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Pfizer double jabees, which one had most side effects?

109 replies

Hodan85 · 06/08/2021 07:50

I have my second Pfizer jab shortly and we're on holiday the next day, so just wondering what people's experience of side effects after their second jab, compared to first were? I realise it varies between people, but thought I'd do a little straw poll!

I had no/very little side effects after first jab.

TIA

OP posts:
MrsG30 · 06/08/2021 10:38

No side effects with either - had Pfizer

CalmDownBoris72 · 06/08/2021 10:40

First for me, lingering tiredness for about a week, like a mild hangover. Similar second time around but less obvious.

I had lingering headaches for a couple of weeks after both.

H8theW8 · 06/08/2021 10:41

I had no side effects with either dose, except a slightly sore arm that lasted 24hrs but this is normal with any vaccination. Enjoy your holiday x

Tuba437 · 06/08/2021 10:42

Nothing after the first. Second I had unck trollope shakes and hot sweats but freezing cold. Also ached like crazy. Started about 16 hours after the jab but only lasted about 5 hours then perfectly fine.

Tuba437 · 06/08/2021 10:42

Uncontrollable shakes*

PolytheneRam · 06/08/2021 10:46

I felt dreadful after the first but just a little tired after the second. I had covid two months before my first jab though, which could have an impact on how I felt.

PurpleDaisies · 06/08/2021 10:48

I felt dreadful after the second. Sore arms both times but after jab two I also felt sick, dizzy and exhausted for a couple of days.

LaMadrilena · 06/08/2021 10:48

Splitting headache after the first, went away with paracetamol. Only symptom after the second was a slight hungover feeling, didn't stop me doing anything.

DH on the other hand had a high temperature after the second and felt terrible for two days. Spent the night on the sofa shivering under a blanket despite our house not dropping under 25°C in August!

Egghead68 · 06/08/2021 11:37

Second was worst. First - fatigue. Second mild Covid symptoms for a week.

NichyNoo · 06/08/2021 11:44

I felt fine after my first jab but woke in the middle of the night after my second jab with fever, diarrhoea and vomiting. It lasted about two hours then I went back to sleep and felt fine in the morning.

heidihigh · 06/08/2021 11:47

I had a sore arm after the first one but nothing really other than that. The second one, I felt knackered for a few days and the first night I was really unsettled, hot then cold and feeling sick but nothing too major with either.

ColdTattyWaitingForSummer · 06/08/2021 11:48

First jab, felt fine other than a sore arm. Second jab, just about fainted at the clinic Blush then felt pretty rubbish for 24-48 hours. Ds(19) was the same pattern, minus the fainting (fortunately, as we went together and he was driving me home).

lilyboleyn · 06/08/2021 13:53

My depression was horrific the first few days after the second jab.

dinot · 06/08/2021 13:55

Zero side effects for either jab. Did go to bed mega early after both though

chorizoTapas · 06/08/2021 13:58

I had no side effects other than a sore arm with both. Dh the same

ThirtyCharacterUsernamesOnly30 · 06/08/2021 14:02

Sore heavy arm after first one for 2/3 days after.

Second very mildly sore arm next day... but barely noticeable.

About a week after my first jab I read that if you move your arm around every now and then after the vaccine it disperses it and then you won't have a sore arm. No idea of this is true or not, or if it's just a coincidence, but I didn't do it after the first vaccine (as I didn't know) but I did do it after the second vaccine and my arm was a lot better! Smile

dontcallmelen · 06/08/2021 14:08

Really sore very painful arm & horrific headache after the first which lasted a couple of weeks, second jab tender arm bit tired for a day then felt absolutely fine, anecdotally most people I know who had Pfizer the second jab a lot less problematic.

shinynewapple21 · 06/08/2021 14:27

First one fine, just sore arm.
Second one, felt a bit rough next morning but went out for a lunch which was already booked. First time out since places reopened and I was really looking forward to it. Sadly wasn't able to enjoy and went to bed as soon as got home . Slept right through and felt fine again next day .

Disneycharacter · 06/08/2021 14:33

Sore arm for both. First slightly more so

Kcjay10 · 06/08/2021 15:09

Sore arm for a couple of days for first one. Tired and a bit nauseous later the same day. Second one, just a slightly sore arm the next day.

8dpwoah · 06/08/2021 15:13

Site arm and a bit tired for 12 hours after the first one, just the sire arm after the second. I'm pregnant so tiredness might have been that but I was pleasantly surprised it was only my arm that was unhappy for 48 hours each time.

8dpwoah · 06/08/2021 15:13

Sore arm 🤦

Mrsorganmorgan · 06/08/2021 15:13

I had Pfizer x 2 , husband had AstraZenica x 2. Neither of us had any side effects.

DramaAlpaca · 06/08/2021 15:13

My 80-something parents, 50-something DH and 20-something DCs all had two Pfizer doses and had nothing worse than a sore arm between them.

Ariela · 06/08/2021 16:17

No after effects whatsoever either jab.

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