Current Events > Got my flu and covid shots yesterday. Same arm. Sore AF

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Didn't even feel the needles when I got them, but somehow a day later it feels like I drove my shoulder into the corner of a wall.

Damn that's crazy

I was the same after my last COVID shot. Ok when I got it, but when I woke up the day after, felt like the needle had gone through my arm into my armpit. (A less just-woke-up explanation was a slightly sore arm and some tender swollen lymph nodes.)

I got them Monday and I was so sick I couldn't get out of bed until Tuesday afternoon

I got both shot at the same time, but in different arms. Which kinda sucked when I wanted to sleep but it hurt to lie on either side.

Though the flu shot arm was only sore for a day, the covid arm was sore for a few days longer

I didn't get hit as bad as the first three I got, but good lord did it sap any energy out of me.

I showed up to work the day after and was exhausted halfway through one of my routine morning tasks...and felt like I was going to collapse. Went home, later in bed all day, ret2go the next day.

Sore arm did last a while tho

From what I hear, the soreness is a sign that the vaccine is working correctly. Your immune system is going whole-hog fighting off the "invaders" that just showed up in your muscle tissue (and in the process learning how to combat the real thing), and that immune response is causing a bit of inflammation there as a side-effect. Some over-the-counter pain medication and applying an ice pack to the sore muscles can help relieve the pain some. It's also a good idea to move that arm some to promote blood flow, but not to exercise it too much (such as by lifting heavy objects).

SpawnShadow posted...

From what I hear, the soreness is a sign that the vaccine is working correctly. Your immune system is going whole-hog fighting off the "invaders" that just showed up in your muscle tissue (and in the process learning how to combat the real thing), and that immune response is causing a bit of inflammation there as a side-effect. Some over-the-counter pain medication and applying an ice pack to the sore muscles can help relieve the pain some. It's also a good idea to move that arm some to promote blood flow, but not to exercise it too much (such as by lifting heavy objects).

I never knew it was an immune response. I thought it was the muscles overreacting to the trauma of the shot.

Don't! Can't you see you'll get double the microchips implanted?!

Getting my flu and covid shots in a few hours. My usual reaction is just a sore arm for a few days and feeling a little icky the day after.

I remember the first time I got the covid shot, my arm hurt for months. I thought it had done permanent damage it had hurt so long