Anyone having a reaction to Covid Vaccination now we are several months from first jab?

4 days after my 1st AstraZeneca I had really bad diarrhoea and within an hour of the 2nd one the same thing happened. Both times I needed to take 3 lots of Imodium to get it to stop. The second time was the worst as my husband was driving us home as it was happening and I had absolutely no control whatsoever all the way home! Thank God for Sloggi Maxi briefs! It could be that I'm allergic or have an intolerance to something in the AstraZeneca jab as I do have many allergies. However, I wouldn't let that put me off having the jab!

We are on the Office of National Statistics research testing where they come monthly and take blood and swabs. The results 6 days after our 2nd vaccinations came back that my husband has antibodies but that I don't. I have been on prednisolone for 10 months to control my polymyalgia rheumatica. Prednisolone is a steroid which lowers your immunity, so I'm guessing that that's why the vaccination hasn't given me any immunity.
My husband had his AstraZeneca vaccinations on the same days that I had mine but he was just tired the day after his first one, so had the morning after in bed. He was fine after the 2nd one.
I'm glad that we're on the ONS research testing though, as otherwise I would have assumed that I had good immunity from the vaccinations.

My 45year old daughter had covid March 2020 and is still extremely tired. Her doctor has done lots of tests to see if it could be anything else but nothing else has shown up so the doctor has told her that she has long covid. She's had both her AstraZeneca vaccinations and was tired (more tired) for about a week after each one and stayed in bed for most of the day for 3 days each time.
My 95year old Mum had her 1st Pfizer vaccination 18th January and had no side effects whatsoever.
Unfortunately, she and my sister both caught covid in February. We were really worried because my sister has Parkinson's and obviously Mum's vulnerable due to asthma and her age. Neither of them went to the doctor or needed hospital. They've both recovered well except for the fact that they become tired much more easily and sleep more often during the day than they used to.

I am going to ask my doctor if it's worth trying me with the Moderna vaccine as it may give me some immunity if I get antibodies with it. I am, as you can tell, pro vaccines.

I am in a very large Probus Group where people are aged 65-90 and nearly all of us have had a dose of astra Zeneca. No one has reported any side effects except slight headaches for a few and some dizziness for one or two. %

Whatdayisit

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I am taking part in a government study to help try to establish a clearer picture. Just sharing my experience as the OP asked. I don't know how many other people on Gransnet have had Covid.

There was nothing wrong with your previous post, Whatdayisit. The evidence that side effects are more common in those who have already had Covid is more than just anecdotal.

covid.joinzoe.com/post/vaccine-after-effects-more-common-in-those-who-already-had-covid

One of my inlaws was very seriously ill with Covid last year and was warned by her GP in January that she may have a bad reaction to the jab for that reason. She did, for several days, but said she’d have walked on broken glass to get it after experiencing Covid.