% absolutely fine. The rest just a day feeling rough. So far nobody worse than that. Whilst most elderly, there are plenty of HC/SC workers and young clinically vulnerable too.
The pharmacy I’ve been vaccinating with the last few days gives AZ. Out of 300 a day, we get 1 or 2 ask which vaccine it is and leave. No Show levels haven’t changed. We discuss the clotting issues with every patient. Some are anxious, but many/most are non-plussed.
I hope that insight is useful.
I do wonder if the after effects are linked to age and the mortality rate , in an inversly proportional way. Old people die from exposure to actual live C19 but seem ok with little or no reaction to the Vaccine. Middle age people , greater survivability but some reaction to vaccine.
Be interestin to hear how the 30 - 40 yr olds, whose mortality rate was low to very low from the actual virus fare when injected with the vaccine.
Great work Dantsw. Bet you go home with some sense of acheivement, having watched the C4 news from India and Brazil tonight , my god they are in trouble
Thanks stm - indeed I do👍.
There is definitely a reduction in side effects in elderly people.
ZOE study talked about this in a webinar. They were surprised to find that reduction in side effects didn’t correlate to reduction in antibody generation though. Which is good news.
Just had my second jab, woke at 2am due to the banging headache and chills like the first time. I've spent 2-5am under 2 duvets and still not warm. My vaccination was given at 4pm.
So far the only thing that I've missed is the uncontrollable shaking that I had with the first one.
Overall I feel absolutely awful with even my eyeballs hurting. I just hope it doesn't last 3 days like the first one.
Astra Zeneca, I won't be having you again if I can have a choice.
Just to update mine, I suffer with brain fog anyway, but since the jab it has gotten worse, I'm meant to be doing a load of uni work this weekend but I just can't concentrate at all, it's like my brain is swimming through treacle.
My 'side effects' were
Sore arm for about two days, though nothing really sore, and only when I noticed it.
I did start to experience a headache by about day 3, but took an aspirin and that maybe cleared it(or it went by itself within a few hours) up. Headache was minor, more a niggling annoyance than a full blown migraine, though if it had been I probably would have sought medical consultation.
51, AZ vaccine on Friday 5.30pm.
Bit of brain fog and head-ache on Saturday and Sunday afternoon - would describe it as feeling like I was getting the cold. A couple of paracetamols, and snooze on the couch for 30 minutes took care of it. Also aware of where the injection is on my arm, but only if I think about it.
Feeling pretty good today, no brain fog at all and I'll pop out on the road bike later and see how that goes.
AZ Saturday morning
felt like a bad hangover yesterday
and a mild hangover this morning
I need a nap. 24hrs post Pfizer number 2.
I may just be lazy though. My arm is quite sore.
Further to my aching arm and feeling a bit rough the following day - I can happily report that those side effects were it for me. Other half had the jab a few day later and had pretty much the same experience as me. Happy days.
Had my 2nd Pfizer jab on Saturday afternoon. Had a slightly sore arm on Sunday but gone by today. Soreness lasted 2 days after my first jab.
I was supposed to be having the jab at the hospital where I had the first jab on Sunday but about 4.30pm on Saturday received a text saying there were a large number of 'did not attends' at the main vaccination centre at Bristol City football club and would I be able to get there in the next couple of hours. Talking to one of the volunteers there, she said they had had to stand down some of the vaccinators due to the no shows. I can't understand why people aren't turning up for their appointment after the year we've all had to endure? I would hazard a guess that these are the same selfish people who complain about having their freedom curtailed, won't wear masks, and meet up with large numbers of people despite the lockdown rules 😠
AZ on Friday. A bit more tired than usual after 4h MTB on Saturday, otherwise nothing. Fingers crossed there's no reason to come back to the thread.
AZ jab yesterday at 11.30
Felt fine all day but a little tired.
Went to bed at 10 fine.
Woke up at 1.00 feeling sick, cold and sweaty. Also my arm had started to hurt
Woke up again several times with arm ache and head ache.
