My wife and I both had more reaction this time but don't know if that is down to having the Covid and flu boosters at the same time. My wife doesn't do 'ill' but spent most of the day after the jab in bed so must have felt rough. It took her about 3 days to fully recover, where for me it was about 48 hours.
Coincidental that you should say that KT53. I was speaking to a friend last evening, before my side effect kicked in, and she said the same as you. Both she and myself don't do illness either but the day after her double vaccines she was floored for a few days so much so that she said she won't have the double ones again. It's strange how we all react differently. I just have a headache this morning so no great shakes.
I also don’t “do ill” very often, but Covid Booster put me in bed for a day plus another 48 hours of feeling rough - aching joints, weird headache and lymph glands swollen to the size of a golf ball on the arm that had the jab. Hoping the flu jab in a fortnight is kinder to me.
I didn’t have any reaction to the covid jab, but have come down with the virus a month later. Maybe your enhanced reaction means it has triggered a stronger immune response, and you’ll be better protected than I was. Some consolation? Not complaining, as my symptoms are mild, but isolating from OH in the same house is not much fun. At least we have enough room to spread out.
I'm kind of thinking the same way as @Fire - we haven't had COVID yet (or at least not with symptoms and not at a time when we've done "just in case" testing before visiting elderly or vulnerable people), and maybe if we do get it, we'll get it badly. Hoping vaccinations will reduce the risk. Certainly worth the risk of potentially feeling rough for a few days post-vaccine. I haven't before, but a few people have told me their recent vaccinations gave them worse side effects than the previous ones.
On the plus side, only a slightly sore arm from yesterday's flu jab, so far anyway.
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I had both in the same arm on the 8th, no problems, you will hear more of people having problems because that’s the nature of people, bit like Amazon reviews, if your satisfied, you don’t often say so. OH is booked for covid jab on Saturday, they’ve run out of ordinary flu vaccine.
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Has anyone seen evidence/data on what happens if someone hasn't had any Covid bug to date and then gets it? Certainly the flu I had in the summer hit me like a train, not having had flu for many years, and not having been really exposed to lurgies during lockdown. It knocked me out for weeks. I don't know if my body has been fighting covid exposure at a low level from the start, and winning out. I'm going in for surgery soon and am starting to worry a covid sucker punch.
I had to have them separately due to separate locations. The flu one i had no reaction, but the Covid one the day after i had a very very bad headache and then was fine the next day, apart from the sore arm but that's to be expected.
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It's strange how we all react differently.
I just have a headache this morning so no great shakes.
Not complaining, as my symptoms are mild, but isolating from OH in the same house is not much fun. At least we have enough room to spread out.
Neither of us had any problems.
We were grateful to have them.
We've been able to avoid catching covid (so far).
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OH is booked for covid jab on Saturday, they’ve run out of ordinary flu vaccine.