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piddyprints

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14. Covid was nothing for me.

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #8)

Wed Aug 30, 2023, 11:55 AM

Aug 2023

Which one did you get? I had Pfizer 5 times.

You are right, it's totally worth it. I have been waiting for almost a year to be able to do this. Doc didn't want me to do it while I was getting all those Covid vaccines.

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I got my 2nd Shingrix vax yesterday morning. [View all] piddyprints Aug 2023 OP

Do you tend to react a lot to other vaccines? e.g., COVID-19, Tdap, influenza, etc? hlthe2b Aug 2023 #1

Some of them. piddyprints Aug 2023 #2

The second one really whacked me Easterncedar Aug 2023 #3

Wow! I guess I should consider myself fortunate. piddyprints Aug 2023 #5

I don't generally react badly Easterncedar Aug 2023 #17

Got my second one Rebl2 Aug 2023 #4

Sounds like yours was way over 24 hours long. piddyprints Aug 2023 #6

Didn't look Rebl2 Aug 2023 #10

Might make a difference, I don't know. piddyprints Aug 2023 #12

Most "feel like crap"vaccine reactions resolve... 3catwoman3 Aug 2023 #7

Well, I'm past 24 hours now piddyprints Aug 2023 #13

I have bad reactions to the Covid vaccines and the Shingrix. My Shingrix reaction lasted a bit Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #8

Covid was nothing for me. piddyprints Aug 2023 #14

From what I've read on D.U. from posters and my town website, the second shot is a ball buster. 3Hotdogs Aug 2023 #9

I can verify that's true. piddyprints Aug 2023 #15

Do you know if Medicare pays for these new shingles vaccines? Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #11

It cost us nothing. piddyprints Aug 2023 #16

Tylenol does a good job on the aching after an immunization Warpy Aug 2023 #18