i didn’t know until now, but my father got a booster in the nursing home on december 2. he got pfizer because all they have there is pfizer. he had NO reaction at all. i don’t want to sound ungrateful to no reaction at all after he had a pretty bad reaction to both doses of moderna, but isn’t a reaction a sign that your immune system is working? although, had he gotten the moderna booster, i bet he would have had a reaction since he had a pretty bad one to it. it also might have to do with his immunity waning from having had covid almost 2 years ago, which concerns me.
so, he had covid, 2 moderna, 1 pfizer booster. hopefully that’s enough to keep omicron away from him. currently there is no covid at all in his nursing home.
but regardless, i feel a little bit calmer at the prospect of my father being in a nursing home knowing that it’s been almost 2 weeks since his booster, so it’s likely kicked in. so hopefully he avoids covid.
If only he had been able to start the treatment earlier…
Maybe this doesn’t belong in a “will you get the vaccine…?” thread, since future tense no longer apples. Per the article, his wife did not say whether he had been vaccinated.
I had the typical reactions to the first two doses. In particular, the 2nd dose of Moderna, I stayed in my lazyboy & worked from home from there. I felt crappy but not horribly crappy.
12 year old (so full dose) had no reaction to either shot. Said his arm was sore for a day, but went to sports practices as normal day of and day after.
9 year old had no reaction to 1st shot besides sore arm for a dayish. Went to school the next day and gymnastics/dance practice as normal.
From all parents I have talked to, I have not heard of any kid having a bad reaction leading to missed school or anything like that.
Greenwoman and I boosted last week - 3rd Moderna for each.
She had no reaction at all beside arm sore for a day.
My arm was sore for a day, I had a dull headache the day after (not severe), and I felt some swelling thing in my armpit for a couple days (now gone) that I have learned was probably lymph node swelling from reading this thread.
I had the opposite, terrible reaction to shot #2 and a pretty bad reaction to the booster. I keep telling myself that’s good news not bad! (I don’t really know)
This booster made me really really not want to get another booster.
I mean, I didn’t say I wouldn’t get it. Just that I didn’t want to get it. Maybe I’ll end up putting it off longer or something, I don’t really know at this point. Maybe in 8 months I’ll forget how bad it was.
Cool enough. I don’t like shots/needles of ANY kind, and I don’t want to need them.
But, I’ll get over it. As of now, no pain in my arm. No lymph stuff, either.
I know a person who got tinnitus longer term than a week or two, and therefore decided against the 2nd dose of the vaccine. i might not get the 2nd dose if it resulted in long-term tinnitus. that’s one of my many fears in life.