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Had AZ yesterday evening 18.10, slightly disturbed sleep and feeling a bit spaced out and dizzyish today. Sore arm too as expected.
Still feeling shattered and achy today, but today really aware of "heavy arms" when I lift anything and "heavy legs" when I slowly shuffle from one room to another. Once again no sensible thoughts of a turbo or outdoor ride of any intensity, done nothing since Monday afternoon.
Felt a bit fatigued and light-headed after (and during) dog walk.
Will avoid operating heavy machinery or riding bikes for now.
Moderna 24 hrs ago. Didn't feel the jab, slept like a baby and just a sore arm today.....I'm sure this smugness means I'll get bashed around by the second dose in June.
I had AZ last Friday which resulted in a bit of a disrupted sleep Friday night and I could see from my watch my resting heart rate over the 24 hours after the vaccine was bit higher than usual.
I still felt ok for a few hours on the bike Saturday but then tired Saturday afternoon which I mainly put down to not sleeping well the night before. Went to bed earlier than usual Saturday night, slept for over 10 hours then back to normal by Sunday.
My wife had the vaccine at the same time and almost identical experience to me except for complaining of a sore arm. I could feel where I had the jab if I pressed on that spot whereas she was complaining the whole top of her arm was sore.
Had mine yesterday - AZ. Feel like I've got flu today. Overnight my resting HR was much higher than normal. Awful nights sleep. Achey and hot. Lots of paracetemol today.
But all for the greater good.. 🙂
The notes I got with after my AZ said "up to one-in-10" people might get fever-ish side effects.
Anecdotally that seems to be waaaaay out... but I'm not complaining.
So tired! AZ first dose yesterday… hardly slept a wink last night. Achy all over today. Had been advised by others to take today off work… and they were right. Arm feels like it’s been kicked by a horse (and I know from experience what that feels like). It’s all just a minor inconvenience though really, like a big hangover after a mate’s birthday night out… but with greater benefits to those around me long term.
1st Pfizer on Tuesday. Sore arm & Upper leg/arse on the same side. Felt like I'd been kicked. Bit more tired than usual. Feel fine today.
Mrs Bit had it 10 minutes earlier than me but no real ill effects other than feeling slightly 'tipsy' today.
Mate in Japan had his 2nd Pfizer yesterday & it has knocked him for six. Said it was much much worse than #1.
Something to look forward to then...
Got an OxAZ today that was going spare. Wasn't expecting to get it for months so really happy. Shouldn't have started reading this thread though. I knew a day or two of flu-like feeling might be on the cards - might ruin my plans (inc. bookings) at the pub this weekend, but a small price to pay - but really hoping it's short-lived.
So sorry to hear about your girlfriend CountZero, that's heartbreaking 🙁
Had the moderna vaccine on Wednesday. Felt OK for rest of the day just abit of a sore arm
Today my arm has become more painful and feeling really run down
Glad on my rest week from work!
Had been advised by others to take today off work
I made bloody well sure I was working the next day.
Don't wanna waste a day off feeling like shit warmed up.
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.
Thanks. They let me out after lots of tests but blood pressure still very high. One doctor quipped that they thought I’d been poisoned. I said yes, by a vaccine. I’ll still have the second one though.
Glad hear you got out ok, that doesn't sound fun. Hope they plan/ advised follow up with gp?
So far no particular ill effect from my 2md one 🤞
(told you I was keeping regular eye on the thread 😁)
Yes, week on elephant pills then GP.
I made bloody well sure I was working the next day.
Don’t wanna waste a day off feeling like shit warmed up.
Yeah, I lost a weekends riding, not making that mistake again, though I was just feeling very tired, so got off lightly.
MrsMC now 48 hours on from second dose of AZ having had a rough night after the first one.
AZ a few weeks back (I'm 43,had a kidney illness as a teenager but fully healed, but on high risk register for some reason 🤷♂️), had about 36 hours of jetlag / mild hangover type feeling with poor concentration.
