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Crunchy Frog

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65. If you're 80ish, it's recommended if it's been at least 6 mos since your last shot.

Sat Oct 16, 2021, 12:36 PM

Oct 2021

You should get it ASAP. Just walk into any pharmacy where they're offering them. Don't leave yourself vulnerable any longer than necessary. They are not recommending that eligible people wait until 8 mos.

My 80ish mom didn't have much of a reaction. Just some brief tiredness. I had several hours of running a fever, but okay after that.

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I would like to hear from everyone who got booster (3rd vacc). Reaction to 2nd vacc was [View all] LizBeth Oct 2021 OP

I got third Pfizer shot about six months after the second one. Walleye Oct 2021 #1

Exactly the kind of info I want. Thanks. LizBeth Oct 2021 #17

Tired, flu like symptoms- body aches and fever. Lasted approx 24 hrs PortTack Oct 2021 #2

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #18

No symptoms at all. Not even sore arm. 72yo. n/t Bobstandard Oct 2021 #3

Yea you. Did you have any reaction after 2nd one? LizBeth Oct 2021 #19

No reaction to Pfizer booster. Day of headache with other two. nature-lover Oct 2021 #4

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #21

I had more of a reaction to the booster than the 2nd shot - still not bad Poiuyt Oct 2021 #5

Interesting. Thanks. LizBeth Oct 2021 #22

Same here Deminpenn Oct 2021 #88

Yes, I should have added that I'm fine now. Poiuyt Oct 2021 #94

I felt like crap for a day Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #6

Lol, ya, that was my second one. Did you feel bad after second one? LizBeth Oct 2021 #23

Yep! Thtwudbeme Oct 2021 #64

Just got my 3rd Moderna "booster" yesterday Mossfern Oct 2021 #7

This is what I want and want to hear, lol. Thanks LizBeth Oct 2021 #25

I'm 64 and in good health.. luvs2sing Oct 2021 #8

Thanks for all that. If yawl can't tell, I am such a baby with anything sick. I rarely am so more LizBeth Oct 2021 #27

My reaction was pretty similar to the first two. Ocelot II Oct 2021 #9

Incredible the arm pain, but i had same reaction to the shingle vacc. I had only arm sore on first LizBeth Oct 2021 #28

I've been putting off the shingles vaccination. Is it bad? Walleye Oct 2021 #68

Five years ago my doctor told me not to bother with shingle, and she was pro vacc. But it was a LizBeth Oct 2021 #71

I think I'm putting it off because Medicare doesn't pay for it for one thing Walleye Oct 2021 #72

Wow, no way. I hear it is expensive. My Kaiser paid for mine. LizBeth Oct 2021 #74

Shingles vaccine - two days with sore arm. Actual shingles - only 2 lesions - miserable Earthrise Oct 2021 #92

How long ago did you get it? They have a new one and I wonder if that makes a difference. LizBeth Oct 2021 #96

I had shingles Effete Snob Oct 2021 #120

Thanks. I think you talked me into it. I did have a terrific case of chickenpox as a little girl Walleye Oct 2021 #121

It's awful Effete Snob Oct 2021 #122

Thanks. I think that was the kind of kick in the pants I needed. I hate being sick Walleye Oct 2021 #123

Age 63. Got Pfizer booster about 3 weeks ago. LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #10

59 and that was my experience. Thanks. and I agree, so jazzed about getting booster. LizBeth Oct 2021 #29

Good for you! i was excited to get it as well and to be honest LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #53

Right, but I kinda forgot vacc and next day feeling 150 yrs old, I was thinking, man I gotta start LizBeth Oct 2021 #56

Just wait to you get to be my age... LuckyCharms Oct 2021 #60

Ha ha, all of 3 or so years, lol. I hear you. A bit of jest because I too have certainly noticed the LizBeth Oct 2021 #73

No one on DU can offer "hope" as to whether or not you'll have the same reaction. SMC22307 Oct 2021 #11

That is a given, and still I like hearing others experience. LizBeth Oct 2021 #30

