Shingles Shots

[YellowHammer]

This is ridiculous, I finally found a hole in my schedule and got the second shot at 2pm this afternoon, and at 10 pm I'm shivering and teeth chattering.  Amazing speed of a reaction.  My immune system must be on full speed ahead. 

[Ianab]

Still better than a case of the Shingles though?

[SwampDonkey]

I guarantee a little shivering is a lot milder than the shingles. :D

[YellowHammer]

Captains log:

3:31 am, 100.7 F fever, shoulders and back sore, headache.  I contemplate the reason behind the "fun" and assume this is worth the extra 5% chance of not getting shingles over the first shot.

Up because of the coyotes are barking in the holler.

A couple Tylenol, some water, and I'm web surfing about a long range hunting rifle that I can shoot out the window from my bed, across the dove field, into the valley and whack these howling mutts.  At night.

While I'm shivering.  Without waking Martha up.   

Anybody got one? 

I tell myself to quit being a whiner, got to be tough like the folks on the Forum, and so life is good again. 

Y'all have a good night! 

[Walnut Beast]

Hang in there and hope you get to feeling better!!

[RetiredTech]

I hate to hear that. I got the first shot about a week ago. No reaction to it at all other than a sore arm the next day. I go back in February for the second one. But I did get the old vaccine years ago.
  I've watched several people including my wife go through the shingles. You don't want them! Praying you feel better today.

[woodroe]

After listening to horror stories from my older brother
and BIL who both got Shingles about the same time, both in their
early to mid sixties I signed up for the vaccine without hesitation.
First shot just a sore arm, 2nd shot 6 mos later sore arm and some fatigue, headache but nothing serious. One less thing to make life miserable.

[John Mc]

Hope you are felling better soon. I watched my mother and my wife go through actually having shingles years ago. MUCH worse than their reactions to the vaccination (which they both got this year). My wife was told she had a more moderate case of shingles when she had it. On her second shingle vaccination she was down and out for about 36 hours with chills, fever, aches. She said she'd rather take a solid week of that vaccine reaction before she'd go through another case of "moderate" shingles.

[Magicman]

I hate to read this Robert, but hopefully last night was your worst.  Also thankfully this one was your last.  I don't recall reading where anyone suffered the reaction that you are having.  (well John Mc just posted one about his wife)

My reactions were similar to woodroe's above with only soreness which took a while to go away. 

[Southside]

I'm web surfing about a long range hunting rifle that I can shoot out the window from my bed, across the dove field, into the valley and whack these howling mutts.  At night

So you looking at thermals now?  I can tell you which cow pies are fresher than the others through mine.

[YellowHammer]

I don't think so, last night I was looking for a grenade launcher.

I went to the Shingrix site and this popped up as "normal" reactions:
The most common side effects of SHINGRIX are:
Pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site
Muscle pain
Tiredness
Headache
Shivering
Fever
Upset stomach

I'm sure I'll be better tomorrow, but I had been told by so many people that this reaction would happen, including my Dr. and the Pharmacist yesterday, who said "expect two to three days of down time" that I had waited until my window to get the second shot was just about closed.   

I will also say, it's not a good idea to order Zaxbys Chicken Finger Meal with Extra Fries, before getting the shot.  I paid for that poor decision last night...... 

[Southside]

In all seriousness I find loudly shutting a vehicle door or some other type of noise like that will shut them up in a hurry.  Maybe it's because the ones around me are accustomed to that car door sounding noise causing uncle Carl to roll over and play dead, but whatever works.

[YellowHammer]

It's over, I went to bed last night with a 99F, a slight chill, and woke up sweating through the bedsheets.  Yesterday, I could barely move my neck, felt like a truck had rung over me, and this morning I feel normal, my neck doesn't hurt, the headache is gone, and it's as if nothing happened, except it's Wednesday.

The thing is, I get vaccines for Flu yearly, certainly Covid, lots of crazy vaccines when I worked and travelled for Uncle Sam, and I have never had a reaction like this, which according to the several people I talked to, is not unusual.

Oh, well, it's Zaxby's under the bridge, and I BETTER NOT get shingles!!! :D :D :D :D

[Magicman]

Welcome back to the land of the living.   8)

[RetiredTech]

 What a difference a day makes. Glad your up and around again.

[SwampDonkey]

You survived all the headaches and sweats and now you're ready for fighting. :D

[chet]

Wife just went through the same thing as you. Same exact symptoms, other than the injection site issues. Only she never got the shot.   :

[Ianab]

You always remember a nasty vaccine reaction, and soon forget the 20 others that were almost nothing.

[SwampDonkey]

But some work as advertised and others don't for more than 3 or 4 months. ;D

[doc henderson]

I will pull mine back too

[SwampDonkey]

what? Oh I see you pulled some back.

What I pulled back are results in an population study in Austria with 100,000's of patients on COVID-19. We'll leave that from this thread.

[thecfarm]

And he is on his way to buy that long range rifle!!!!
My wife is like that. Any side affects, she probably will get it.  :(

[doc henderson]

I thought you were talking about the shingles shot.  too busy to concentrate on the study.

[SwampDonkey]

Edited the previous post to keep the thread on Shingles and not go down other paths.

[Ljohnsaw]

Got my shingles shot today. Mild sore arm. Also had my annual physical and got my foot pain looked at. Plantar Fasciitis. Ordered my shoe  inserts and started my stretching. Hope to clear it up before I'm back at  the cabin.