Anyone get their Booster yet?

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I'm scheduled for 11/3- the day before my bday- hopefully I do not feel crummy the next day.  I was tired and had a headache after my first two but nothing terrible, and Moderna is a half dose for the booster so hopefully won't be too bad.  I have had a lot more exposure in the recent weeks due to increasing case numbers and me being assigned to help with TTS, etc., so I definitely want to make sure I am as protected as possible. I think I am the first in my cohort who wants to get a booster.

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I got mine last Friday. My first 2 were Moderna in late December and January. The worst side effect from those was a sore arm!   I got Pfizer on Friday because it was all the had. Other than it stinging during the injectioni (Moderna did not), I had NO side effects. Not even the sore arm! 

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Just scheduled mine!

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Got my Moderna booster this past Friday after school. Got pretty sick on Saturday afternoon, similar to my reaction to the second dose.

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I got my third Pfizer shot on 9-27-21, along with my second Shingles shot, and my flu shot. I had a bit of a headache and a temp of 100.3 that evening. I took Tylenol and slept well, and was only a little weary the next day.

The arm that was used for the shingles and flu shots was red, sore, and felt "thick" from the inflammation. It took 3 or 4 days for that to go down. The arm that got the COVID shot was fine.

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I received my Pfizer booster a couple weeks ago.  Felt a bit crummy for a couple days but not enough to stay home.  

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I got my Moderna booster on Saturday Morning. My arm was just a little bit sore,  achy, chills and tired. It was all over by Monday morning.

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On 10/26/2021 at 1:04 PM, Kitiger said:

along with my second Shingles shot

My husband went to get a Shingles vaccination and it was so expensive for the first of two. Do you have any ideas of getting it cheaper?

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1 hour ago, londonflo said:

My husband went to get a Shingles vaccination and it was so expensive for the first of two. Do you have any ideas of getting it cheaper?

In the states vaccines are covered by insurance 100% as preventive. 

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On 10/26/2021 at 1:32 PM, Jedrnurse said:

Got my Moderna booster this past Friday after school. Got pretty sick on Saturday afternoon, similar to my reaction to the second dose.

Same. Though with dose #2 of Moderna I did have a 102 degree fever for 24 hours after. No fever this time but fierce muscle aches, fatigue, and headache. 

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4 hours ago, londonflo said:

My husband went to get a Shingles vaccination and it was so expensive for the first of two. Do you have any ideas of getting it cheaper?

Medicare paid most of mine.

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I got a third full dose of Moderna in mid-September due to being immunocompromised... Side effects were worse than the second for sure; All the same muscle/body aches, headache, dizziness, chills, with some added nausea and a lovely dose of SOB thrown in for good measure. The SOB was actually scary - it would resolve after sitting down for a few minutes, but the chest tightness was real! Now I'm seeing they're recommending people in my position get an actual lower-dose booster 6months after the 3rd full dose! 

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