Second vaccine .....

maddyone, I've just had my second Pfizer and had no side-effects at all except for the same short-lived tenderness at the injection site. I hope that reassures you.

I only had an aching arm and neck after my first vaccine, but I had the Pfizer. I’ve had the virus too but didn’t know whether to expect worse or less side effects. I’ve been told side effects are worse after the second jab with Pfizer, but I will still go when I get the call. Having had Covid and been hospitalised with it, I don’t think any side effects can be worse than that.
My son and his wife, and daughter and her husband, and 93 year old mother all had the AZ vaccine, and none of them had any significant side effects. We’re just waiting for our younger son and partner to be vaccinated now, soon I hope.

Going for my second jab next week so will let you know.

FannyCornforth DH’s podiatrist told him that his side effects after the vaccine were very bad and he was told it was probably because he had previously had the virus. It must be very scary to have such bad side effects, we were lucky and had only minor side effects.

Perish the thought. I can't go through the risk of having a second jab after the first one.

Fanny I would normally have been blue-lighted into resus if I'd pressed my button the way I'd felt, but for Covid, I didn't and rode it out, though I remained pretty dizzy for most of February. It gave me a bad A/Fib episode and scared me. I hadn't had one of those for 14 months since the hospital increased my medication so it was too much of a coincidence that it happened after the jab.

I have a blood-clotting condition.

I'm interested in this too Dragonfly

I heard on Jeremy Vine (shoot me now) that they aren't as bad

(DH had horrendous side effects; I thought that he might have to go into hospital again. He was very scared. It was a massive relief when they started to lessen)

I've also heard that you get worse side effects if you have already had the virus

I find these two bits of information a bit contradictory