Sickness after the second Covid Vaccine.
 

A question for you who had 2nd dose and got sick. I got it yesterday and need to travel down to TV. How long did it take to get sick ( if you did ) after the shot? Some says 24 hours and some says 48 hours. How long did it take to recover enough to drive 10 hours straight?

Cheers!

2nd shot
 

I had the Moderna vaccine. First shot, no problem. Second shot, fine until the evening when chills and mild fever appeared, as well as soreness in my shoulder muscle so bad I couldn't raise my arm above waist-level. Next day, I felt a bit unsteady on my feet and very tired. Day three, shoulder is still a little sore, but no other side effects. Good luck.

I *think* it depends on whether you got Moderna or Pfizer vaccine. My dad (94) got Pfizer with no side effects. My husband got Moderna with effects described by Alwann. I also got Moderna, with no side effects.

What I heard and have read about is the side effects besides the sore arm at the injections site is because of a robust immune response. Those robust responses usually occur in younger folks because they have stronger immune systems.

I'm not a younger folk but my immune system kicked ass. Fourteen hours after my second Moderna shot, I wound up with a 102.6 fever with the usual effects of a high fever. By that night, my temp broke and by the following morning I was back to normal and good to go.

Now I understand why I never get sick, not a flu or even a common cold for many years. I'm happy to know I've got the immune system of a much younger person.

Sick after shot
 

My wife was sick for 48 hours. Ache muscles and fever. 3rd day back to normal.

OK thanks everyone for your input. Its been 28 hours and I had some aches and pains here and there but nothing serious. It was Pfizer both times. I am 65 and healthy ( so I think :-) ) I'll be leaving tomorrow, should I still be worried? I don't want to get sick while driving..

We are all different how can you be sure?

There seems to be a lot of differing factors. Some say the older one is the less they suffer side effects. Some say, one brand vaccine has less side effects than the other. Others say the opposite one is worse. Who knows? Flip a coin.

Had 2nd Moderna shot yesterday at 12:00 noon. Around 1:00 PM arm sore and red circle about 2 x 2 inches around shot area. Slept ok; but arm hurt and now a day and 6 hrs later feel very tired. Other than a sore red circle - all is good!

I had a delayed redness reaction at the injection site after my first Moderna shot. It took one week for the site to become reddened and about 5 days for the redness to subside. I did not have any redness at the injection site at all after the second shot, just the soreness that I experienced with both shots.

Anecdotal, but after second Moderna shot on Wednesday 2/24, I had no side affects. I'm in my 70s. I thought I had a headache 24 hours later, but it was sinus related.

I had the 2nd Mederna shot yesterday at noon. Unfortunately I had chemo on Weds which always makes me feel like crap for a few days. So the 2 combined has me down for the count. So glad I did not take that 20 hour drive. Not sure how long it will take to turn the corner but hopefully soon.

I woke up the next morning with a splitting headache, body aches, chills and fever. Took Tylenol and felt pretty good in 36 hours.

I had no side effects from the second shot. That being said my husband had some slight flu like symptoms (nothing that sent him to his bed). A few Tylenol and he was fine the next morning.

With the first shot I was the one that didn't feel well for the first evening and got over it in 24 hours. For the second shot my wife stayed in bed for three days straight. So really it just depends you're asking an unanswerable question. You have to get your shots and take your chances