Shingles vaccine! Second one. Five hours later I feel sick. Nausea sick, head feels funny. This is not kind. No reaction at all to the first one.
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Gawd, you are having a tough time! 🫂🫂🫂💜
aug 26, 2025, 4:24 am • 0 0 • view
It's better than getting shingles. Shingles is an unbearable pain.
aug 27, 2025, 2:18 am • 1 0 • view
It’s brutal
aug 26, 2025, 3:55 am • 0 0 • view
Ohhh no I'm due my second soon :/
aug 26, 2025, 6:34 am • 2 0 • view
Panadol and water and I feel a little better. It made my blood sugar level soar so I took more insulin as well. But after effects of the second are common. Sorry 😞.
aug 26, 2025, 8:44 am • 3 0 • view
I'll make sure that I've got some panadol handy. Good to hear that you're feeling better :)
aug 26, 2025, 8:46 am • 2 0 • view
I shall report tomorrow. Watching blood glucose like a hawk.
aug 26, 2025, 8:47 am • 1 0 • view
Thanks it'd be good to hear how you are going.
aug 26, 2025, 8:50 am • 1 0 • view
👍
aug 26, 2025, 9:22 am • 0 0 • view
The 2nd one is rugged but then apparently just a taste of the real thing
aug 26, 2025, 8:50 am • 4 0 • view
Exactly.
aug 26, 2025, 9:22 am • 2 0 • view
Not unusual, par for the course. Hang in there.
aug 27, 2025, 3:24 am • 1 0 • view
Went through the same thing. It's worth it. My mom had shingles twice, and my aunt had it 3 times. They suffered big time.
aug 26, 2025, 4:24 pm • 2 0 • view
It's better than shingles.
aug 26, 2025, 4:47 pm • 2 0 • view
Better than getting shingles, I had 6 weeks of pain
aug 26, 2025, 7:22 pm • 1 0 • view
I don’t recall ever having chickenpox! I’m immune compromised so if Dr says it’s safe for me I’m taking it. A few days of feeling blah isn’t unusual for me. 😊
aug 26, 2025, 9:36 pm • 0 0 • view
I had 6 spots with chicken pox when I was a kid, got shingles it's worse than giving birth. Worse pain I've ever experienced.
aug 26, 2025, 11:44 pm • 0 0 • view
I could have happily died after the first one.
aug 26, 2025, 4:00 am • 1 0 • view
Me too - both of us were rough for a few days. But v glad i got it. Ours was even worse because moron nurse didn't use 2 hypos for shot - u mix via 1 needle, then inject with a fresh one. She's going "Omg, u two have such tough skin!" and we're both trying not to scream cos blunt frigging needles.
aug 26, 2025, 4:11 am • 3 0 • view
Yikes! That’s grim.
aug 26, 2025, 5:13 am • 2 0 • view
We did not go back to that surgery 😂 Didn't realise what she'd done at time, but she gave me insert from one of the boxes, so i could read up on side effects. (Feeling run over by truck wasn't listed, should have been.) So I saw there, 2 parts to shot, and two needles required. She didn't read it.
aug 26, 2025, 6:15 am • 3 0 • view
In the end it’s short term and has lots of benefits.
aug 26, 2025, 8:45 am • 3 0 • view
yes, v glad we got it.
aug 26, 2025, 8:55 am • 3 0 • view
1st one was harder on me. Glad I got it as having shingles is horrible. I THINK I found a way to help my body cope with vaccines better, and maybe if there is a doc reading this they can confirm? Right after a shot I take a good 30 min walk. Seems to help with that funky feeling.
aug 26, 2025, 8:58 pm • 1 0 • view
I can’t walk for thirty minutes at the best of times. Thanks though.
aug 26, 2025, 9:34 pm • 0 0 • view
Ya this is a known response. Let me be clear, on a scale of 1-10, this experience is a 0.5 compared to an actual shingles outbreak where you can easily hit a 10 and stay there for months. May one be fortunate enough not to break out through the eyes or privates, or a case of disseminated shingles!
aug 26, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view
My brother had it. I remember. Not nice and it lasted for months.
aug 26, 2025, 9:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Let me tell you.. i have had shingles twice! Twice! Once in 8th grade when exposed to active chickenpox. Then in my 50’s. Both times were horrifying! Weeks of pain, oozing rash, fever. I got the vaccines. Very much worth the symptoms of your immune system building resistance.
aug 26, 2025, 5:23 pm • 3 0 • view
This happened to me as well. The second shot was rough.
aug 27, 2025, 1:41 am • 1 0 • view
Just got both this summer. Had no reaction except a sore arm both times. My husband also go sick after the second one. I was expecting it. I guess I was just lucky! Hope you feel better soon!
aug 26, 2025, 2:25 pm • 1 0 • view
I have had both types of vaccine. Have been thru 16 rounds of shingles so far, after the injections. While it prevents this misery for most people it can cause it in a few, and I am of the few. Now have post herpetic neuralgia, for life. Learned to live with it. Stay strong, you got this.
aug 26, 2025, 9:18 pm • 1 0 • view
That is just awful.
aug 26, 2025, 9:34 pm • 0 0 • view
I was sick after the first one. Now I’m nervous about the second. Hope you feel better soon.
aug 26, 2025, 3:54 am • 0 0 • view
Both 1&2 got me. I'd rather have a lesser planned discomfort than an unplanned worse discomfort. You got this. It will pass and comfort will find you.
aug 27, 2025, 12:48 am • 0 0 • view
I'm so very sorry. My hubs and I got both last year. No reactions for either of us. Wishing you and others a speedy recovery!
aug 26, 2025, 4:14 pm • 2 0 • view
Same for my wife & I two years ago. Sore arm per usual injection site but happy to have it done with. COVID booster and Flu next 9/1.
aug 26, 2025, 7:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Mines the same. Sailed through.
aug 26, 2025, 9:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Just think of the benefit it gives you though. If you had ever had shingles feeling a bit sick for a few days worth it, My husband spent weeks in hospital with it.
aug 26, 2025, 5:55 am • 7 0 • view
I went back for the second one knowing it would be rough. I’m so sorry about your husband. Scary. Mine breezed through it.
aug 26, 2025, 8:47 am • 1 0 • view
I hear you…same for me but husband had no side affects but for me only lasted a day
aug 26, 2025, 12:55 pm • 1 0 • view
A small price to pay for protecting your health though. Good on you.
aug 26, 2025, 3:06 pm • 1 0 • view
I didn't have much of a reaction, but my hubby was laid up for a couple of days. It sucks, but it's the best we have to prevent the disease. Hope you are all better.
aug 26, 2025, 3:48 pm • 1 0 • view
I’m still blah. Not questioning the need for the vaccine at all. Just it’s been a crappy twelve months and I’m a bit over feeling sub my standard sub par. Paracetamol does seem to help.
aug 27, 2025, 2:04 am • 2 0 • view
Hope the reaction passes quickly. Shingles are awful, so not getting them might be worth the discomfort.
aug 26, 2025, 9:49 pm • 1 0 • view
The 2nd shingles vaccine hit me hard, too, but the effects only lasted 24 hours. The site of the vaccine in my upper arm swelled big time, but after I took an anti-inflammatory, the swelling went down. Hang in there. It will get better!
aug 27, 2025, 3:41 am • 1 0 • view
But better tonight. Arm is very sore but sick feeling us passing.
aug 27, 2025, 9:50 am • 1 0 • view