For those of you that have had their covid booster, did it make you ill afterwards?

[Angleae]

Had my booster Tuesday, yesterday I had serious chills alternating with hot flashes. Today much the same early, chills/hot flashes stoped early afternoon.

[Me.]

1. I Didn't

But others have

[Ocelot II]

2. Pretty much the same reaction as the first two.

Sore arm, slight fever, fatigue, felt kind of "off" for a few days.

[cbabe]

30. Same here.

[wnylib]

33. Same for me except no fever.

and I had body aches along with the fatigue and feeling off. Moderna for all 3.

EDIT TO ADD: I also had a circular pink rash on my arm with the second Moderna. Same circular pink rash with the booster except it was under my left breast that time.

[live love laugh]

3. No side effects. All Pfizer. nt

[Shrike47]

4. No. No real side effects at all.

[niyad]

5. No. I was very fortunate in all three shots (Moderna). No reactions at all.

[zipplewrath]

6. Sore shoulder

What you describe sounds like me after my second dose. After the booster I just had a sore shoulder.

[elleng]

7. No

[petronius]

8. My Moderna booster gave me flu-ish symptoms for about 12 hours, starting

12 hours after the shot...

[bhikkhu]

9. I didn't notice anything myself

Even though I had the booster shot (moderna) with flu and tetanus shots at the the same time.

I had mild symptoms after the second moderna shot, which was 4 months before the booster, but otherwise nothing.

[Scrivener7]

10. Yes. For days! I've been getting my shingles shots interspersed with the Covid

ones though, and I'm wondering if that's the reason, because each shot drops me like a rock for a few days.

[Hoyt]

11. None, although I did use it as an excuse to stay in bed next day.

Hope you feel better tomorrow. Definitely call doc if not.

[unc70]

12. Yes, booster affected me for about two days

Pfizer. Booster about same as second shot. Flu-like symptoms for about two days. Slight fever, soreness, aches, chills, etc. OK by third day.

[colsohlibgal]

13. Not A Bit

None of the Covid Shots bothered me at all.

[Coventina]

14. It just wiped me out with fatigue for a day. n/t

[NNadir]

15. I had headaches, chills, and exhaustion with the first, and with the booster, but for some reason...

...nothing at all with the second.

[Drum]

16. Nope, not like the second Moderna dose n/t

[Gidney N Cloyd]

17. Pfizer: 2 initial shots plus recent booster and always just some short-term mild fatigue.

Each time I was back to normal in a day and a half.

[JoeOtterbein]

18. Yep! Exactly the same as you describe.

The chills are horrible. Just the same as I got when I had the Delta variant.

The antibody treatment did the same again.

Then I had to wait 90 days until after the antibody treatment to get the booster. When I did, I had a couple of days of chills followed by hot flashes.

I hope I never get them again!

[temporary311]

19. No.

Aside from arm soreness, there were no side effects, and I even got my flu shot at the same time.

[skylucy]

20. Yes. Felt sick after the second moderna shot and also after the booster.

Chills, hot flashes, muscle aches like I got run over by a truck. It lasted about a day and a half.

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. I was one of the lucky people who had no reaction at all to three Pfizer shots.

Had the flu shot same day as the booster, but in a different arm. That was slightly sore, the booster not at all.

YMMV

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

22. Nope. Not at all.

J&J for the first shot, Pfizer for the booster.

I am someone with an amazing immune system, never get sick. Perhaps that's why.

[hamsterjill]

47. Same here.

Same protocol; no real reaction to either vaccine. My arm was slightly more sore with the booster.

[Skittles]

23. no

and I worked a 14 hour shift after getting it

[sinkingfeeling]

24. No, not even a sore arm.

[Anon-C]

25. Good. Looks like it invoked an immune response.

Congratulations!

[RainCaster]

26. Nope

[dpibel]

27. Little bit of sore arm and nothing else nt

[lpbk2713]

28. All I got out of Moderna was a sore shoulder.

I was back to normal in two days.

[area51]

29. I was tired for haff a day, the day after the booster. n/t

[BoomaofBandM]

31. I did not but my husband felt a bit fluish. He said it was worth it.

[progree]

32. More bed time than average, and some mild cold symptoms

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I don't think it has anything to do with the shots or Covid itself. And nothing in the first few days after the shot, the bedtime and cold symptoms began 10 days after my booster.

Had no reaction to the regular vax (one dose of J&J).

[rownesheck]

34. I felt no side effects

from my first two shots. I did feel a little "bleh" with the booster. It felt like I had a slight hangover.

[Emile]

35. No

[Wolf Frankula]

36. No. I just had a very sore arm for three days.

Wolf

[Nay]

37. Just a slightly sore arm. nt

[Rhiannon12866]

38. I had the same reaction that I had to the second shot (Moderna)

Really bad chills which lasted that night and through the next day. But I didn't mind, I figured this meant it was working...

[LuckyCharms]

39. Yes. You'll feel better very soon though. It's just your immune system reacting.

Glad you got boosted!

[LisaL]

40. Yes, for the next two days.

I also had a "moderna' arm which lasted for about a week-a large red round spot where the injection was.

[3catwoman3]

41. I had COVID in December 2020, with very mild symptoms. Felt much worse...

…after the shots in Jan and Feb 2021. Moderna.

Fever of almost 102, very tired, generalized achiness, and CHILLS that felt like my team must be 104. The chills were the worst. . Also, with the second shot, a very large reddened and warm area at the induction site - about 5x7 inches, and itchy. Back to normal in about 48 hours.

Similar but milder symptoms after the booster, and about 24 hours duration.

I didn’t take any Tylenol or ibuprofen after any of the shots. I just let my immune system do its work.

I would immunize monthly if that were the advice from the experts.

[Tree Lady]

42. Was worried about it but much less

No fever or chills this time just felt tired and yucky for one day. I was super sick for 5 days after second shot.

[ironflange]

43. Nothing at all, but my Twinrix a week ago was a different story

I felt that one but good.

[hippywife]

44. No, but...

but for some reason my arm was more sore and for longer. I'm sure it had nothing to do with the vaccine itself, tho.

[Harker]

45. Moderna. Slightly sore at point of entry only.

Second dose gave me a weird day.

[sarge43]

46. Moderna

Honestly, I can't remember. It must not have been bad. The second shot on the other was a battle royal going on.

Seems to be too many variables of reactions to make predictions.

[malthaussen]

48. No. n/t

[Laffy Kat]

49. Yes, chills and achy, but just the next day, which I expected.

That's why I had it on a Friday, so I didn't have to go to work. I don't know about the gap between your booster and your side effects. Maybe talk to your care provider? So glad you were boosted and I hope you feel better soon!

[Iggo]

50. Yep. Heavy flu symptoms, day of and day after.

The day after that (3rd day actual), I was not well, but well enough to roll out of bed and shuffle 3 feet over to where my desk is and get some work done. (You’re welcome, Iggo’s Employer.)

My results were definitely more toward the extreme end of the severe scale than most, but there you have it.