Wife had hers week before me, she was wiped out for 24 hours, also AZ. But she works in healthcare so might have had previous exposure, or might just be more susceptible genetically I guess?
Either way, we both agreed that 2 x a day of feeling a bit rough is a small price to pay for peace of mind both for ourselves and everyone else around us.
Az on Wednesday evening, really rough night with terrible headache and flu symptoms. Hopefully start to feel better through today.
AZ here last Sunday midday. By bed time I got very cold and had sensitive skin. Woke up in the middle of the night hot and sweaty.
Monday was a mini repeat of the cold hot cycle at about lunch time. My brain was fuzzy for Monday, then started feeling okay.
Still a bit tired, bit tight chested, but no worries. It looks like I had middle of the road effects.
My wife was same symptoms as me but worse. Lasted 3 days and had sore joints.
Much rather have that than actual Covid based on my Fathers experience and other people I know who were sick for a month, and now have long covid, or have died.
It's taken three weeks to get back to unfit. Seems to have been a weekend of horrible, a of week rough, a week listless and then a steady progression. I don't think the long covid symptom cycle 7days before the jab has helped the speed of bounce back.
I seem to be in the lighter end of the statistical reactions sp far. Had the az yesterday lunchtime, so far a slightly sore arm (feels very similar to day after a big tattoo with sensitive skin and localised soreness) and joints feel a bit sensitive. slightly muzzy headed and thats it.
from talking to a lot of folks who have the jab before, keeping well hydrated and spacing the paracetemol throught the day seems to keep the worst at bay (although as always anecdote doenst equal evidence)
Had the AZ vaccine yesterday.
No side effects so far.
AZ, Nothing!
I had the AZ at 2pm yesterday. Slept fine last night, arm aches a bit this morning but other than that feel ok so far.
Slept great and felt fresh as a daisy this morning.
Heart rate still about 5bpm above average. Hopefully get out for a ride later to see how I really am.
Just left the house for a short walk, first "exercise" since Monday, my god that felt hard work on a flat route... As if going uphill and/or into a headwind! Woke to new discomfort in upper arms, arm pits and around left ankle... Guessing a lot of it is lymph node related, to go with elbow and knee discomfort.
Anyone else felt as bad or worse after their first jab, compared to how they remember being when they had Covid?
I think my headache was a lot worse on 21st March 2020 compared to an short-lived intense headache that turned into a mild on/off headache with the OxAZ vaccine, but the aches and pains I've felt in the rest of my body since Monday feel far worse, hence why last year I soon went back to interval training (and then discovered the fatigue pitfalls with that approach).
Moderna, yesterday, felt a bit woozy but two paracetamol cured that.
It’s aggravated the bruised chest I sustained in an OTB moment the week before but that might be coincidence.
Anyone else felt as bad or worse after their first jab, compared to how they remember being when they had Covid?
Reasonably confident I had Covid 13 months ago.
Side-effects of the jab were similar actually, but only about a third-to-a-quarter the severity.
Hopefully much shorter-lived as well.
Haven't had mine yet, but been following the thread and wanted to say I'm so sorry for your loss @CountZero - there are no words 😔
AZ yesterday morning, didn't sleep at all last night just ached all over. Now I cannot decide if I still feel unwell or are just horribly tired.
First AZ jab yesterday afternoon. Felt fine all evening, woke up a few times in the night feeling achey / hot / thirsty but thought I slept OK. Woke with a feeling a bit like a hangover and not particularly energetic.
Looked at my Garmin stats and it says I had a terrible nights sleep and my heart rate was 110-120BPM from approx 2am until I woke up! It's slowly dropped back throughout the day and is not far off my normal RHR now.
Me and my wife both had our first AZ jabs yesterday. Me at 9am. Wife at 4pm.
By about 8pm I was starting to feel a little achey; shoulders, hips, back neck - pretty general and low level. Wife was feeling fine, if a little tired.
