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    hbridge is offline Emerald level (3000+ posts)
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    I had J&J and felt horrible from hour 10 to hour 30 post vaccination, but then had a horrendous headache through day 6! From what I read, the thought is to give it a week post vaccination before calling the doctor (sounds insane to me)! I would say if you are stilling feeling awful tomorrow to call. You did the RIGHT thing and your DC will be okay. My teen felt "off" from about hour 6 to hour 24 post 1st shot and did not feel great the day after the second (with a slight fever).

    It is so hard to feel horrible after something that is supposed to make you feel better!

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    OP here. doing much better today. Shot was Monday, it's Sunday so a full week.

    Still tired; but Dr said that's probably post-op anemia and overdoing it some. It was a long road to surgery; it may take a full year to be 100%.

    I hope my hard time won't repeat; though it's possible. Would I take a booster? Probably not this year (before year's end), unless my recovery is faster than it has been. But overall, yes, I would. Protecting high-risk DH and DS is worth it.

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    Oh my gosh! I'm glad you're feeling better. That sounds awful. These shots are no joke. They're wonderful because of the protection that they confer, but they are not fun!

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    Just seeing this now. Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! Are you feeling any better?
    lucky single mom to 20 yr old dd and 17 yr old ds through 2 very different adoption routes

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    Thanks for asking... yep, all better except the fatigue, which is expected after my surgery and how anemic I am. (working on the iron/D levels now.)

    DS did in fact get vaccinated; had a day of feeling "icky" and a sore arm for a couple days, no big deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kestrel View Post
    Thanks for asking... yep, all better except the fatigue, which is expected after my surgery and how anemic I am. (working on the iron/D levels now.)

    DS did in fact get vaccinated; had a day of feeling "icky" and a sore arm for a couple days, no big deal.
    Just reading this now. I'm so glad you are feeling better and your DS didn't have much of a bad reaction. I suspect this fall we will be getting boosters and flu shots (I've read doctors expect a strong flu comeback because the flu season was light this year and no one is wearing masks anymore. )
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    I wonder about the flu season, too... My understanding is that they use (in part) the prior year's flu bugs to decide what strains the next year's vaccine contains. So with a light flu season, what strains are going to be big next year?

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