Got up this morning with general ache all over and what felt like a hangover
Just had coffee, toast and paracetamol and feeling a bit better
Don't think I'll be doing the ride I had planned for today but overall not too bad so far.
I'll be 53 at the end of the month.
Az jab last week. From the following morning i had 36hrs of body aches, headache, nausea and fatigue. Standard mild stuff it seems. Not too bad really but I wouldn't plan a ride for a couple of days after.
Had my AZ jab 3 weeks ago and have felt under the weather since. My psoriasis has Gone nuts and bizarrely the creams I normally use can't control it. Also joints feel much more painful than usual.
OxAZ at 1530 yesterday, fine doing the short cycle there and back, weather was so much better than normal I wanted to do a gentle ride outdoors afterwards but played it safe and just did 30mins z1 on Zwift. Things started to go downhill with how I felt after dinner...
Aching head, muscles, joints. Feeling more groggy/hungover than my normal SAD "brain fog." Major fatigue from ~2000. Awful night's sleep despite feeling knackered, uncomfortably warm. Phoned in sick at ~0500, had my best sleep of night just after until binmen lorry woke me just before 0800.
Typically it's a beautifully sunny morning, something that has been so rare since November on my rotaed days off work, which I can't/shouldn't be making use of today.
Over 45s can book a jab online from today. Website was a bit flaky but it remembers when you are if you get a bad gateway and hit refresh so not terrible.
Had mine a week ago today. AZ. 41yrs old.
First thing in the morning, felt a bit ropey by the end of the day, my other half came home that evening after being out for a ride & she found me wrapped up in the duvet on the sofa, in a puffer jacket & duvet, asleep, but shivering & sweating through everything.
Barely slept all night, felt like I had been run over for 2 days, in fact barely even moved for 48 hours, felt wiped out pretty much until the weekend.
Feel fine now, just waiting Skynet to activate my chip.
Had my AZ jab about 13:00, felt fine until around 22:00 then started to really shiver - wasn't cold but if I'm feeling really tired and sick, I start shivering uncontrollable - almost like adrenalin coursing through my body.
Anyone that went on the whole night and I didn't sleep, felt really tired next day and ended up having a 2 hour sleep in the afternoon, didn't manage to eat much but then had 10 hours sleep that night and felt brilliant the next day.
I think that was about 6 weeks ago so I'm guessing in about another week I'll get notified of when my next jab will be. Hopefully the second jab won't have such a reaction - turns out as I get to mid-40s I really enjoy sleep and hate a disturbed night.
Had AZ first jab on Sunday about 6pm. Was fine that evening; bit of a headache Monday morning; yesterday afternoon & evening felt rubbish - achy, tired, headache still, and my arm was very sore; this morning I'm all ticketyboo again.
AZ yesterday morning. Few odd dreams last night and a headache this morning. Feeling slightly weary today but that’s it so far. Fingers crossed.
Had mine about three weeks ago and have felt robbed of energy ever since.
Could be purely coincidental of course
Had mine about three weeks ago and have felt robbed of energy ever since.
Could be purely coincidental of course
Had my AZ jab nearly 4 weeks ago & have not felt good ever since.
Had all the commonly reported side effects / covid type symptoms for about 4 days - but some have carried on.
Extreme tiredness all the time - I never usually get to bed before midnight, but for the last few weeks I have been in bed at 9pm most nights & still wake up feeling like i've not slept for a week!
Physically I get worse after exercise - I have been out on my bike a few times & played football & i'm not too bad when actually exercising, probably feel better for it. But a day or 2 later I get a lot worse, with extreme exhaustion, headaches, brain fog, light headedness etc. - seems my body can't recover from excercise very easily.
There do seem to be linkage to Covid with the symptoms. The clotting is also a big issue with Covid - far worse than with the jab though.
My mums friend was back in hospital today for blood tests, platelet count is still dropping/not stable so more platelets and plasma pumped in and the consultant has now put her on apixaban to lessen the chance of blood clots as she's still suffering from hellish headaches and joint pain. She's not happy bout taking the apixaban but recognises the danger of clots on the brain vs possible side effects. Consultant is still very concerned about her health so will continue twice weekly testing of her bloods for the foreseeable future.
