I got my first shot moderna - I also had covid in January

[boston bean]

Thought people would like to know how it went for a person who had covid and then first shot.

My body mounted a pretty hard defense to the shot.

Hour twelve or so after shot I continued with high temp 101-102, body aches and pretty bad chills for about 12 hours.

I am now about 36 hours post shot, have low grade fever, body aches and chills gone. Feeling pretty good.

Now I gotta do it all again in one month.

Worth every temp spike chill and ache to get inoculated.

[LisaL]

1. Yep, the reaction to the first shot is usually worse in those who already had covid.

NT

[boston bean]

3. Not much out there on how second shot is for people like me.

I am hoping for an easier go. I have no idea.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

27. The good news is that you probably have LOTS...

... of antibodies from the 1st dose.

(The article below indeed doesn't mention reactions to the 2nd dose among the previously infected.)

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/strong-reaction-first-covid-19-vaccine-may-signal-previous-infection-experts-214925129.html

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But while initial research suggested that individuals were more likely to experience these symptoms after the second dose, experts now say that those who previously had COVID-19 — whether knowingly or not — may end up reacting more strongly to the first dose.

One study released in early February from Bar-Ilan University in Israel found that the immune response created after the first dose of vaccine in those who previously had COVID-19 was "so effective" that it "opens the debate as to whether one dose of the vaccine may suffice." Another study published in the Lancet found a 140-fold increase in antibodies after the first vaccine among those who had previously had a COVID-19 infection versus those who hadn't.
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[joetheman]

2. Thanks for posting. nt

[boston bean]

4. Very welcome joe.

[Silent3]

5. A couple I know had been in Florida on vacation at the start of COVID last year...

...and both were very sick for a couple of weeks after coming home. They wondered if it might be COVID, and quarantined as if it were, but never got tested to find out because testing back then was practically non-existent (despite a certain orange clown's claims otherwise).

Only one of them has qualified for getting vaccinated yet, but he reacted pretty strongly. I've wondered since then if that's a sign that he and his wife actually had COVID last year. While the odds seem kind of low for them to have been among the few to get infected so early on, when the news of COVID was just breaking, they had been in crowded places like Disney World, and the plane trips there and back, with no one masking or distancing yet.

[boston bean]

7. Seems like they might have had it.

[MLAA]

6. Glad you are through round one and feeling better!

[boston bean]

9. Thank you MLAA

[Sanity Claws]

8. How strong were your COVID symptoms

When you had it back in January?

[boston bean]

10. I had it pretty good. I was out of work for a month. And still felt like shit for quite sometime

After that. No hospitalization. All in my tummy.

[multigraincracker]

15. My friend is 79 and had COVID last year. He is a Long Timer and had

had a terrible year. Memory problems and tired all of the time. A couple of weeks ago he got his first shot and now all of those problems are going away. He has his memory back.
Hope that works out like that for you.

[boston bean]

18. Me too!

[Larissa]

37. There is good news

. . . that long haulers have had positive reactions to the vaccine.

Miami Herald: Can Covid vaccine help long haulers with symptoms?
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article250034574.html

[TigressDem]

12. Yikes. Hubby is off getting his shot.

Wonder how he's going to react?

His folks are in their 80's and did fine with their 2 shots, so hopefully?

[boston bean]

13. Did he have covid?

Cause I think for those who did not have an easier go on first shot.

[TigressDem]

14. No.

So your immunities developed initially are giving the shot hell and your body is the battle ground?

[boston bean]

16. Yep. I think so. It recognized and went to work on it overtime.

[TigressDem]

20. Well, at least the good news is you have gotten through both.

Still sucks to deal with this especially when so many did not survive.

[boston bean]

24. Still gotta get through that second shot.

Happy for where I am now.

[TigressDem]

17. K&R

[ananda]

19. Did you react like that because you had Covid before?

I just got my first Moderna shot Thursday and had no reaction
except a very sore arm the next day. By Sunday even that
pain was gone.