3rd effects were less than 2nd for me (Pfizer) Effete Snob Oct 2021 #12

Coolest and thanks. LizBeth Oct 2021 #31

I just got Pfizer booster yesterday. nocoincidences Oct 2021 #13

I want your experience, lol. Thanks. LizBeth Oct 2021 #32

Moderna booster for us. Dave in VA Oct 2021 #14

Thank you. LizBeth Oct 2021 #34

Received Pfizer booster earlier this month, felt tired and a bit achy for a couple of days, arm hurt sop Oct 2021 #15

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #35

For me, same as 1st and 2nd shot. Achy, fatigued the next day. CousinIT Oct 2021 #16

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #36

I'm due for my third Pfizer next week róisín_dubh Oct 2021 #20

My son got covid and was 2 vacc of pfiser, very mild. But he was in a home of 2 people with it LizBeth Oct 2021 #38

I had no reactions to any of the three. Maraya1969 Oct 2021 #24

Good for you. And with my missed up mind, though I would want that, I would wonder if they LizBeth Oct 2021 #40

same here. so insignificant that I virtually forgot about it stopdiggin Oct 2021 #59

I had a strong reaction to the booster. yardwork Oct 2021 #26

Good info Yardwork. I had the same reaction to second. I will keep your experience in mind LizBeth Oct 2021 #42

I blame the margaritas for the nausea. yardwork Oct 2021 #48

+1. Since starting this new job I have tended to a glass of wine in the evenings. Or two, lol. LizBeth Oct 2021 #51

No reaction to the booster at all. Raven Oct 2021 #33

Yea you. I had read that from you earlier, and so many in that thread, kinda why I started this LizBeth Oct 2021 #43

I didn't want to rain on the other thread! Lol. yardwork Oct 2021 #50

Ha ha. Lol. You saw that. I was hoping but this thread is telling me probably to LizBeth Oct 2021 #52

Had my 3rd a couple weeks ago. cilla4progress Oct 2021 #37

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #45

Got my booster yesterday. Tired and aching today. Arm hurts. nt GoodRaisin Oct 2021 #39

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #46

Received my booster. Baitball Blogger Oct 2021 #41

lol. No spoons stuck to you? That is great to hear, lol. Anti covid vacc'ers so bad. LizBeth Oct 2021 #47

No reaction to booster at all Cairycat Oct 2021 #44

This. I am going to go in with this attitude. It is something pain in arm, not even close to LizBeth Oct 2021 #49

Hello! BeckyDem Oct 2021 #54

Excellent and good for you. Thanks. LizBeth Oct 2021 #57

No reaction to the booster, except for a sore arm for that evening. virgdem Oct 2021 #55

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #58

Me, too. Had booster last Wednesday, arm ached a little for a day. Shrike47 Oct 2021 #61

I had a fairly strong reaction Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #62

Good to hear, this is what I am going for. At least 50% in the mind. I believe.... lol, ;). LizBeth Oct 2021 #75

Hoping To Be Like You, But.... ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #82

I got my Moderna booster Elessar Zappa Oct 2021 #104

Ah! Got It ProfessorGAC Oct 2021 #116

Got my booster yesterday -- teensy bit sore arm, that's all Lettuce Be Oct 2021 #63

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #76

If you're 80ish, it's recommended if it's been at least 6 mos since your last shot. Crunchy Frog Oct 2021 #65

+1. I am kinda waiting for Moderna and i guess it was approved yesterday. Need to see where in town. LizBeth Oct 2021 #77

got my 3rd Moderna on the 14th RussBLib Oct 2021 #66

Moderna here and I figure I will have more experience. I did that with the other shots and LizBeth Oct 2021 #78

I'm gonna get the booster, and the reaction will be whatever it is. Iggo Oct 2021 #67

Lol I am with you and feel exactly the same. There was a thread where no one was having a reaction, LizBeth Oct 2021 #79

Second was a knockout bucolic_frolic Oct 2021 #69

Very interesting post, you should NOT have told me about different needles. Im so needle phobic LizBeth Oct 2021 #80

