I'd like to reassure others that Pansyface & Dove's son's post jab experiences are probably the exception, not the norm according to the latest studies. Both OH and myself had no reaction except for a slight tenderness in the affected arm for a day or two. It was no different to the usual flu jab, in my case, it was better as I usually get a bad skin reaction to the flu jab lasting nearly a week. You can report any symptoms, good or bad, on the NHS Vaccine site. That said, I hope @pansyface that you feel better soon.
I have seen nothing written about this. Is your reaction to the first vaccination any indicator of how you’ll react second time round? More severely? Less severely? No correlation?
@pansyface Glad you're feeling better @Lyn Thanks for the info - I will do my best to follow your advice when it get's round to my turn - can't do any harm and it may help. My main concern is OH who is terribly needle-phobic and is going to find relaxing very difficult. Unless he faints (wouldn't be the first time). You'd hope they'd stick him while he's out but they tend not to.
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Used to say "just a little prick" at work, then it became "a slight scratch", Unfortunately, the powers that be have requested people report "side effects". You have had a needle stuck into a tough muscle, soreness and bruising hardly surprising.
Used to say "just a little prick" at work, then it became "a slight scratch", Unfortunately, the powers that be have requested people report "side effects". You have had a needle stuck into a tough muscle, soreness and bruising hardly surprising.
The "slight scratch" thing irritates me. Having a needle stuck in feels like having a needle stuck in (if I feel anything), nothing like a scratch. I don't look so I'd rather they just get on with it like the lady who did my flu jab last year. I didn't feel a thing and didn't even realise she'd done it! I feel it when having blood drawn but I don't need it described to me beforehand. But I suppose procedure has to be followed. At least "just a little prick" would be mildly amusing.
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I am off to have my arm scratched/pricked at the end of the week and I am trepidatiously excited.
Pleased to be getting the vaccine, slightly concerned after Pansyface experience but too excited for words to be going past the end of my road. I have James James Morrison Morrison voice in my head but feeling OK as daughter is taking me.
Roll on Thursday
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The needle they use to draw blood is much bigger, it has to be as if it was too fine it would damage the blood cells and trigger the clotting process even faster than it happens anyway. It could also cause problems with certain tests. When putting something in, as long as it's not viscous, you can use a much finer needle so you almost don't feel it. I certainly didn't feel mine.
Where I live mask wearing, sanitising and distancing etc is done by virtually everyone,so pretty compliant all round. Went to my supermarket today and after glaring at the chap behind me for not sanitising his trolley I went off to shop and halfway round realised I was not wearing my mask!! 😱 Hastily put on but just shows that maybe not everyone not wearing a mask is being defiant but they just plain forgot,like me!
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You can report any symptoms, good or bad, on the NHS Vaccine site.
That said, I hope @pansyface that you feel better soon.
@Lyn Thanks for the info - I will do my best to follow your advice when it get's round to my turn - can't do any harm and it may help.
My main concern is OH who is terribly needle-phobic and is going to find relaxing very difficult. Unless he faints (wouldn't be the first time). You'd hope they'd stick him while he's out but they tend not to.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
The "slight scratch" thing irritates me. Having a needle stuck in feels like having a needle stuck in (if I feel anything), nothing like a scratch. I don't look so I'd rather they just get on with it like the lady who did my flu jab last year. I didn't feel a thing and didn't even realise she'd done it! I feel it when having blood drawn but I don't need it described to me beforehand. But I suppose procedure has to be followed. At least "just a little prick" would be mildly amusing.
Pleased to be getting the vaccine, slightly concerned after Pansyface experience but too excited for words to be going past the end of my road. I have James James Morrison Morrison voice in my head but feeling OK as daughter is taking me.
Roll on Thursday
Went to my supermarket today and after glaring at the chap behind me for not sanitising his trolley I went off to shop and halfway round realised I was not wearing my mask!! 😱 Hastily put on but just shows that maybe not everyone not wearing a mask is being defiant but they just plain forgot,like me!
A sharp scratch is as inane a phrase as ‘brittle hair’, ‘well drained, moisture retentive soil’ and ‘a pop of colour’.