She managed a 1mile walk at the weekend with my mum which cheered her up but they'll not be attempting the WHW this year, hopefully next year if her platelets stabilise.
Had the Pfizer this morning.
Never waited around after it but had a numb face driving home.
Left with a sore point on my arm and a bitter taste in my mouth, other than that nowt.
Well right now I'm in A&E with a Drip on my arm whilst they investigate my headaches and high blood pressure.
Had the AZ 3 weeks ago.
Had my AZ jab nearly 4 weeks ago & have not felt good ever since.
Had all the commonly reported side effects / covid type symptoms for about 4 days – but some have carried on.
Extreme tiredness all the time – I never usually get to bed before midnight, but for the last few weeks I have been in bed at 9pm most nights & still wake up feeling like i’ve not slept for a week!
Physically I get worse after exercise – I have been out on my bike a few times & played football & i’m not too bad when actually exercising, probably feel better for it. But a day or 2 later I get a lot worse, with extreme exhaustion, headaches, brain fog, light headedness etc. – seems my body can’t recover from exercise very easily.
I very much the same, I seem tired all the time, I can ride OK as long as I don't push to hard and after a ride or exercise I buggered 🙁
Feel as though I'm coming down with a cold all the time.
I had the jab 4 weeks ago and have been like this ever since 🙁
I had the AZ one almost 5 weeks ago. Just had a slightly stingy arm and felt a bit shivery for a couple of hours. That was it. Don’t know if that suggests I have the immune system of an 85-year-old?!
Second Pfizer due on Sunday so we shall see. First vaccine as per previous post nothing but a sore arm.
You know it's quite normal to feel a bit run down after having a jab? Quite normal. Sore arm. Standard.
I'm booked in for a Pfizer jab next Monday (despite no cases or very very few in Oz right now).
I'd always been hesitant about the AZ but it seemed that was all we were getting. Now it seems that anyone under 50 won't get the AZ and we are desperately trying to order more Pfizer. Our roadmap is WAY off and we are not hitting the proposed targets for getting people jabbed.
Looks like international travel is completely buggered. This is annoying as 2022 I was taking 6 months long service and hiring a camper van, and taking the kids round Europe before my oldest goes to High School.
I'm early 40s in Oz and had an AZ jab last week (a few days before they stopped giving it to under 50s so i'll be eligible for a second one too).
My only noted side effect seems to have been to get three Strava PRs including a 2nd overall on my commute.
Plenty of colleagues complaining though. Days off, flu symptoms etc.
Had my AZ jab yesterday lunchtime...31 year old.
Felt fine during the day but absolutely awful night, feverish, headaches, the usual...will see what today brings, hopefully it doesn’t last for weeks!
Had my 1st AZ on 1st of April felt fine for first couple of days "Other half felt bad same night for a couple of days" I felt rough around 48h after just for a few hours. had a dull headache "very rare I get any headaches other than self inflicted ones" and lack of energy ever since. Seems to be getting better now after having a few days off bike.
Had first jab at 1pm yesterday, currently feel a little achy and groggy. Just see how it goes.
After almost 48 hours I seem to be getting back to normal again.
Still a bit tender on my arm but headaches and aches have mostly gone now.
I'll find out tonight/tomorrow, booked for mine this PM.
Slightly surprised they had a next-day gap when I went on the site yesterday.
Mrs notsospeedy and myself had our first jabs. I'm in the 45 plus group saw on net my group was taking bookings. Logged on Tuesday got appointment for Wednesday 8.15am!
No ill effects other than a sore upper arm
AZ 10 days ago, that night I was freezing cold but also sweating like a fat lass in a disco, crazy night 'sleep'. Next day felt like i'd been bit by a car which wasn't pleasant as the week before i was actually hit by a car!!!
So because of that I'm not entirely sure what my symptoms have been....car or covid.
