Covid vaccine

Had mine three weeks ago yesterday. Made me actually sick (astra zeneca) but by the Tuesday was as right as rain. Will definitely be having the second jab in May.

Had my first jab 2 weeks ago as I've got a chronic kidney illness had, the AstraZeneca one. I woke up in the night feeling mildly unwell and felt slightly hungover the next day but nothing too bad, it's just the antibodies kicking in.

Having my first on Tuesday morning.

Had the pfizer one in Jan and had no problems at all.

I had the AZ vaccine yesterday morning. A bit surprised they invited me in this early as I wasn't expecting it until next month some time but I'd imagine I was offered it due to my mild asthma. I think they have some sort of an algorithm to calculate who gets it and asthma, regardless of severity, bumps you up the list.

Yesterday, I developed a headache quickly, but nothing else to report apart from the urge to peel a banana with my feet. Woke up this morning feeling as though I was a bit hungover, even though I've had nothing to drink for a few days. Stiff neck and shoulders but the biggest thing has been tiredness. Seems to be easing off so I'll be fine by the morning.

Mrs Ginny had the AZ and felt ropey for about three days. Headache and felt tired, plus some arm and shoulder pain. Think the AZ one has the most side effects.

I'm not really one for taking medicines and vaccines unless absolutely necessary. Try to keep myself fit with exercise and eating healthily. I've never had a flu jab since I was eligible for instance, and to be honest, I didn't intend to have the covid vaccine either, but when all those people were dying and it was running riot, I thought it was maybe being a bit selfish of me to turn it down, so I went with it, despite my reservations. One of my concerns was the lack of testing over a prolonged period of time and there are some reports of blood clots linked with the AZ vaccine appearing in the news.

On balance, I think it was the right decision and I will be having the second one in May.

You made the right choice Ginny.

I do wish the press would not hype things into a frenzy, I read this "Norway's health authorities said on Saturday that three health workers who had recently received the vaccine had experienced severe side effects". Because of this the Dutch are pausing their roll out.

Any drug is going to have some side effects on somebody somewhere, hence the leaflet inside every box of medication you get be it BP tabs or paracetamol. It's not good for those 3 people but for the millions it is going to save lives.

Had the AZ one on Friday. Bit of a stiff area round where the needle went in, but nothing else. So far.

The thing that hurt most was being given a leaflet giving advice for “older adults”, which technically I am, but don’t these people have any sensitivity? 😂

Had mine a few weeks ago never felt a thing and no after effects.

If you're older, you're less likely to get many side effects from the vaccines due to a weaker immune system. Younger people who have them are likely to feel more ropey, after the second dose especially.

If you get a more severe response (fluey symptoms) after the first dose, you may well be seropositive already (i.e. you've already had Covid, even if you didn't know anything about it at the time).