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Marta and I got our second Pfizer shot Wednesday (Original Post) Omaha Steve Apr 2021 OP
Good news gademocrat7 Apr 2021 #1
Me too. no_hypocrisy Apr 2021 #2
Wonderful news. Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #3
My husband got his second last Saturday and he has been sick all week. Glad you are Luciferous Apr 2021 #4
Fatigue got me on the first Pfizer, nothing on the second. After that first one I was thinking brewens Apr 2021 #5
Same here with my 2nd round of Pfizer. I do not think mine was as bad as yours sounds yellowdogintexas Apr 2021 #9
2nd Moderna 1 week ago. BluesRunTheGame Apr 2021 #6
I was fatigued for a day Diraven Apr 2021 #7
Awesome news FakeNoose Apr 2021 #8
Actually, you were typical of the vast majority of vaccine recipients. MineralMan Apr 2021 #10

Luciferous

(6,078 posts)
4. My husband got his second last Saturday and he has been sick all week. Glad you are
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 07:50 AM
Apr 2021

feeling good! With my second Moderna all I had was a sore arm for a day or so.

brewens

(13,575 posts)
5. Fatigue got me on the first Pfizer, nothing on the second. After that first one I was thinking
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 08:27 AM
Apr 2021

maybe take it easy on my walk the next morning. I got out there and forgot and went on one of my longer routs. Of course the fatigue hits me just as I'm headed back. I realized it must be a reaction and was pissed I didn't just meander around closer to home. I was about a mile out, but I made it home okay.

After I got home that fatigue was serious. I was thinking if this is what people with COVID were describing as a long lasting symptom, it would be really bad. It wasn't the usual nodding off watching a movie tired. It was can I even get up and make it to bed tired.

yellowdogintexas

(22,250 posts)
9. Same here with my 2nd round of Pfizer. I do not think mine was as bad as yours sounds
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 10:09 AM
Apr 2021

Mine did not start right away, maybe 48 hours. I honestly thought it was a fibro flare and I am so used to mild "I don't want to raise my arms" fatigue that I did not connect it. It is definitely not the same as nodding off watching TV.

I spent maybe 2 days pretty much not wanting to move any more than necessary; no fever. I even thought the shot had just triggered a fibro flare.

It worried me a bit that I did not react any more than that, but since we now know that means your immune system is stronger I am relieved.

BluesRunTheGame

(1,614 posts)
6. 2nd Moderna 1 week ago.
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 08:35 AM
Apr 2021

I had a slight headache, but that could’ve just been a bad cup of coffee. Also was a little bit tired but that’s not out of the ordinary for me either.

Diraven

(511 posts)
7. I was fatigued for a day
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 09:07 AM
Apr 2021

and had quite a bit of arm pain (I have bad joints there too though), but that only lasted a couple days. Definitely no reason to be scared.

MineralMan

(146,287 posts)
10. Actually, you were typical of the vast majority of vaccine recipients.
Fri Apr 30, 2021, 11:40 AM
Apr 2021

Such symptoms are uncommon. We just hear about them from those who have them. People who don't experience problems rarely mention their lack of after-effects.

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