Originally Posted by flflowers (Post 1897539)

But the DNA changes from the Moderna vax are generational

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1897728)

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. :)

Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1897871)

Got the second Moderna shot today at 11 AM. So far, not even an arm ache. Will post tomorrow on how it goes.

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 1897880)

:shocked: Maybe not eye to eye, but we're still humans and most humans have empathy for each other if they are "human." I disagree with family members occasionally but we are still family. Disagreeing with someone does not make anyone my enemy. Everyone has their own opinions and sometimes they do not correlate to an agreeable discussion. That just makes it all the more interesting. Sometimes I learn something or I might even compromise.
Thank you for your kind thoughts.

Originally Posted by RuthA (Post 1897276)

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

Originally Posted by rmd2 (Post 1897090)

I am having my 2nd shot done on Wednesday but here is what happened on my first shot of Moderna. There was no problem with the vaccine BUT the shot itself was not properly placed and this is what happened to me: the first 24 hours I had extreme pain from my shoulder to my finger tips and that felt that way for the whole 24 hours. This was 4 weeks ago and I still have some pain in the arm when I move it and occasionally there is a nerve in my arm that runs down from the injection site to my hand and when that happens it is extreme pain and fans out into my hand and it feels like an electrical charge. This has gotten better. The person injecting me did not get it in the deltoid muscle but instead hit a nerve. It happens and I have since found evidence of this from medical journals, NIH, CDC and personal accounts but unfortunately didn't know this before my shot. I'm hoping nothing happens with the 2nd shot and I am having it in the other arm.

Originally Posted by Aloha1 (Post 1898141)

So, 2nd shot administered at 11:05 AM yesterday. Felt fine all day. no arm soreness or anything. Went to bed around 10 PM and woke up a little after midnite with fever and chills.

Fever has subsided this morning but still low grade around 99.2 f and feeling really fatigued today. Asked my physician son about it and he said "Be happy, it's your immune system kicking in because it recognizes the MRNA and is mounting a response". He also said I was in the rare group over 70 who have an immune system like a 20 year old. :D

My wife has no symptoms whatsoever. Just a little arm soreness. Go figure.

Regardless, a little temporary fever is a small price to pay for immunity.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1901576)

After my second shot of the Moderna vaccine, the day after I developed a high fever with all the usual effects of fever such as body aches and general malaise. By that night, my temp was low grade. By the following morning my temperature was normal and I felt great. I never did take any medication for pain or to reduce the fever. I wanted my immune system to do the work.

I have read that it is usually the younger folks who have side effects to these mRNA vaccines after the second shot. Younger folks usually have stronger immune systems so I guess I have a pretty strong immune system. Maybe that's why I don't ever get sick, not even a common cold for many years.

Originally Posted by billethkid (Post 1902207)

We got our first Moderna yesterday afternoon.
Slight ache at injection location for a couple of hours.
And that was it!
About the same as a flu shot (actually less than some flu shots I have had).