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steve  ·  1307 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 21, 2021

Oooof. Was great for the first 20 hours. So vaccine Wednesday at 1pm and fine the rest of the day. Felt pretty good when I woke up, good enough even to go into the office. That devolved into kind of a foggy, groggy afternoon, which by the evening, turned into an achy 101F temp. I had read that ibuprofen (my go to) isn’t the best solution for this, since the immune response is, an inflammatory response, so to take an anti-inflammatory is to potentially lessen the immune response. In my foggy brain, it took a while to realize we don’t have any Acetaminophen in the house, so a quick trip to the drug store got us sorted out. Felt meh until I went to sleep. Woke up Friday morning and I could tell I had sweat all night, but I felt about 95%. By Friday night I felt 100% but tired.

All in all - nothing terrible. Just foggy brain, followed by a fever and chills. But I’d take it every year if it means not catching Covid. 10/10 would recommend, and also would recommend just planning to chill the second day.





WanderingEng  ·  1306 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's about my experience, too! I started to feel it at 12 hours, and 12 to 36 was the worst.

My recommendations are similar: get shots. Also, drink water. A friend said I'd be thirsty, and I was. Get shots, drink water, and keep wearing masks. Wisconsin is seeing declining cases again, so yay!