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mnhtnbb

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27. I had my 2nd Moderna this morning.
Mon Mar 15, 2021, 07:55 PM
Mar 2021

My arm didn't start to get sore until the afternoon. Had a nice one hour nap and then set myself up on the couch with layers and a blanket over my legs (to combat chills) and watched a couple of shows I'd recorded. Had chicken soup and a sandwich for lunch. Water and ginger ale while watching shows, and going to make some more soup shortly. Not really hungry. Don't feel feverish, but do have more body aches than with the first shot.

The strangest thing happened this morning when I woke up. My knee replacement knee had stiffened up and I could barely walk. This was several hours BEFORE the shot. Normally I would take Tylenol arthritis for joint pain, but I didn't because I've read it's not good to take it prior to the shot. Just put ice on/off it until time to leave for shot. I discussed whether to take it after the shot with the nurse and she said unless I have side effect symptoms, don't. So, I've been rotating ice packs on my knee to settle the inflammation down on it.

I wonder whether the knee inflammation is a long term side effect from the first shot? While I've had occasional tightness in that knee since the surgery almost four years ago, I've never had it stiffen up so suddenly and painfully on me. I couldn't even walk on it when I got out of bed. Had to limp down to the front door at the other end of the house to get my cane out of the umbrella stand!

Time for some soup and another ice pack on the knee, which is much better than it was this morning.

Sore arm first shot. 2nd, sore arm x's 10. Fatigue. Muscle and joint soreness. Dizziness. kicked in LizBeth Mar 2021 #1
I had my second Moderna shot yesterday. Patterson Mar 2021 #2
They told us no ibuprofen. we can do it Mar 2021 #4
I understand that was before the shot. My shot-giver said it was OK after the shot. Patterson Mar 2021 #7
We just got home from getting first shot. we can do it Mar 2021 #8
I was told Tylenol only after the shot. Lochloosa Mar 2021 #16
Info and discussion here: elleng Mar 2021 #3
Yes Jerry2144 Mar 2021 #5
My husband and a friend had their 2nd shot of Moderna jrthin Mar 2021 #6
I had my 2nd Moderna shot two days ago. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #9
Only my 32 year old son and 35 yo son-in-law arlyellowdog Mar 2021 #10
Some people do have a reaction. Others do not. MineralMan Mar 2021 #11
Both my husband and I had the 2nd Moderna vaccine on A Brand New World Mar 2021 #12
Same as 1st, usual temp of 97.5 went up to 98.8 for a day, arm a little sore for 2-3 days, thats it Shanti Shanti Shanti Mar 2021 #13
WE are in our 70s. Both of us have had our 2nd Moderna shot. marie999 Mar 2021 #14
No Problemas Deacon Blue Mar 2021 #15
The moderna vacine side effects were no walk in the park for myself and most others that I know. tencats Mar 2021 #17
The day after my first Moderna shot, my left kidney had a slight ache Submariner Mar 2021 #18
Sore arm and tired teenagebambam Mar 2021 #19
Felt like a 48 hour bug. Throck Mar 2021 #20
My 2nd shot is at the end of March. I did have an odd reaction to the 1st In_The_Wind Mar 2021 #21
No problem for me but several coworkers got fever and aches for 1 day FloridaBlues Mar 2021 #22
I got sick after both doses of vaccine (moderna). iemitsu Mar 2021 #23
GF got her second one last week. multigraincracker Mar 2021 #24
Moderna #2 last Wednesday morning, tosh Mar 2021 #25
I may have had MFM008 Mar 2021 #26
I had my 2nd Moderna this morning. mnhtnbb Mar 2021 #27
36 hours of flulike symptoms after the second. nolabear Mar 2021 #28
I had similar side effects to both doses. 3catwoman3 Mar 2021 #29
Well, my dick got thicker and longer, my wife isn't complaining though... Xolodno Mar 2021 #30
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