My vaccine appointment is Wednesday, and I have a question.

[Yavin4]

My first shot is this Wednesday, and I was planning on cleaning my bathroom after. Should I do anything strenuous after getting my shot?

[Marie Marie]

1. Depends.. how dirty is your bathroom?

[UTUSN]

24. Hah!

[caraher]

2. Seems that reactions are variable

My wife had hers Friday (Moderna) and is sleepy. Our daughter in law had hers the week before and it really hit her hard for a few days. So you might feel up to it, but don't count on it?

[progressoid]

3. I was told to actually excercise my arm after the shot.

I had the Pfizer vaccine.

[MustLoveBeagles]

4. If you feel fine after the shot then go ahead

[Ocelot II]

5. Depends on how you feel but you should exercise your arm.

It won’t ache as much if you keep moving it after you get vaccinated.

[Tree-Hugger]

6. I lifted weights and cleaned

First, I believe one should move the arm that receives the injection as much as possible. My only reaction to the first shot was soreness at the injection site. It was just a very mild soreness that didn't interfere with anything at all. I lifted weights that day. I cleaned. I cooked dinner and did all of my usual activities without issue.

It truly varies from Individual to individual.

[Shellback Squid]

7. no sex

[UTUSN]

25. Hah!

[retread]

33. Uh oh! Does this mean we have to be revaccinated? n/t

[Blue_true]

8. Depends upon how your body reacts.

I had no reaction to my first shot, but I took the day off and didn’t plan anything strenuous. I suggest that you clean your bathroom tomorrow if you can.

[rogue emissary]

9. How do you feel after a flu shot?

I agree with the other poster. Everyone seems to handle it differently. Haven't heard of many people being fatigued after the first. Most report mild symptoms after getting their second shot. So I return to the flu shot and my original question. As it may be your best indicator of how you'll handle this shot.

[Yavin4]

13. I was 100% fine after my flu shot.

No soreness. No nothing.

[rogue emissary]

22. Obviously I'm not Dr, but think you'd be fine.

[Jim G.]

10. I Think It Depends On Which Microchip You Get

[UTUSN]

26. Hah!

[NQAS]

11. TBH

I would use any excuse to avoid cleaning the bathroom. So go for it.

[GulfCoast66]

14. Beat me to it!

‘Sweetie, I feel bad from the shot and could not clean the bathroom!’ I can hear me now!

But Ms Gulfcoast66, after being with me for 33 years, would not be buying what I was selling!

In the real world I had no side effects. Not even a sore arm. Nor did the wife. I actually mowed the yard that day.

[UTUSN]

27. Hah!

[Tree Lady]

12. First shot only arm hurt and it took hours for pain

To start, plus they say to keep moving arm to keep blood flow going so even after it was sore I moved it around.

So unless you plan to be hard scrubbing years of worn in grime your ok 😜

[Lefta Dissenter]

15. I went home

I went home and shoveled snow after mine. My choice would have been to work out, but that wouldn’t have gotten the snow cleared. It makes a big difference to me to work the arm after a vaccination.

[3catwoman3]

16. There should be no harm in exerting yourself, even if...

...you do have a few side effects. Do whatever you feel good enough to do.

And the above advice about moving your arm is exactly right. It helps the absorption of the vaccine material. I tell all my teenage patients, "Move it, move it, move it! No pity parties!

[Skittles]

17. this is a joke question

right?

[jimfields33]

18. Honestly. Your bathroom will wait.

You will sleep for 8 hours like I did. About an hour after the shot, I was watching tv and woke up 8 hours later. I had Pfizer today. First shot.

[MFM008]

19. i wouldnt count on it

almost everyone has some type of reaction even if just a sore arm.
do it tomorrow or plan on waiting.

