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114. Primarily just light fatigue

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Sat Oct 16, 2021, 08:45 PM

Oct 2021

The second Pfizer dose kicked my ass. This one has just made me tired.

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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