I'm 80. Pfizer booster 2 wks ago. Arm still a little tender. KentuckyWoman Oct 2021 #70

Lol to the yes, diary. Good for you. I am thinking maybe Friday after work so I have two days, LizBeth Oct 2021 #81

No soreness or any other flu like effects but grantcart Oct 2021 #83

Did you get a bigger needle too? Lol cause almost all the way thru, I find out from one, not the LizBeth Oct 2021 #84

Insulin dependent diabetic so injections are routine. grantcart Oct 2021 #113

3rd Pfizer Tink41 Oct 2021 #85

Excellent. Good for you.... LizBeth Oct 2021 #86

booster on 10/6/21 onethatcares Oct 2021 #87

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #89

For the 1st Pfizer I had moderate to painful arm soreness for several days MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #90

What an assault on your body and all in the name of good. Wow, lol. LizBeth Oct 2021 #97

I didn't plan it that way MustLoveBeagles Oct 2021 #125

For me, each reaction was stronger than the previous. ananda Oct 2021 #91

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #98

I got the booster 10/06 JoanofArgh Oct 2021 #93

Coolest. It is surprising the lain in the arm and how long it lasts. LizBeth Oct 2021 #99

Yes , it is. My arm was sore for over week this time and I think it was longer when I had my second JoanofArgh Oct 2021 #103

Got both Flu and 3rd Pfizer last Monday evening. No major issues. Tommymac Oct 2021 #95

I work in HC and had heard they were getting vaccs at same time. I had not heard the reasoning. LizBeth Oct 2021 #100

I've had all three shots and frogmarch Oct 2021 #101

I hear that more often than not with older people. LizBeth Oct 2021 #107

Got booster (Pfizer) 2 weeks ago. Achy and tired the next day. That's it. triron Oct 2021 #102

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #108

Same kind of flu-like aches that I've gotten with other vaccinations. Last 24 hours. LAS14 Oct 2021 #105

I got shingle vacc a couple weeks ago and go in for the second in about 4 mo. First one only sore LizBeth Oct 2021 #110

Moderna x 3, same effects, sore arm, slight fever, tired for a day, no prob Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2021 #106

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #111

No reaction to #3, and no reaction to booster struggle4progress Oct 2021 #109

Yea you LizBeth Oct 2021 #112

Maybe, maybe not: struggle4progress Oct 2021 #115

I had said that I another post. Though not looking for side effects if I did not have them LizBeth Oct 2021 #129

Primarily just light fatigue Generic Brad Oct 2021 #114

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #130

I had a fever, aches & pains with the second. Virtually nothing with the 3rd, pnwmom Oct 2021 #117

Two in a row. Cool, hope again. I had resigned myself and now hope, lol. LizBeth Oct 2021 #131

My third shot was pretty rough but it was worth it. JanMichael Oct 2021 #118

That is interesting. The whatever is higher in Moderna than pfiser so maybe the second one gets LizBeth Oct 2021 #132

Mild soreness at the injection site for SharonClark Oct 2021 #119

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #133

I got my 3d Pfizer vax about 2 weeks ago. I scheduled it on a Friday evening Tanuki Oct 2021 #124

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #134

Third Moderna. Sore arm for 3 days. herding cats Oct 2021 #126

Good stuff. I was surprised with inject area pain and I got covid arm after the first, not second. LizBeth Oct 2021 #135

I got my 3rd Pfizer shot on Wednesday Withywindle Oct 2021 #127

+1 LizBeth Oct 2021 #137

Different Ms. Toad Oct 2021 #128

Migraines are painful, never had them but have heard from so many. Thank you. LizBeth Oct 2021 #138

They stopped completely when I hit menopause. Ms. Toad Oct 2021 #140

Had more side effects with 3rd Moderna than first two indigovalley Oct 2021 #136

Thanks for the info. That is the thing, I do not want to experience the owie effect but I also know LizBeth Oct 2021 #139