Day after vaccine report

[rachelmanija]

This is just for science and curiosity; I would be totally OK with WAY worse side effects.

The day after my first dose of Moderna, my arm hurt so much that I couldn't move my shoulder (luckily I was OK just moving my hand, so I could still type), and by late afternoon I felt generally like I had the flu.

The day after that (today), my arm still hurts but I have much more range of motion, the flu-like symptoms are gone, and I just feel a bit tired and like I'm recovering from some incredibly intense whole-body workout.

I feel good about my probable level of protection.

Comments

[oracne]

Probably too late to do any good, but moving your arm around in the hours after the shot (only if it's not agonizing!) helps the soreness to pass more quickly, for me at least.

[ethelmay]

By the way, frozen shoulder (longer term, not just pain due to arm soreness) is a possible complication of any immunization, and generally means the shot went into the wrong area.