Redd_Kross wrote:
First appointment was arranged for 17:55. Felt fine all evening, went to bed, woke up at 4am feeling really sick. That lasted for a couple of hours, managed to get back to sleep, then woke up the next day with a headache and flu symptoms which persisted for 48 hours.
Mind you I have Type 1 Diabetes and that gets upset by anything like this, which in turn means it takes longer for me to recover (from both things).
The second jab just gave me a sore arm and made me feel a bit tired next day. Probably because I'd prepared properly this time with lots of aspirin and tasty sugar-free drinks.
So I'm glad I've had it, but I didn't enjoy the first one very much. At least that proved it did something, though. I'd have been worried if I'd not had any reaction at all.
Yeah, I was a bit concerned at first because I didn't even feel the needle go in, and when I had the chills I thought maybe I'd eaten something bad, I wasn't convinced I'd been given the shot at all. But having heard that others have experienced similar symptoms, I'm now happy enough believing I had it (not that I believed it was some kind of trick, but maybe the needle didn't go where it was supposed to, or the stuff in it wasn't active, I dunno, but I don't think that was the case, I'm sure I've had it now).
Sounds like you had a bit of a rougher time than me though, that sucks. Encouraging to hear that the second one wasn't as bad, I've heard it said that the second is worse, but I guess I'll find out in a month or so. At least yours is done now, like you say, it's out of the way and hopefully we won't need more of them, I'm looking forward to the same, I just want to get back to normal.