... is when I hope to start feeling better.
So on Thursday, I got my first shingles vaccine and a Tdap booster. I felt fine until Friday afternoon, when I suddenly needed a three-hour nap and still went to bed at 8:00 p.m. By Saturday I was feeling better, doing laundry, folding clothes, making baked ziti, baking muffins, and paying bills like a responsible adult again.
Then came Sunday. At 5:00 a.m., I woke up with one of the worst headaches I’ve ever had plus a fever. I alternated ibuprofen and Tylenol until things started to ease up a bit, and I managed the rest of the day pretty well, as long as I remembered to keep taking ibuprofen every six hours.
According to GlaxoSmithKline, the shingles vaccine can cause pain, redness, swelling, muscle aches, tiredness, headache, shivering, fever, and an upset stomach. Lucky me, I checked every single box! Still, I’d much rather deal with a few rough days than go through shingles. My mom and sister have both had it, and they were miserable.
So today, I’m determined to start feeling better, maybe with a little help from one last dose of ibuprofen. I’ll have to work up the courage to go back for that second shingles shot (not until December, thankfully), but I will. Otherwise, all this feeling lousy will have been for nothing!
Here’s hoping your Monday is off to a good and healthy start!
Oh, Bonny! Ugh, ugh, ugh! Everyone I know, myself included, has been down for the count on the shingles shots... sigh. But you are so right, the reaction is far better than get ting actual shingles! Here is hoping that your Monday flows easily and that the ibuprofen does all the work!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear this. I don't react well to any of the vaccines. I dread my annual flu shot and now with the Covid jab with it, I'm miserable for days.
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel better soon.
Oh Bonny! So sorry to read this. I thought the Shingles Vaccine had been "improved" and wasn't causing the reactions it once had. I guess I was wrong. Luckily Fletch and I have already had that vaccine (and we were unusual in that we had no reactions to it). The only shot we have left to get is the flu vaccine and I will be scheduling that for us when I have a day off from watching Iris. Hoping you are feeling much, much better.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you got all the side effects! I have heard from many people that the shingles vaccine is rough, but I suppose it's better than getting shingles. I hope today you feel more like yourself again!
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