# POLL: How was your vaccine reaction? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [April 6, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463 "2021-04-06T01:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/141 "2021-04-21T05:29:31Z")
Got second stab of Moderna at USC today on 4/20. Think of the irony. I’m at one of the nation’s most famous universities with no students present and no semi-legal pot holiday socialization happening. We’re all getting stabbed and stuck in traffic. 😁🕶 On the bright side, there were over 150 there getting vaccinated. A steady stream of customers. 🕶 I have NO side effects at this point and it’s been twelve hours. If there are side effects, I hope I grow a third arm and a third penis. 😳 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/142 "2021-04-21T05:49:30Z")
Pfizer, first shot only. Marked “no reaction”, but there is just the tiniest hint of soreness. Not something I’d even notice unless I’m paying attention to it (not impossible that it’s a nocebo effect, too). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/143 "2021-04-21T17:11:09Z")
First shot last month, pretty much nothing. Just a bit of tenderness at the injection site. Second shot this past Monday is a different story. Got it in the morning, and went about my day, did some errands, a bit of cleaning, nothing too strenous. Towards bedtime, started feeling a bit of a fever coming on. Went to bed with chills, curled up in double blankets, running a pretty high fever. Woke up completely wiped out. High fever, total body ache in my muscles and joints, extreme fatigue, no real respiratory issues though. Managed to get in to work, but was dragging all day, actually left early. Went home and went right to bed for another 5 hours, and got up just long enough to eat a bit, watch a bit of TV, then right back to bed. My fever seemed to have subsided by this morning, definitely doing much better. Still easily fatigued, bit of a body ache left over, but much more tolerable. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/144 "2021-04-21T17:19:27Z")
> [@sitchensis](#): > > I have been experiencing tingling in my last two fingers (Ulner nerve). I’ve had physical therapy in the past for the same issue and it has always been a issue with the nerve as it leaves my spine and travels toward my shoulder blade. The vaccine seems to have caused this latest bought by proxy. It caused muscle tightness in my back and the muscle tightness revealed, or exacerbated, a problem I already had. > > Hopefully that’s all it is for you. I went to an orthopedist at the beginning of this week, and his expert opinion is tenosynivitis. And the root cause of tenosynivitis is poorly understood, so 🤷‍♀️. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/145 "2021-04-21T18:35:07Z")
Thanks for the update. I wish you the best. ---
**Author:** ![Keith1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Keith1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/146 "2021-04-21T20:28:41Z")
AstraZeneca. Arm feels bruised at the injection site. Nothing visible. Not a big issue for me. It doesn’t prevent me from doing anything. Based on this poll the second shot will be worse, so now I wish I’d never seen it 😉 ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/147 "2021-04-21T20:34:53Z")
It’s better to be warned. If I hadn’t had reason to expect it, then I don’t know what I would have thought. If it just came out of the blue, I’d probably have thought that I _had_ COVID. Definitely coming down with _something_. I would suggest, if it all possible, getting the next day off work. And it’s a crapshoot anyway. My friend and I got them together, and he didn’t have a reaction at all. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/148 "2021-04-21T21:42:01Z")
Three days out from my second vaccine and I’m back to feeling normal. Oh well, at least I got to answer something other than “none of the above” on v-safe for one day. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/149 "2021-04-22T00:40:49Z")
First shot, sore arm. Second shot, shit my pants. No joke. Came home feeling nauseated and extremely tired. Went to bed, fell asleep, woke up an hour later when I felt my pants fill up to the point of overflowing with hot diarrhea. Do I win the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/150 "2021-04-22T01:40:33Z")
Sweetie, I think you do. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/151 "2021-04-22T02:01:55Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Do I win the thread? And if you don’t, I don’t want to hear from the challenger. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/152 "2021-04-22T02:30:12Z")
😮 (Plus some text because discourse is complaining my post is too short) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/153 "2021-04-22T03:04:36Z")
# 💩 ⛲ ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/154 "2021-04-22T04:07:21Z")
Are you still feeling sick? Coincidences happen, and you might have some unrelated medical issue that first manifested that day. It’s probably time to chat with your PCP, if you haven’t, yet ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/155 "2021-04-22T04:40:59Z")
I am, but I had the shot only 10 hours ago. I felt 100% fine until about three hours after my shot, when the extreme nausea set in. Then the extreme fatigue. Then hit the perfect storm of an early-evening nap and explosive diarrhea. Tonight I’m sleeping on the fold-out sofa in the sun room with my kids’ old potty-training sheets. I’ll admit it: I’m a little nervous to go to sleep. It was…quite the scene earlier. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/156 "2021-04-22T10:09:13Z")
Sorry, i meant to ask that of squeegee. But I did notice that i had a lot of gas the day after my second jab, and i wondered if it might be related. I couldn’t think of anything gassy I’d eaten. Your post makes me think it probably was related. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/157 "2021-04-22T11:03:50Z")
Got my first shot, Pfizer, yesterday at noon. After a couple of hours started to feel funky, just a little off and tired. By bedtime my arm was sore and I had terrible dry mouth. Like I could not get enough liquids. Remarkably and unusually, I hardly got up to pee. And I slept unusually late. But arm still sore, still feeling weary and very thirsty. All in all, nothing too terrible. I expect by tomorrow I’ll be right again! ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/158 "2021-04-22T16:12:11Z")
I got my 2nd Moderna shot at the beginning of this week. I woke up at 3am the night after the shot (about 12 hours later) and felt absolutely terrible. Fever, chills, nausea, and muscle soreness from my feet to my neck. I had 101-102 fever that came and went in waves, chills, and muscle soreness the following day. I tested positive for COVID-19 a few days after my first shot and was symptomatic (lost smell for a few days, general fatigue, low fever). The way I felt after the 2nd vaccine shot was 10x worse than actual COVID-19 felt. Maybe my immune system was super pumped up from having fought the actual infection? Who knows… ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/159 "2021-04-22T17:07:06Z")
At the FB vaccine group I am in a question was asked if anyone else had a weird period after getting jabbed. I answered in the affirmative (J&J) but also that my cycle has been “off” as I am heading closer and closer to menopause. Another poster posted this article: > **[Can the COVID-19 vaccine affect women’s menstrual cycles? Here’s what we know](https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/covid-19-vaccine-affect-womens-menstrual-cycles-heres-77138809?fbclid=IwAR3Kw0CLT3lxCDL4CAihMdIZuJGZduAtFTN-y34X_TkZwL3KR5ujAItgQaI)** > > Some changes are considered normal while others that may raise concern. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463/160 "2021-04-22T18:52:57Z")
> **[Why 'New' COVID-19 Vaccine Side Effects Are Totally Expected](https://time.com/5957222/covid-vaccine-side-effects/)** > > And probably nothing to worry about > [@](#): > > But when she began experiencing heavy, “stupidly painful, debilitating” menstrual periods, she felt blindsided. “I had not heard a single person talking about it,” she says. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-how-was-your-vaccine-reaction/939463.md?page=9)