She woke me at 1am asking me to get her some paracetamol, a tshirt and her joggers. She was clutching the duvet tightly under her chin and shivering uncontrollably. Said she had a banging headache and arms/legs felt really heavy too. She stayed in bed sleeping fitfully until about 2pm today, taking paracetamol 6am, 10am & 2pm but now seems OK. Just a little tired.
I've had no reaction other than having a left shoulder that feels like it's had a good whack.
I’m all clear at 48hours. Will not be drinking or riding this weekend though. My body needs a rest after that.
24 hours on from 1st AZ now. No side effects to report of as such. Felt 100% all day, and have had a busy day. Not even a sore arm. Going to the pub this evening since it's been booked for weeks. Hope this doesn't prove the undoing of it.
Wife and I both had Moderna shots this afternoon. I feel fine, arm is sore but otherwise I’m ok. Though I’ve just noticed I’ve slightly raised HR.
She’s shaky / shivery and feels poo.
AZ for me last weekend. My arm felt a bit sore for a few days and for a couple of days felt a bit "fuzzy" but other than that all good. Superb service from the NHS and the volunteering staff so top marks there.
Moderna for me yesterday at 5pm. Went home, sat in the garden chatting to the neighbours with a glass of wine, dinner and a good nights sleep. I can tell more that I’ve had half a bottle of plonk than I’ve had a jab. Arm a little bit sore but other than that, spot on.
Had a "oh no" moment yesterday. Two days in from Pfizer Jag. Sore head, feeling a bit shit. It might have been a day of outside DIY in the sun.
All good today bit of a sniffle so maybe a cold but don't know where that's come from.
Had AZ on 31st March (i'm 40). Didn't feel particularly great before hand. Had the standard sore arm and waking up sweating like a banshee. Next day in bed by 19:30 (very unusual). Had noticed what I think are heart palpitations. Fuzzy head and random pins and needles / muscle twitches, still ongoing. Walking is fine but don't really feel like doing anything more. Dr's didn't seem immediately concerned but have a blood test and 48Hr ECG booked for next week.
AZ jab for me yesterday at 9.30am. Come dinner time I was feeling run down. By 10.30pm I had a raging temperature and felt rough a.f. with a raised pulse. Consequently I didn't get the best sleep but drank lots of water and took paracetamol. Feeling better today but not especially energetic. I rather wish I didn't have a 10 hour day at work today and tomorrow but the side effects aren't really that bad and all perfectly normal.
The day is still quite young, but so far, it's the first day since the jab on Monday 12th when I generally feel no worse than the previous day. Still not right though, a marginally longer walk than yesterday still felt harder work than it should have and I still have aches and pains along with fatigue.
Had the az vaccine at 11.30 am today, feeling fine at present, but the nurse essentially said to expect to feel rubbish tomorrow. Not looking forward to that.....
Felt fresh as a daisy yesterday morning and last night's ride was totally fine.
Today's dog walk was quite challenging, but that was because I whacked my knee on the bedpost in the night.
The day is still quite young, but so far, it’s the first day since the jab on Monday 12th when I generally feel no worse than the previous day.
Ties in with anecdotal feedback from a mate who's a vaccinator. He's been asking everyone in for a second jab about their reaction to the first one and says that those who've had covid are generally reacting more strongly. Similar to you, the missus was jabbed on a Monday and reckons it took around ten days for her to feel 100% again.
Ties in with anecdotal feedback from a mate who’s a vaccinator. He’s been asking everyone in for a second jab about their reaction to the first one and says that those who’ve had covid are generally reacting more strongly. Similar to you, the missus was jabbed on a Monday and reckons it took around ten days for her to feel 100% again.
I was pondering to myself whether reaction to the jab might be proportional to the reaction people had to Covid itself. My experience was very similar, but scaled down IYKWIM.
Some may have had asympomatic Covid and never been diagnosed, and may have no jab side effects?
So I wonder, did anyone here have Covid with notable symptoms - but no side effects from their jab?
