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The Booster

I was hoping that since the Moderna booster wasn’t full strength, I wouldn’t have a problem with it but about 11:30 last night, I started feeling bad. I took a quick shower and by the time I got in bed, was running fever and was freezing. I tried to get as close to Vince as I could without waking him . . trying to absorb some of his warmth.

I don’t know if it’s true but I had heard not to take anything if I could and let my body do its thing. With the second vaccine, my temp got over 102 so I took acetaminophen and the fever came down.

At some point, I fell asleep and had edged on closer to him and it woke him up. He woke me up and said “You are burning up! What is wrong?” He said I felt like a heater! He got me an acetaminophen, made me drink a glass of ice water and, at some point, the fever broke and I woke up fine. I expected to wake up sweating once the fever broke but I must have slept through that part.

I always say that I’m thankful for the rare days I feel bad because it makes me appreciate feeling good so much of the time. Last night when Vince was awake, I told him “I hope I can cook tomorrow!” He said “I’m not worried. There’s plenty here to eat.” When I woke up thinking about what I was going to cook today, I knew I was feeling better.

We can sometimes find finely shaved ribeye steak at Aldi and I had some in the freezer. I’ll fix that with carmelized onions and make sandwiches on ciabatta bread and probably serve it with homemade tomato soup.

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  1. It’s OK to take tylenol or ibuprofen AFTER the vaccines. We just ask that people not pre-treat as it could interfere with the activation of immunity development.

    I’m glad this time was shortlived for you!

  2. I got sick after the booster also. Went to bed at 10:00 p.m. with the chills. Woke up at midnight and proceeded to puke every half hour until 5:00 a.m. Very tired for two dats and hen felt better. Same thong happened when I got the second shot. This was all the Moderna vaccine.

  3. I had similar results with Pfizer booster, temp of 103 and shaking chills for about 12 hours. I thought the temp more a concern than booster results so took a Tylenol. I spent about 24h. up and down from sleeping, trying to catch up. Was glad to see it go away. Feed a cold, starve a fever: I had no appetite and thank goodness, no stomach troubles. I should be in good shape to fight off any Covid assault.

    • I felt good this morning but have fever again. Took a Tylenol and am going to bed for a while.

  4. Hope you get over the booster shot effects soon! I had Pfizer and it took me a couple of days to feel better. I was mainly really tired but my husband complained of all over joint pain.

  5. I had a fever at the 12 hour point that lasted for about 12 hours after the second Moderna shot. On the third one, the fever didn’t appear until about 20 hours later and only lasted about 5 hours, so that was better. I just hope we don’t need multiple boosters…ugh!

    • I think we need to expect that we’ll need multiple boosters. I had fever again yesterday afternoon, which didn’t happen with the first two Moderna shots. I feel kinda bad this morning and have a scratchy, sinus feeling throat this morning so it may be more than the booster at this point.

  6. I had mild flu symptoms from the initial J&J and just a very sore arm for 3 days after the Moderna booster. Very glad we all got the shots – except for my grandson. His mother is an idiot & refuses to allow him to get the shot — and he travels back & forth to see her regularly in Idaho, which exposes him to the very thing we’d like to prevent him from getting. This is the woman who doesn’t cook meals for her kids – his Thanksgiving ‘meal’ was a bag of chips…and its not a lack of money, either. She hasn’t bothered to get a bed set up for him on his last 3 visits…he sleeps on the floor! Our grandson is an absolute gem, though – which we attribute to his excellent father who is very much involved in his son’s life & raising him to be a really good man.

  7. You can also alternate Tylenol and ibuprofen every 2 hours.
    I also crashed after my Moderna booster, bad. I don’t want to think how sick I would be if I actually got Covid.
    My husband had the first two Moderna vaccines and chose the Pfizer his booster. No reaction other than a headache and sore arm. He didn’t have anything after the Moderna either, though.
    Good on you and Vince for helping humanity and keeping yourselves safer.

    • I was lucky that I only needed to take something once for the second shot and then I took something once the evening I got the booster and then once early in the afternoon the next day. Thanks for the info on alternating. I knew that but had forgotten about it.

      They seem to affect everyone differently – that’s for sure.

  8. I had no side effects any times. I am concerned whether I actually got the vaccines!

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