I seem to have had things backwards. 1st jab, just a sore arm and felt a bit tired and ‘off’ for 24 hours, but nothing too bad or specific.
Had my 2nd jab on Saturday lunchtime and by bedtime had a really bad headache, painful stinging in all my joints and horrible muscle aches all over.
Woke at 1 am with a fever of 38 (I usually have an issue with a low body temp, so that’s very high for me) and chills so bad I was shaking all over with my teeth chattering. Took paracetamol, struggled to rest/sleep, but eventually dropped off. Woke early, still had the temp, took more paracetamol, then woke late morning with my temp back to normal, stinging pains were gone, but I was still aching and the headache refused to shift.
Stayed in bed all day, napped, took cocodamol for the headache as paracetamol wasn’t cutting it and by teatime everything but the headache had gone and that only came back when the painkillers wore off. By Monday I was ok, just really exhausted.
I’m still exhausted today, but I do have an underlying health issue which causes chronic fatigue, especially after any illness or stress.
Oh, oddly, my arm has been getting more sore as the days go on. Didn’t hurt at all on Saturday, but is now bloody painful.
Dh was the same as me for the first jab and absolutely fine after the second.