Oxford vaccine.. I am so rough!

[LoopyLoux]

Hi everyone, has anyone here had the Oxford vaccine and felt like death warmed up afterwards? I woke at 1am after having it at 3pm yesterday, shaking uncontrollably, freezing cold but boiling hot, I ache in places I didn't know I could ache, my tummy hurts, I feel sick, my head feels like it's in a vice and my eyes are really sensitive. My arms a little niggly but I'm bed ridden literally! When I get up I feel like I'm going to fall over. It's absolutely savage, didn't expect this atall 😩

@BuggerBognor

This happened to my DH - he’s a NHS consultant and it was also - broadly - the experience of all but one of his colleagues. His temp shot up to 40, he was babbling incoherently, rigors, profuse sweating, the works. OOH said it was Covid but I did 2 lateral flow tests 6 hours apart and they were both negative. We had the tests in stock at home because of his job.

All was well within 48 hours - that’s the good news! I plan to wait until I can make sure I get the Pfizer because fuck that.

I have friends who had to Pfizer and the same thing happened to them.

This is all completely normal and you don't need to contact your doctor. All of the things you mention are listed on the information sheet as common side-effects which I'm sure you were given when you had the vaccine? I had mine yesterday at 4.30 p.m., slept fine but have been exhausted since I got up, shivery and feel like I am getting a cold. DH vaccinated at the same time feels similar. We have a brickie doing some outside work and as soon as he leaves I'm going back to bed!

I’m waiting to be vaccinated.

But hearing all these massive reactions am worried.

If Covid has the ability to damage organs without us realising - surely the effects of the vaccine do as well

People say that even mild Covid can lead to long Covid and organ damage.

Some of these vaccine reactions sound more than mild.

I could have written most of your post myself. I had mine yesterday morning. I woke up shivering cold but sweaty at 1am and my arm felt like a dead weight. Take paracetamol regularly (but don't exceed the daily dose) as that's been helping me a lot. Check your temperature in case of fever, mine is ok despite the fact I'm still going hot and cold a lot. I've been really tired too but these are all things I was told could happen.

I don't know if I would say dizzy (maybe a little but not to the point I can't stand up) but my brain is feeling foggy, I'm struggling to remember words when I'm talking and typing, I'm forgetting things DH is saying to me just minutes later. I have fibromyalgia so the brain fog could be from that though.

Thanks all for your replies. Reassuring to hear it isn't just me, I was terrified of having it anyway so when I was awoke feeling like that suddenly I got in a right panic! I feel really awful still I won't lie, I've had a bath and going to head back to bed I think. I am grateful to be vaccinated but didn't expect to feel this crap that's all

@Dustyboots it's just our immune systems doing their thing though and rebelling against the contents of the vaccine, as it is meant to do.

@LoopyLoux

Hi everyone, has anyone here had the Oxford vaccine and felt like death warmed up afterwards? I woke at 1am after having it at 3pm yesterday, shaking uncontrollably, freezing cold but boiling hot, I ache in places I didn't know I could ache, my tummy hurts, I feel sick, my head feels like it's in a vice and my eyes are really sensitive. My arms a little niggly but I'm bed ridden literally! When I get up I feel like I'm going to fall over. It's absolutely savage, didn't expect this atall 😩

Why didn't you expect it? There have been plenty of threads on here lately from posters experiencing the same symptoms!

I know several people who've been the same. Only lasted 24 hours

I felt like this for two days. The leaflet they should have given you will state all of the symptoms you have as a possibility. Drink lots and take some paracetamol. X

I had my first Oxford jab three weeks ago. Felt a bit dodgy the next day but nothing bad. Husband had his first one on Thursday, he’s fine too. I think it must just take different folk differently. In fact my arm reacts much worse when I have my flu jab, so I was expecting the worst. I think if your after care leaflet doesn’t give you answers you’d better seek medical advice.

I did not get an information sheet when I had mine.

This is a normal reaction (1 in 10, on the leaflet) and was me, last week. I was fine, the next day.

