Your lab rat reporting in:
My lymph nodes are starting to get inflamed on the side I received the shot. The muscle soreness is gone, but I'm generally not feeling all that great. I can't really describe it... general malaise and mild nausea feeling. I wasn't able to eat as much today because of it. I'm also getting occasional chills and somewhat lightheaded at times.
I can see why they were worried about people not following through with the second dose. Anyways, I just wanted to let everyone know what it has been like.
I posted about taking the vaccine to track the side effects of the Pfizer vaccine. I'm your personal lab rat. Just documenting side effects, without getting into reasons for taking it:
Night 1 of sleep was awful. 3x worse than a flu vaccine in terms of muscle soreness, which would have been OK if it weren't for the weird chills/heat feeling on the injection arm. It was noticeable enough to wake me intermittently. It caused a tickle in the throat that stimulated tiny coughs, but that's dying down now after 24 hours.
I had no headache, but two other co-workers did. I've been kind of flushed on my appendages, but this is not typical based on the others who have taken it with me.
I just want to report my side effects so far, not turn this into a long winded discussion about why I got it or if any of you should get it.
I got a little flushed / red during the initial 15 minute period. I'm still getting a little flushed intermittently, though not as much as initial. My arm hurts more than most flu shots. It also feels kind of like I have a tickle in the back of my throat - making me cough a little.
That's it so far. Will report back as things progress. Hopefully I don't get Bell's Palsy. LOL