So, I had the az vaccine about 24 hours ago, and so far I feel fine,i maybe feel a bit tired, but that's it.
My resting heart rate is about 20bpm higher than normal according to my garmin though, so something is going on, although that could be down to one too many gin and tonics last night
That's reassuring @BadlyWiredDog , have you had your first jab yet?
How have other long Covid STWers felt after the jab? From my awful memory @Tired @Ahsat
I've had a dull headache since yesterday lunchtime, switched from back to front of head, paracetamol and ibuprofen haven't relieved it. Time to get out of bed very late for me, having woken for a while around 0500.
I had the AZ on Friday afternoon. Felt fine Friday evening other than a slightly sore arm. Took some paracetamol after it but then didn’t continue. 1 glass of red before normal bedtime. Woke Saturday and felt really achy, tired, fuzzy headed. Like a Hangover kind of headache. Took some more paracetamol and had a lazy morning and felt better by teatime but still not 100%. Fine this morning but Garmin has resting heart rate up by 10bpm from Friday afternoon. Kind of what I expected.
My wife had it on the Thursday and I came home Friday afternoon to find her in bed not feeling great. Again just 24-36 hours. She reckons she had COVID last year as when we were in the French Alps in February she felt rough for a day and then lost her sense of smell for about 3-4 weeks. Long before we knew much about COVID. I may have been lucky or just asymptomatic.
Still happy I’ve had it even if my arm is still a bit sore.
MIL had 2nd Pfizer on Friday and having been fine for the first was feeling a bit ‘off’ yesterday though she was blaming the sore arm on the poor technique of the vaccinator!
@n0b0dy0ftheg0at Good memory and thanks for asking; but as I’m in my mid 30s, no jab for me yet. Trying to not get too hopeful that it helps the long COVID.
Good luck with the headache. Hope it shifts ASAP. The COVID headache is like the worse hangover ever, and then my long COVID headache carried on for 3+ months, now only been helped by amitriptyline.
Had AZ yesterday at midday, by 8pm felt fatigue, at 2am woke with quite a high fever 38.5 and flu like symptoms and couldn’t sleep much after that. Seems to have abated this morning, but was quite unpleasant. The Mrs had no side effects beyond slightly tender arm
That’s reassuring @BadlyWiredDog , have you had your first jab yet?
Yep, I had AZ five weeks ago today. Initial day-and-a-half of flu-like symptoms, then a day when I felt pretty good, but since then four weeks that have felt like I've regressed six months with reduced exercise tolerance, nausea and shakiness from computer time, weird adrenaline spikes. But seem to be pulling out of it now and getting back to my pre-jab baseline, maybe beyond and back to slow improvement bar some weird new occasional dizziness.
Quite a few long haulers have had a similar grumbly reaction, some - including two mates - have improved markedly after having the jab. Very few have worsened. And of course coincidence isn't causality, placebo effects etc. I guess it's not wholly unexpected if you give a slightly dysfunctional immune system a thorough terrier with rat shake-up. I think response is supposed to peak around four weeks post jab, so hopefully everything will calm down and my second jab will be less of a cluster 🙂
AZ on Thursday, no side effects. Was riding hard on Friday.
Hopefully not much longer until your first jab, @Ahsat, that long Covid headache sounds nasty!
Sounds like you had another rollercoaster ride @BadlyWiredDog, hopefully the upward trajectory will continue after that prolonged downturn.
That dull headache that started Saturday lunch got more intense yesterday despite painkillers, started to seriously think about calling 111 around 1700, but after using a cold press for ~10mins I got a bit of relief until bedtime.
Woke up randomly at 0400 for a while and finally crawled out of bed just before 0900, feeling groggy and I can feel the headache very mildly in the background, bit of same aches and pains in muscles and joints.
Need to decide if I'm fit enough to return to work tomorrow or get a sick note, far from a clear cut decision right now as postie shifts are far from easy during Covid.