I'm expecting more of a reaction with my second shot next
month, but who knows...

[boston bean]

22. I think so.

I have read and been told those who had covid get pretty strong reaction to shot.

[seta1950]

34. Same with me

First shot sore arm, a little tired maybe, but the second shot my whole body was aching , I was so cold, I couldn’t get warm and couldn’t eat , by the next day I was just fine.

[sheshe2]

21. Glad 🙂 you are feeling better, Boston.

[boston bean]

23. Thank you sheshe.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. Congratulations

[brer cat]

26. I'm glad to hear you are better now.

I hope you don't have any long term effects from the Covid.

[boston bean]

28. Thanks Brer. I have been battling some.

[nature-lover]

29. Thanks for the info. I had a mild case the end of Dec. Dr. said 90 days before I can get the vac.

My husband had a worse case. I'll check back in and let folks know how it goes. Appreciate you posting.

[boston bean]

30. My first positive was a pcr on Jan 2. I had two negative rapid tests prior even though I was sick

And everyone in the house had it.

I would say I started on December 23. I had no Xmas or New Years. That was the date I had started with stomach issues.

[SheltieLover]

31. Congrats!

Sorry to hear your reaction was so unpleasant, but I've read that means your immune system is really working!

Are you signed up for CDC's V Safe reaction tracker? It requires a smart phone & only takes about 1 minute to reply to the daily link to a brief survey they text.

There is a text box to enter other info. I'll bet your previous COVID infection & shot reaction would be helpful!

https://vsafe.cdc.gov/en/

Ty for sharing with us!

[JCMach1]

32. I wouldn't read anything into this as Covid is hella idiosyncratic

I was sick for 30 days and in ICU Sept/Oct. I still have long Covid symptoms.

I tested positive for antibodies in Dec.

Got my first dose of Pfizer on St. Patrick's day. Pretty much experienced what I usually get with a flu shot: mild fatigue. The lone exception: my arm was more sore.

Everyone I know who has gotten it has been all over the map with how they react.

And no, my long Covid symptoms didn't go away.

Glad you are on the mend, though...

[bedazzled]

33. think i had covid in january also. very very sick

never diagnosed. gonna be vaccinated on friday. guess i will take it easy this weekend

[Fla Dem]

35. You had a tough road to travel Boston. Glad you're feeling better.

[Native]

36. My SIL's doc said she'd have to wait 90 days post Covid infection before she could get her shot.

[boston bean]

41. It was about 90 days for me.

[CaptainTruth]

38. Thanks for sharing! Glad to hear you're feeling better!

I'm sure I had it in Jan/Feb, & today is the first day people in my age group are eligible for a vaccine in my state (FL), so fingers crossed I'll get one soon!

[boston bean]

42. Fingers crossed!

[CaptainTruth]

39. The pattern I'm seeing is the 2nd time your body "sees" it...

...you have a stronger immune system response. Which makes perfectly logical sense, given how antibodies & our immune system works.

If you've already had it, you already have antibodies, & those antibodies react to the first shot & you have a stronger reaction to the first shot.

If you've never had it you don't have the antibodies, & your immune system creates antibodies in response to the first shot. Then, those antibodies react to the second shot & you have a stronger reaction to the second shot.

[boston bean]

40. So you are thinking my second shot should be a bit easier?

[LymphocyteLover]

43. Not sure you need a 2nd shot really. Data shows people who had covid and got the vaccine

have as good of Antibody responses as uninfected people with two shots

[boston bean]

44. I have read that. But cdc has not signed off on that.

Maybe by the time I have to get second shot it will be one dose is enough. I read that in France they are only giving one to persons who had covid. There was no benefit with the second.

[LymphocyteLover]

45. Yes... it should be interesting to see what your 2nd vaccine reaction is like. I'm guessing

not as bad as this one!

[boston bean]

46. That is what I am hoping for. Or a change to the regiment.