But isn’t it just our immune system doing it’s thing - when we get Covid - @VienneseWhirligig?

I think this is why so many of us aren't having it, and any long term effects.

@Dustyboots

I’m waiting to be vaccinated.

But hearing all these massive reactions am worried.

If Covid has the ability to damage organs without us realising - surely the effects of the vaccine do as well

People say that even mild Covid can lead to long Covid and organ damage.

Some of these vaccine reactions sound more than mild.

They are mild. I get the same from the flu jab every year.

@Dustyboots, I think the important thing is the vaccine is not a live one, ie it doesn’t contain coronavirus. There is no way, therefore, for it to do what coronavirus does. It’s just something that ‘looks like it’ and trains your immune system to fight the real thing. The reaction is about your immune system mounting an assault, but not to a virus.

This is what my information leaflet says, the nurse who gave me mine said a few other things afterwards as well, just going into a little more detail about feeling hot or cold with or without a fever etc. All things I've seen other people posting about too.

[quote Sevensilverrings]@Dustyboots, I think the important thing is the vaccine is not a live one, ie it doesn’t contain coronavirus. There is no way, therefore, for it to do what coronavirus does. It’s just something that ‘looks like it’ and trains your immune system to fight the real thing. The reaction is about your immune system mounting an assault, but not to a virus.[/quote]
This! It's not a live virus.

Just to respond to a PP comment about the vaccine damaging organs like covid does. It cant do any of the damage like covid because it doesnt contain any actual covid virus at all. The vaccine is a man made copy of just a bit of the coating of the covid virus, but none of the actual virus body or contents. The copied bit is just enough to make your immune system notice an invader, sit up and start a defense. The side effects people are experiencing is that defense going into action - its not a comfortable process and in fact it is a lot of the reason you feel shitty when you have a cold or the flu, not because of something the cold or flu is doing to you.
Some fragile people who already have health problems that make them susceptible to struggling with a fever etc should be careful about the vaccination, but that is because they are already medically fragile, not because the vaccine will damage anything directly.

Also, if you just have a low fever, try to gut it out without paracetamol . The immune system uses fever to get revved up and respond better, so if you reduce it you might reduce your immune response. Obviously if you have a raging fever or are v uncomfortable you should def take something to make you more comfortable, its an individual decision as everyones immune system is a little bit different

I had mine on Saturday evening. Felt rubbish on Sunday, on Sunday I felt dreadful. Shivering, had to put on hoodie and joggers over my pj’s, achy, really bad headache, my skin felt painful to touch etc. I felt bit better on the Monday and completely fine by the Tuesday. I’ve got a bruise where I had my vaccine but small price to pay. My friends husband is currently in icu with Covid so I’ll take feeling crap for a few days over that

• Sunday night I felt dreadful

I’ve posted about this too.

Had mine at 8.30am yesterday.

By 7pm last night I had awful shivers, low grade temp of 37.1

Woke up this brining awful headache and temp of 38.1

I’m taking regular paracetamol and drinking plenty of water.

@Dustyboots

I’m waiting to be vaccinated.

But hearing all these massive reactions am worried.

If Covid has the ability to damage organs without us realising - surely the effects of the vaccine do as well

People say that even mild Covid can lead to long Covid and organ damage.

Some of these vaccine reactions sound more than mild.

The vaccine reaction is just your immune system being fooled into producing a response, including a fever and the necessary antibodies. It is not that response that does damage. It is the virus replicating in cells that causes the damage.

Without any previous antibodies in your system, your immune system takes time to fight a virus, giving it time to replicate in your cells and do some damage. With the immune system memory of fighting either the virus or the antigens provided by a vaccine, that response is much quicker and stronger.

Have the vaccine. You might feel crap for a day but all it is is feeling crap for a day. You will be less likely to catch covid and/or have a severe case.

I had the exact same. It’s the only time in my life where I have been unwell enough to go to bed during the day (hangovers being the exception).

Vaccination on Friday, Saturday was terrible, woke up on Sunday completely back to normal. Hope you feel better soon!