Had my second Shingles shot yesterday...and I'm not worth crap today...

[CTyankee]

I was told I might have a reaction, but I brushed off the thought because it was so easy with the first shot. But that was over a year ago and I"m a year older. It's kicked my butt today. All I want to do is sleep...old age sucks some times...

[sdfernando]

1. Hope you feel better soon

I had 2nd shot in July but had very little reaction. A sore arm for a few days and 1 day of tiredness. Seems that is my reaction to almost all vaccines I get. Even the tetanus shot is not a big deal.

[CTyankee]

3. My sore arm is not that sore, it's the stupor that I'm in that I don't like.

Hubby wanted me to run my errands today but I told him that I am wary of getting behind the wheel of a car. I'm not that alert, despite several cups of coffee.

[sdfernando]

11. Some of my friends that have had Shingrix also had pretty bad reactions

to the 2nd shot. 1st one seems to be OK but the 2nd can knock you out for a few days.

Hope you're back to 100% soon. This is much better than getting Shingles.

I had a good friend that had the worst case I've ever heard of...Had it on this head and in one eye. Believe me, you DON"T want to go through that.

[Irish_Dem]

12. Exactly, no one wants to get shingles.

A friend of mine got such a bad case that her pain was unbearable.

She is an upbeat, happy person, but for the first time in her life thought of suicide as the only way out of the pain.

Luckily she hung in there and is fine now.
But what an ordeal for her.

[SCantiGOP]

15. I was also sleepy, more lousy feeling than sick

but my arm felt like someone had hit me with a baseball bat.

[Tetrachloride]

2. i slept a lot also.

[CTyankee]

4. I'm working from bed, actually. I am all propped up scribbling ideas for my new book. I wanted it to

be done and off to my editor/designer. So this disappoints me a lot...

[comradebillyboy]

5. Indeed, I too felt like crap after my second shingles shot.

I was under the weather for a couple of days and my arm hurt for a week. But it's way better than getting shingles.

[CTyankee]

6. My arm isn't bad at all. But I want my energy back!

[comradebillyboy]

7. Rest for the next day or two and you will be as good as new.

[CTyankee]

8. I shudda bought an energy drink when I went shopping yesterday. Damn!

[CentralMass]

9. I forgot the combo but I got my shingles and Hep vaccines in a couple of

sessions where I got multiple shots of each. It knocked the crap out of me and my arm was really sore for several days. It was far worse then the Pfizer Covid vaccine.

[CTyankee]

10. I had the Pfizer shots and it was smooth and easy all the way so I expect the booster will be same.

Years ago I had Shingles and I have lingering nerve pain today. I take meds for it but it puts weight
on me and I had to buy a lot of larger sized clothes. That's discouraging.

[Nay]

13. You're not alone. Mine hurt like hell -- I accidentally bumped my vaxxed arm into

a doorframe and thought I was gonna pass out. I felt lousy for a few days, too. It will pass!

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

14. My first one made me miserable for 3 days.

My second only had a sore arm for 2 days.

I got these just before our COVID quarantine. Are we supposed to get them yearly or is once enough?

[left-of-center2012]

16. You had your first shot one year ago?

Google says CDC suggests 2 to 6 months apart.
I think I had mine 3 months apart.

[CTyankee]

17. No, it was longer than that...

[left-of-center2012]

19. I wonder if that's work - longer than a year apart?

“CDC recommends that healthy adults 50 years and older get two doses of the shingles vaccine called Shingrix (recombinant zoster vaccine), separated by 2 to 6 months”

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/shingles/public/shingrix/index.html#:~:text=CDC%20recommends%20that%20healthy%20adults,shot%20in%20your%20upper%20arm.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Tough Break

I got it last year.
Nothing either time.
Haven't gotten mine, yet. Just got flu shot either yesterday or Sunday.
Maybe next week for shingles shot.
Get well, soon.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Awww! Hoping that your reaction doesn't last long

I got mine last year and don't recall having a reaction. I got it after I talked to a woman who had experienced Shingles. And I thought that the two shots had to be given within six months of each other - that's what I was told. And I was worried since Covid hit after I'd gotten my first shot and they weren't giving shots for quite awhile, just got my second shot in within the six month window..

[CTyankee]

21. Hooray! I'm back to normal today!

I "gave up" too soon! I feel just fine!

I will call my pharmacy about when I can get the Covid booster. My two shots were done by the end of February so as soon as I can get it I will. The Covid shots themselves were light as fairy dust. I didn't even feel the needle and I'm a big coward about needles.

Now I have to see when I can get my yearly flu shot.

[Laffy Kat]

22. The doc told me not to get the second one because I got so sick with the first one.

I totally know how bad you feel. I'm sorry.

[CTyankee]

23. I don't remember my first shot at all and there is a gap between my two docs. My old doc (who

retired much to my dismay) would have recorded it. My new doc, supposedly, got my files from him.

This raises doubts in my mind that I got the earlier Shingles shot. Maybe I didn't and I just think I did.

[Laffy Kat]

24. Well, pretend you did, at least.

Unless you want to go through it again.

[CTyankee]

25. At my advanced age, it probably doesn't matter. It's why I no longer have to have a Pap test or

breast xray screenings.

[ailsagirl]

26. I still have to get mine...

[mucifer]

28. Get it. I have a relative who was in terrible pain and had paralyzed vocal cords and facial drooping

He had to have a feeding tube for several months.

He is back to normal now.

I got the shingles vax and had flu symptoms for a day or two after each shot. I have more of a reaction to shingles vax than pfizer vax.

It was soooo worth it compared to how nasty shingles can be.

[The Fifty Stateman]

27. Been There

Not pleasant.

[gopiscrap]

32. welcome to DU

[yellowdogintexas]

30. I had the original shingles vax maybe 8 years ago or more

back then it was one and done.

Then this new one came out and I have to get those. They apparently are a much better vax.

I also need to get the newer Pneumonia vax.

I had my booster Pfizer on Monday and except for a sore arm I had no issues at all.

Flu shot next, then shingles and pneumonia.

[CTyankee]

31. I gorgot about the pneumonia shot. I'll check with my doc about it.