Just like the previous two vaccines the booster I received yesterday knocked me on my arse!
I had the vaccine at 11am and by the afternoon I could feel the familiar ache in my upper arm. I had dosed up on Ibuprofen and Paracetamol as a preventative and headed for bed early with quite a sore arm and a slight ache in my legs.
I didn’t sleep well, a bit unsettled and awake shortly after 5am. I could feel an ache in my back and legs in addition to my arm and when I eventually got up at 7am to prepare for work I was feeling pretty tired. I showered and changed feeling rough but figured I could get through a day at work and then BOOM! a cold sweat hit me, sudden nausea and very faint to the extent that I was seeing stars. I had to call in sick to work and crawled back to bed scaring the crap out of Catriona in the process.
I stayed in bed sleeping off and on until lunchtime when I relocated to the living room, feeling slightly better but still rough. As the afternoon progressed I could feel the aches and tiredness gradually lifting and this evening I’m feeling much better. I’m back to just a bit of an ache in my upper arm, pretty much where I was at lunchtime yesterday and hopefully back to 100% in the morning.
I really hope this is the end of Covid vaccines as I’m getting pretty fed up with them by now…
the idle cyclist 
Glad to hear you’re recovering. I had nothing from my first, a little tiredness from the second and feverishness and exhaustion from the booster. Since then I’ve tested positive and had a little tiredness but nothing else. I’m over it now but if the vaccine is worse than the virus it gets you thinking. I’m sure if I hadn’t been triple jabbed it wold have been much worse so I’ll go with the recommendations.
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I had similar aches with the virus this time last year. It was probably the Beta variant (also known as the British variant) but it was a lot worse and longer lasting than the vaccine. I think they are doing their job but the virus variants are also weakening so the effects are now lessened considerably. I just hope that the next variant is weaker again and that we can finally live without vaccines…
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All my jabs did me in and knocked me about. Sat next to someone who tested positive the next day after NY eve. Been neg ever since so I’m either super immune or lucky
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I don’t think we’re lucky enough for this to be the end, brother. I’ve had about enough.
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I think we all have…
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I got my booster and flu shot the same day and had no reaction. It may sound crazy, but I was hoping for something. That’s the sign that something is happening, as far as I know.
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