[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Jerry Leinsing

Three weeks ago at GMR got shot. I felt ok but had little itchy spots that I though were bug or spider bites. Put some local bug bite sting ease stuff on and it went away. A few days later, Madeleine came down with some itchy spots and we suspected bug bites. These then starting showing up on most parts of the body especially at the joints of hands, fingers, elbows, heels, knees front and back, ankles, etc. Went to dermatologist.They took biopsy and said it was most likely reaction the vaccine. Erica at Dr Tran had cell phone pictures of examples. We had taken pictures. They looked much the same. She recommended several topicals to put on. Now about week gone by and most of the places seem to have cleared but some are still quite itchy.
The verdict was if the vaccine did that, then it is proof that it is working. We are still going to get out shot 2 when GMR calls for 2nd appointment.

Sorry to hear about your itchy patches reaction to the Moderna vaccine.

Didn't you get your appointments for your second shots at the time you made your appointments for your first shots with GMR? Just wondering why you are expecting GMR to call you for your second shot appointments?

When I made the appointment with GMR for my first shot back on Jan 13, I was automatically given the appointment for my second shot exactly 28 days later (Feb. 10) at the same time of day. I'm going to the site on 466 on Feb 10 for my second shot. I already have the bar code saved on my iPhone for that appointment. That is UNLESS I hear from GMR before then and my appointment date is changed.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by RuthA

All this for a virus with a better than 99% recovery rate. Really?

Maybe so, but that 1% is a killer!

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by GOLFER54

My wife got the second shot and as soon as she got home she insisted that we get naked and jump in the hot tub.

You know why right? Shrinkage!

[delima2000]

Husband and I got our second Pfizer shot on Tuesday. Husbands arm was sore and I felt nothing.

[yankygrl]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

Sorry to hear about your itchy patches reaction to the Moderna vaccine.

Didn't you get your appointments for your second shots at the time you made your appointments for your first shots with GMR? Just wondering why you are expecting GMR to call you for your second shot appointments?

When I made the appointment with GMR for my first shot back on Jan 13, I was automatically given the appointment for my second shot exactly 28 days later (Feb. 10) at the same time of day. I'm going to the site on 466 on Feb 10 for my second shot. I already have the bar code saved on my iPhone for that appointment. That is UNLESS I hear from GMR before then and my appointment date is changed.

I got email today CONFIRMING #2 for next week by GMR

[flflowers]

Originally Posted by rmd2

Maybe a 99% survival but having covid has a sizeable list of debilitating long lasting problems.

But the DNA changes from the Moderna vax are generational

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by yankygrl

I got email today CONFIRMING #2 for next week by GMR

Glad to hear that. The site runs like a well-oiled machine when they have vaccine.

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by drbales

Had second shot on Tuesday morning. Felt fine throughout the day but that night experienced severe chills and next day felt like I had a really bad case of the flu. Was in bed most of day. Today feel fine today with no side effects for some soreness at injection site.

Same here. Chills, fever, body aches, but back to normal after about 36 hours.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by flflowers

But the DNA changes from the Moderna vax are generational

Where did you obtain this information? Please supply a link.

This article claims DNA can NOT be altered by the mRNA vaccines......

Will an mRNA vaccine alter my DNA? | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance

[Byte1]

Received our Moderna first shots yesterday. No reaction so far. Received a date and time for our second shots next month.
Got our appointments with Pubix on line. An hour and a bit more drive to get it was just fine.

[Happydaz]

My wife and I had our second shots this Wednesday. We had mild pain at the injection site with the first shot but had a greater reaction with our second shot, which appears to be normal. I got tiredness, low grade fever and other flu like symptoms within 6 hours and stayed home and watched TV for a day and a half. That wasn’t pleasant but well worth it to now be resistant to COVID. My wife was OK first 24 hours and then it hit her and she retreated to bed. Same symptoms as I had just more delayed. The good news is that if you have a good immune system you actually may see more side effects. That is why younger people may get more side effects than older people from the vaccine. Normally our immune system becomes compromised as we age unless we do aggressive physical activities such as walking and bicycling. (I bicycle over 100 miles a week and my wife fast walks over 25 miles a week. We are both in our mid seventies.) Bottom line for us is we had some limited flu like side effects but we are so happy to have had our second shots and hopefully we are building a good immunity to COVID.

[Lindsyburnsy]

Had a slight headache and woke up feeling a little body ache and tired later in the day. Within 24 hours of receiving the second shot everything cleared up and I feel totally normal. Even the injection site is painless.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Byte1

Received our Moderna first shots yesterday. No reaction so far. Received a date and time for our second shots next month.
Got our appointments with Pubix on line. An hour and a bit more drive to get it was just fine.

I know we don't see eye to eye much of the time but I would like to congratulate you and your wife on getting your vaccinations.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

My brother in law 64 long distance runner very fit is in his 8th day with Covid at Massachusetts General they just took him finally off ventilator, he was careful , so I guess for the so called only 1% deaths ( there stats , not mine) he’s going to be okay so it’s not a problem , hmmm

[Rango]

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Originally Posted by EdFNJ

For those getting their 2nd shot gather up the ibuprofen just in case! Got my 2nd around 10AM .Took about 7hrs and WHAM my head feels like it is going to explode! "They say" you usually get hit around 24hrs if you are going to have side effects so I was caught by surprise since I rarely ever get a headache. Wife has nothing (yet). Had ZERO side effects with first one.


That being said, if this is (hopefully) as bad as it gets it is worth every second of the inconvenience !
This isnt any different than the annual flu shots. Some have a reaction and some dont. I have 7 friends so far who have completed both shots and only one had very mild flu symptoms for less than 24 hrs. No big deal.