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CTyankee

(68,560 posts) Tue Feb 23, 2021, 12:38 PM Feb 2021

Did you get both doses of the Pfizer vaccine? Please tell me of your experience! I get mine Sat. [View all]

I've heard about the awful experiences with the Moderna second doses so I want to be prepared for my second Pfizer shot. But so far I've only heard from the Moderna vaccine folks.

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Did you get both doses of the Pfizer vaccine? Please tell me of your experience! I get mine Sat. [View all] CTyankee Feb 2021 OP

Sore arm, slight headache, felt tired. all resolved within 24 hours. likesmountains 52 Feb 2021 #1

Did you take anything to help you feel better? CTyankee Feb 2021 #3

I think I took a baby aspirin when I went to bed. Nothing else though. likesmountains 52 Feb 2021 #7

I get my second Moderna in two weeks. pwb Feb 2021 #2

Oh, I apologize. But there are lots of complaints out there about the Moderna. I just wanted to CTyankee Feb 2021 #6

I'm scheduled to get my 2nd dose, wendyb-NC Feb 2021 #4

A coworkers wife just recieved her second dose. CentralMass Feb 2021 #5

Ack! I am so jealous! Dave says Feb 2021 #8

good lord. You'd go to the top of the list in CT! We just contacted our primary care doc and he CTyankee Feb 2021 #9

CVS started vaccinations 2 weeks ago in my area RussBLib Feb 2021 #19

I'm registered at 6 different providers. Dave says Feb 2021 #33

I had my second Pfizer dose countingbluecars Feb 2021 #10

OK. thanks. I like that answer! CTyankee Feb 2021 #11

I was fine after both. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2021 #12

Got my second Pfizer shot two weeks ago and had no side effects at all. flamin lib Feb 2021 #13

that gives me hope! thanks. CTyankee Feb 2021 #14

pfizer BrtovaNe Feb 2021 #15

I got my second Pfizer back on Feb 2 bearssoapbox Feb 2021 #16

Mrs. gratuitous got her second shot yesterday gratuitous Feb 2021 #17

OK. I'll stock up on both Ibuprofin and Tylenol. CTyankee Feb 2021 #18

Ibuprofen and Tylenol are synergistic. speak easy Feb 2021 #37

And . . . gratuitous Feb 2021 #46

My Miami sister and her husband received both doses malaise Feb 2021 #20

I thought you just got your first shot? I am getting my second shot Sunday. LizBeth Feb 2021 #21

Time flies. We got our first shot on Saturday, January 30th. CTyankee Feb 2021 #22

It does. Good for you. Or maybe I get you mixed up with another. Memory is not the same. LizBeth Feb 2021 #27

I am a total baby. I admit it. CTyankee Feb 2021 #29

I am too. What is amazing is the shot. I always at least feel the injection. I literally felt nothin LizBeth Feb 2021 #31

I"m the same way. I try to affect the look of boredom.... CTyankee Feb 2021 #32

........... bdamomma Feb 2021 #42

1st shot: modest arm pain...2nd shot: slightly less arm pain...nothing else. tableturner Feb 2021 #23

My husband felt dizzy a day after the first dose of Pfizer. lucca18 Feb 2021 #24

My son is in the pfzier trial LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2021 #25

My mom had her 2nd shot a few days ago. She felt a little bad and a tired for a couple days. Crunchy Frog Feb 2021 #26

Mostly I have seen Moderna symptoms after second shot. Just read Pfizer. Pfizer seems fewer have LizBeth Feb 2021 #28

I will report back. And I'll whine if it didn't go well. It's what I do. CTyankee Feb 2021 #30

I got no doses. milestogo Feb 2021 #34

I will turn ChazII Feb 2021 #38

My second Pfizer felt like somebody hit me in the arm w/a Maru Kitteh Feb 2021 #35

My husband gets his second dose of Pfizer on Sunday, so too late to give you any feedback. beaglelover Feb 2021 #36

No doses for me. nancy1942 Feb 2021 #39

2nd dose done last Sunday. Corgigal Feb 2021 #40

I had bdamomma Feb 2021 #41

Got my second shot of Pfizer last Wednesday OriginalGeek Feb 2021 #43

no issues whistler162 Feb 2021 #44

Plus one more "no issues". Towlie Feb 2021 #45

Very sore arm for a couple days mcar Feb 2021 #47

I would be the one occupant Feb 2021 #48

Day two post second shot for Mrs. gratuitous gratuitous Feb 2021 #49