So. I have never had much in the way of negative reactions to shots in general–a little sore arm; once, a low grade fever, I think. Until a couple days ago–Covid and RSV at the same time–you know–hey let’s get it all over with! Oh dear, that broke my winning streak–nausea and aches and pains in every joint plus from every old injury sustained in that series of falls years ago when they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me until I ended up in the ER with Vitamin D levels that were life-threateningly low! And then we can throw in decades of fibromyalgia and arthritis into the mix. And now T2!
Anyway, of course my blood sugar spiked as everything ached and pain always choreographs a nasty blood sugar dance! I’m better now, but heads’ up friends: do whatever you need to do to counteract a possible spike! Good luck to us all…
This is an interesting subject even though it looks like your comment was truncated.
I have type 1 diabetes which is an auto immune disease and I know we are susceptible to other auto immune diseases.
20 years ago I was thinking of getting a shingles vaccine that was new at the time. My doctor told me he wanted to check that I had chickenpox first because the vaccine can cause chickenpox if you have not had it. ( the early shingles vaccines were attenuated live virus, not sure if that is true anymore)
I didn’t think I ever had chickenpox and the vaccine for that just came out. So he checked my blood and sure enough I never had chicken pox. No antibodies and no antigen.
So I got a dead virus chickenpox vaccine and not the shingles vaccine.
Forward a few years to a small measles outbreak in Los Angeles and again I went in to see if I needed a booster for measles and when they ran my bloodwork, I had no immunity even though I know I was vaccinated in the 70s.
Fast forward to now with new Measles , I got checked again, and although it shows that I was vaccinated, it’s too low to give me protection. So I got another one.
I think it’s possible that since I have a screwed up immune system, that vaccines don’t always last.
I wonder if it’s just me or if other type 1s have the same issues.
I should prob get all the vaccines again if that’s the case.
I’m not looking to make this a political discussion.
I’m more talking about the reality ogf vaccine longevity, not opinions of weather or not we should be afraid to get them at all.
The problem occurs when you cut-paste your post from an outside app. A lot of systems have this idea that you want to preserve all the paragraph formatting from whatever editor you were in when you go to paste it somewhere, so the paragraph return characters end up with a pile of unwanted formatting junk in them that is invisible to the user but still contained at a deeper level you don’t see in the WYSIWYG interface. (The term for these invisible characters is “Gremlins.” Guess why.) Anyway, when I see a post like that, I use my Moderator super powers to back-space delete all the graph returns and just do regular ones inside the edit window. That usually solves the issue.
Sometimes I simply do a draft in my regular computer zone because various physical difficulties now that I am entering early “dotage-hood”–like an unexpected twitch or tic make it necessary to re-type sections too often and I just get tired of it. So then I would copy that draft into our space here. Sigh…I’m sure I can avoid that with a little perseverance and patience! That would simplify it on our end here, I think…Thanks for your patience!..Judith
No problem, Judith, I do the same sometimes, especially if it’s a longer post and/or I’ve had to do a lot of editing. And it’s easy for me to fix the glitch when I see it. Once you’ve pasted in your text, you just back-delete the paragraph break and hit return again. The tricky thing is that you may not actually see the glitch b/c you’re viewing it from the same computer it was created on–the way that stuff gets rendered to the screen gets kinda deep into the guts of the thing. Anyway, I’ve seen it in other posts and like I say, it’s an easy fix, so NBD.
I’m the same—zero reaction to either of the Covid vaccines for instance. Never had the RSV, but the one that really did hammer me was the latest one for shingles. My doc said “Yeah, it’s a little aggressive.” Big swelling, fever, the whole bit. Lasted a couple of days. But having had shingles I would vastly take the vaccine over reliving that experience any day.
Bravo to the good Doc!—My mother’s Condo Neighbor and very dear friend had Shingles–while of course we stopped close-up visits, we continued to chat across the hall and leave “chicken soup” Etc for her outside her door. Her family lived at a distance and couldn’t get there often–but good neighbors care for each other and I happened to be there (3000 miles from my own home) doing my rotation (cycling through my Big Bro and younger sister) of caring for my Mom and providing companionship for her. It was a terrible experience for the poor woman. Not until then, did I understand the complex set of symptoms that one must deal with. Nasty. Just plain Nasty! Very best regards to all who are–or will–go through it! LOL–where did I start–So yes!!!—If you can do Anything to prevent getting shingles, I would highly recommend doing it!..Best regards, as always…
During Covid, I was very active all over the globe. I have had 7 covid shots total; several of them with flu shots and other vaccinations. My experience was that when combined with other vaccinations, I experienced more pronounced effects locally (shoulder and arm), and adverse reactions (flu-like symptoms). When taken separately, I didn’t have as adverse effects.
While purely anecdotal and not at all scientific, on two occasions, following the covid shot combination in my arm, once right, once left, I was unable to use the arm for much, for nearly two years. I’m still having problems in the right shoulder. It would be irresponsible to pin it on anything specific without more data, but at present, I don’t have plans for additional covid vaccinations. I have had three types. I’m not anti-vaccine and am a firm believer in the physical and scientifically-verifiable value of vaccines, but one must consider the decision relative to the individual. Consider the combination in which they’re given, where they’re given and the risk-benefits.
I always get the combined shots, but you might consider getting them individually and spreading them out to minimize side effects.
I got the combined COVID-flu this year and about 12 hours later I had alternating hot/cold flashes, nausea, and mild flu-like symptoms. I often experience 24 hours of tiredness. But, never anything severe.
I was tested to see if I have measles immunity and did not. My mom swears I got it as a kid. I got shots this summer for measles just in case. As a kid, I got mono twice. (You’re only supposed to get it once). I’ve had chicken pox, got shingles at age 21. Debating on if I should do the vaccine. So anyway, yeah, interesting to see someone else who’s immunity didn’t last.
I got a titer test a couple of weeks ago for measles, mumps and rubella, and I have immunity to all three. My mom saved my vaccination records, and I had three separate vaccinations for each in the 70s. I never had measles, mumps or rubella. Those vaccinations must have packed a punch. LOL
I got a Covid vaccine and then a flu vaccine a few weeks apart. I did them separately to avoid a possible reaction and it worked because I was fine with both. I got an MMR titer a few months ago and I still have immunity to all 3.
