It's day two after my second Moderna shot. Here's what it's been like. (Spoiler: not that bad!)
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The first shot was no problem except a little soreness in the arm, until day 5 post-shot when a large bump (about 3" long, 2" wide and about 1/4" raised) showed up at the injection site. It was hot and itchy. It lasted till day 10 and then went away. Weirdly, it puffed up my polio scar, but that went back down with the bump. I'm told this reaction is not common, but also not particularly rare.Had the second shot yesterday morning. A little soreness in the arm building throughout the day, a little tiredness. Woke in the night with aching joints. Like a medium-bad flu. 2 Advil took care of it and I slept through the rest of the night. (My doc said to give the shot at least 12 hours to begin the immune response before taking anything if I could, so it was more like 17 hours before I took the Advil.)
This morning, achy again, some minor chills and very tired. Taking Advil and it's doing the job. Drinking tons of water. The aches are definitely better now than they were during the night. I am guessing this will all be done by tomorrow morning. If it is NOT, I'll update this.
Not going to lie. I feel medium-crappy. Not awful, nothing debilitating, but not great. But I know the feelings accompanying the miracle of building an immune response (I'm trying to be positive) are much preferable to Covid.
It's not that big a deal. You can do it!
ETA a day later: Aches continued through last night (night of day 2) and I slept a really long time, but woke this morning feeling just fine. It's done! I know it's 2 more weeks before I have full immunity, but you cannot imagine how freeing this feels. You are going to be very happy.
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I stay home except grocery shopping for milk and bread.
We are wearing 2 mask when going out.
The pharmacy I use for our prescriptions is listed as a spot for a shot. 
Web page said 'no appointments available'.
"You again? Dammit!"
The range is really remarkable. I've had the luck of nature (for lack of a better term) never to experience any kind of reaction to every vaccine I've ever had. I do every flu shot every season, pneumonia shots every couple of years or so, recently got another tetanus booster. 2 or 3 months ago I've had two shingles shots a month apart from each other.
No symptoms except a somewhat sore arm with both the booster and the shingles.
Just had my first Moderna shot last week. no sore arm, no side effects. But my neighbor has had fever, aches and pains, fatigue just feeling blah.
We'll see what is in store for me next month when I receive my second shot. I'll probably get the full monty of effects. 
DUer KS Toronado is referring to that kind of republiQan misinformation in another thread as Qanonsense.
He didn't have any serious side effects after his second shot. I can't wait until it's my turn! 
Wow. The place was packed with veterans and cheerful VA staff organizing the project flawlessly. I don't know if that's a reflection of new VA Secretary Denis McDonough, who was only sworn in 5 days ago, but it was heartening to see something work so well. They even handed out Valentine's Day cards to everybody on their way out.
No side effects so far.
Second shot in 18 days (March 4th, same day trump is miraculously being inaugurated! 
) I am ready for it--also Moderna. I had foolishly thought maybe my husband and I could stagger our vaccinations so one of us is fine to tend the dogs, etc. while the other has the reaction. That was back in about early. June... now of course it's a matter of just getting the vaccinations and dealing with the fallout afterward. Thanks for the warning and info about Advil. Our shots are sometime between 11 and noon so it will hit overnight. Argh. But the peace of mind that will follow will be worth it.