Second Pfizer vaccine yesterday. The healthcare that administered the vaccine is the bloke you definitely want if you are needle phobic etc didn’t even feel it, had to look to see he’d given it to me.
No side effects worth mentioning apart from minor fatigue, slept most of the afternoon and only woke up to eat then early to bed, 14-16 hours of sleep.
Today just a very dull ache from vaccine site, and still feel a little tired but that might be the effects of the daily antihistamine I take to be honest.
Moderna last Tuesday.
Wednesday - arm felt dead; painful and very heavy. Almost as if it had a local anaesthetic, but with pain. Which is odd.
Thurday - all gone; back to normal
Since then, nothing.
Second AZ Saturday. For the first one I had 24 hours of feeling a bit rubbish, from midday the day after the jab.
No reaction to the second jab at all.
Hubby had Moderna last week. Bit of a sore arm, then 3 days later, he was really tired and had to go to bed. He's fine now.
Interesting regarding the thoughts that people who had C19 have bad side effects.
A good friend just had a few hours of chills and shaking after her jab and she's had the virus.
I definitely haven't had the virus but had the full list of side effects from Ox/AZ (except headache).
Nearly 4 days on now, and despite a pretty busy, physically active weekend with two pub sessions, I haven't felt any worse for wear. Guessing I would have done by now if I was going to? Counting myself pretty lucky.
i'm now 48 hours on from the az jab, symptoms got a bit worse yesterday as the day wore on, but nothing too bad, just felt like a hangover, went to bed early, woke up this morning all fine, so hopefully its now worked through my system and thats the end of it.
All in all - not too bad considering what some others have felt.
Guessing I would have done by now if I was going to?
Nope you've just entered the risk period for blood clots. People who get them are affected 3-14 days after vaccination depending on where you look. 3-10 days in this link:
Edit: I'm now 10 days in and nothing to report beyond mild fatique the day after the AZ jab (4h MTB might have had something to do with the fatigue). Madame had her AZ jab on Friday and spent most of Saturday in bed, she's fine now.
Mrs JP and I had AZ at Grasmere early on Saturday morning. I have felt fine other than a ache in the arm around the jab. Mrs JP went to bed at 8pm Saturday shivering with cold, at 10pm she was complaining of being too hot but got up and started shivering again. Up at 1am and felt dizzy but then pretty much fine in the morning. Hopefully that is us done but will keep a watch out for further symptoms.
Had the Pfizer last week (aged 39 in Wales) at lunchtime.
First evening i felt really quite pleasantly stoned it was great.
Next day felt fine, but that night had a bit of a fever when dropping off to sleep.
Following day felt normal again.
How have other long Covid STWers felt after the jab? From my awful memory @Tired @Ahsat
Had the AZ jab on the 6th. Crazy temp about 10 hours later including fingertips going numb and pins and needles all over my body. Paracetamol knocked it on the head after about 5 hours. Had a dead arm about 10 days later too which was odd.
The long covid is grumbling on, too early to say if there is a improvement or otherwise as it is a mercurial and totally unreliable illness at best.
I had my second pfizer jab yesterday at 12.30pm. I felt ok yesterday, woke up this morning aching heavy arm, banging head ache and aching head to to toe, flu like symptoms.
I had exactly the same symptoms with the first jab. The nurse told me that for most people the symptoms only last around 24 hours, but there are a small group of people who are suffering 2 to 3 days or more.
The first jab felt like it was a huge thick needle and hurt like hell. I didnt feel a thing with the second jab.
First AZ jab Sunday 4.30, went for a ride in the evening. woke at 4am very shivery/ aches and bizarrely balls of feet hurt when walking.
Fine by midday.
My 83 year old Mother had her second jab last Tuesday, 48 hours of feeling rough. Friday Saturday she was okay. Then yesterday, Sunday, shivering and unable to get warmed up, then it changed to being drenched in sweat last night. Phoned NHS 24 and she has had to go for a covid test today!