Moderna yesterday AM. Sore arm, slightly nauseous, didn’t sleep that well.
4 weeks on and my arm is still aching.
Got my second one booked in now for June and Mrs Spider is having her first this Friday.
So me, t' missus and both sets of GPs have some sort of protection. This makes me feel much happier.
2nd AZ this morning, now waiting see if hits me. Doing the, ooh is that twinge the jab or normal thing game.
Any update @caher I've been refreshing this thread regularly, hope all went well in hospital for you.
Sitting in the sunshine in the garden, knew reading the last few pages of this thread would be a mistake as I'm about to take the walk down to the town hall for jag number 1.
1525 we'll see how it goes, hopefully well as I'm out for a pedal this evening.
AZ last Friday. Felt fine during the day then sleep that night was disrupted by a toddler I had an 0415 start on Saturday morning(was going to can it if I felt crap). Bit of a headache and felt lethargic but that was as likely to be the lack of sleep as jab.
Arm still sore but not stopping me doing anything.
Pfizer and bloody hell sorest Jag I've had. She was taking no prisoners. Maybe it's because I wasn't up for the small chat, I'd already heard it through the curtain from her previous customer.
Just over 3 weeks ago I had the first jab. Felt fine until about a week ago. Very slight constant headache/neckache and feel as if I have a head cold.No problems out on hardish road rides but I do feel more tired at night and go to bed earlier.
I had the Pizer one about 6 weeks ago. 51 but with underlying health issues. No side effect other than sore arms for a day. My 21 year old Daughter, who has had covid, had the AZ one 3 weeks ago and had an utterly awful 4 days following. Felt like she had been kicked repeatedly in the kidneys. Said it was far worse than covid, but she is young.
Someone a similar age at work had the same experience. Had COVID and then had the jab several months later and spent the weekend in bed. No side effects from the second dose though.
Moderna yesterday AM. Sore arm, slightly nauseous, didn’t sleep that well.
Strange, bit of an update....suddenly started shivering uncontrollably about 10 minutes ago. Now running a temp. I did read the side effects were worse with Moderna va. Pfizer.
Second complete day after first OxAZ jab...
Woke earlier than hoped at 0530 but couldn't get back to sleep, otherwise felt a bit better than Tuesday until around lunchtime.
Then the joint/muscle aches came back along with general fatigue, so relaxed in bed most of afternoon, got up to make us both dinner but been back in bed feeling exhausted since ~2000.
Reminds me of having Covid ~13 months ago, feeling like I was getting better to then have multiple relapses.
My mums friend was back in hospital today for blood tests, platelet count is still dropping/not stable so more platelets and plasma pumped in and the consultant has now put her on apixaban to lessen the chance of blood clots as she’s still suffering from hellish headaches and joint pain. She’s not happy bout taking the apixaban but recognises the danger of clots on the brain vs possible side effects. Consultant is still very concerned about her health so will continue twice weekly testing of her bloods for the foreseeable future.
I only wish this had been common knowledge four-five weeks ago, because then my g/f might have been encouraged to get checked out, and been treated. Instead I’m attending her funeral next week. She was 55. 😢
Myself, I had my jab a month and a half ago, and never suffered any noticeable side effects, other than a slightly uncomfortable arm - it was a lot worse after my flu jab earlier this year.
further update. My wife had AZ on Monday. Now has a slightly sore arm, and and even lower opinion of my tendency to overegg very mild illness or disease.
MrsMC is 24 hours on from second jab and nothing worse than a sore arm so far, better than first time.
So sorry CountZero, that's terrible.
Things have moved on quickly and there's now a test and treatment according to this article.
That's awful CountZero, really sorry to hear that.
Had my first AZ jab yesterday 5pm - got feverish during the night and slept poorly - feel a bit spaced-out today.
Dog walk after lunch to see how I am physically.
Almost 24hrs on from first Pfizer.
Went for a toughish ride and had a couple of beers.
Feel fine apart from Jag area feels like I've clipped a tree hard.