[LisaL]

20. I could have easily done it.

I had a very minor sore arm after the first shot. But different people react differently. Some people have reported being tired and so on.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. I had no issue after my first shot

[Ex Lurker]

23. For the first several hours I was fine

Later that day and the next day my arm was extremely sore. Like almost too painful to lift. On the third day it was absolutely fine. No other symptoms except a little fatigue. If you plan to do anything strenuous I would recommend doing it immediately after and then taking it easy.

[ananda]

39. That was my experience exactly.

Sore arm that started hurting a few hours after getting the vaccine,
which was very sore the next day, and better after that.

I didn't do much of anything. They didn't tell me about moving my
arm, but I'll be ready after the next shot in two weeks.

[Laffy Kat]

28. Go by how you feel.

However, for the second shot, I wouldn't plan on anything for the first couple of days following the booster, just in case.

[StarryNite]

29. In the time it takes to read the replies

you could have cleaned your bathroom and had it done before you get your shot. Actually I had the J&J and started to feel unwell that evening after having come home and doing some housework. The rest of the night and into the early morning I felt like I had the flu with a slight headache, chills, fever, and just an all over icky feeling. But my arm never got sore. Since then I've known 5 other people who got the J&J and none of them had a reaction like I did. A couple had a little bit of a sore arm, that was it. I suspect I would have felt sick regardless of which vaccine I had gotten. I think it's just the way my body reacts. Just play it by ear and do what you feel up to.

[Yavin4]

30. I'm on a schedule.

Got other things to do for my class group project.

[pnwmom]

31. Just do whatever you want unless and until you need to rest. But it's GOOD to move your arm around.

It will help distribute the vaccine into your system.

[fierywoman]

32. FWIW, I didn't feel mine. A TINY bit of tenderness where the shot was.

[hlthe2b]

34. A few will have some signficant soreness or fatigue (typically)... I had none of that and worked a

full shift providing health care to others after both doses. Slight pain at the site of injection, but it was truly minimal FOR ME. Ditto for several dozen I've vaccinated based on their summary of their first dose.

Clean the bathroom ahead of time.

And participate in the extremely simple V-Safe follow-up program from CDC. It is incredibly easy to sign up for, they send a text every day for a week after your first dose, weekly thereafter, and it takes no more than 20 seconds to respond. If you do have significant or concerning reactions, they will follow up with you. Same with second dose.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vsafe.html

Seriously, this info will help speed the final (non-emergency-based) approval process for vaccines, which takes away yet another argument for those who should get it, but aren't (e.g., 30% of the US military).

[Dorian Gray]

35. You'll be fine

If you start feeling illi effects, it's hours afterwards. (Unless you're one of the few who has an allergic reaction.)

FWIW: I had a sore arm and was tired the day after.

(Shot 2 coming up on saturday!)

[Renew Deal]

36. Plan to do it and expect that you might not be able to.

You don’t really know.

[Maxheader]

37. Had problems with flu shots...although no one believes me..

A month or so after taking them my back would go out. Just

like in 17' when the flu was raging across the country...like

a lot of people had muscle soreness. I've immunity problems

and I'm really hesitant about doing the vaccinations...

[FakeNoose]

38. You shouldn't worry about it

Any reaction you might have - possible sore arm or tiredness - will only last about 24 hours.

It sure beats dying from Covid, right?

[Deminpenn]

40. My arm got sore a few hours after

my first shot, but it had no impact on using that arm at all. Most of the soreness was gone in less than 24 hrs. Didn't even need ibuprofin.

[Goodheart]

41. I'm reading this as two separate thoughts

"I was planning on cleaning my bathroom after. "

that's just an aside, and has nothing to do with...

"Should I do anything strenuous."

Because I can't imagine that cleaning a bathroom could be strenuous.

[bif]

42. Everyone's different. See how you feel.

I had no reaction to either shot. But a friend told me to exercise my arm. It sure helped.

[Xavier Breath]

43. My wife and I got our Moderna shots one day apart.

She experienced no side effects and I had a slight headache for a bit. Truthfully though, had I been asked to clean the bathroom, I would have definitely used the headache as an excuse. So, consider it a get out of jail free card.