I had my first jab on Saturday (Pfizer) arm is a bit tender where the injection was, hoping that's the worst of it!
AZ today. Currently fine.
Madame has now come out in a rash of red pimples around her back, vaccinated last Friday.
AZ first on Friday. Started to feel very tired and a bit cold-y Friday evening. Woke up Saturday with zero energy and feeling like I had a very heavy cold. Energy slowly returned Sunday, just about enough to mow the lawn. Slept like a log with some funky dreams. At work today but found it really hard to focus on all but the most tedious tasks. Only now starting to feel like I'm recovering. Fit and healthy 48 year old, two MTB rides a week, c. 70k metres vert ascent a year. Didnt expect to be hit quite so hard by it.
Had my first AZ jab several weeks ago. Was not in the hurry to make the appointment even when the letter was sent to me earlier.
Before the jab I already had slight headache which would normally last for few hours but after the jab I got timely headache for 3 nights continuously.
On the day of the jab I was fine until around 12.30am to 1am where my headache started and could not stay awake any longer (usually I can stay awake with only 3 hours sleep), so went to sleep early.
The next day all fine, no sore arm, normal etc, but at exactly 12.30am to 1am again the headache started so went to bed early. This headache continued for 3 nights at the same time. I felt fine an normal during the day but at the exact timing the headache appeared.
p/s: since then I felt like there was a headache coming but that did not happen but felt like having a very mild pressure before headache.
After 3 days all normal but now I can sleep for very long hour for 10 hours sometimes creating headache sometimes. I recall immediately after the day of the jab I slept early but seem to wake up earlier than normal at 6am.
Pfizer 6 weeks ago.
Since then, I've been 'snotty' every morning, and regularly have to blow my nose. Something I havent done at all in the last 6 months+.
Also had an aching arm for rather longer than expected, 3 weeks after, there was still an aching spot on my arm, like someone had punched it.
Nothing to cause me trouble in the scheme of things, but maybe should be noted?
Thanks for that, will check what to do here.
Edit: Having looked at the government's info it's usually a non-serious side effect and we should contact a doctor if it persists three days.
Had the Moderna Sat 5pm. Achy arm for 24hrs. Since Sunday morning had slight aches, runny nose, tiredness. However, if it wasn’t for the jab I’d prob not even notice the symptoms or put them down to a few glasses of red 😆
Got 1st ox az dose at 1015 yesterday. Felt fine until about 9 pm and within 90 minutes I'd gone from sore arm, through muscle aches, to full shivers. Went to bed with paracetamol and sweated the night through. A bit better this morning but generally rough. I'm 48 next month and AFAIK haven't had covid.
I had the AZ jab yesterday at lunchtime. 12 hours later I started with the chills and then the sweating. I had a pretty restless night and my resting HR last night was 10-15 bpm higher than normal. I woke this morning to what felt like a mild hangover. I immediately took some paracetamol and feel a bit better now although I still have a dull headache. My Mrs has her AZ jab yesterday and she is fine.
Had AZ jab 17th April.
Had flu like symptons for a couple of days, which I battled through.
Still not right now (headaches/dizzy/fatigue/arm weakness), had to stop training totally. Its odd as I'm very fit, never get ill and never visit the doctors, the one time I have I'm been in years I've been ill ever since.
I can carry on with life, I'm tired, and I'd get the jab again, but it's not what I was expecting. I'm 42, few friends had it and only suffered a day or so. I think I had covid last year but didnt have a positive result. Just hoping i can get back to running and cycling soon
Mine yesterday, woke up for 20sec in the night with a sweat, but feel fine and dandy.
Arguably a tiny bit of an ache in my arm, but nothing really.
Jabbed yesterday morning.
Felt a bit cold last night, and woke up achey this morning - might just have been the busy weekend though.
Bit of a snot nose, bit tired this morning - but nothing more that I'd expect from staying up on the playstationy :).
Madame's rash has all but gone this morning. It was just as if she'd eaten a sea food menu with shell fish, same sort of rash.