Better than the alternative, I suppose

[oursin]

Last week I had the pneumococcal vaccine, courtesy of what is still, mostly, a beneficient National Health Service.

Unlike the flu shot, it is a one-off and should, as they say, See Me Out.

However, while I tend not to have any repercussions from the flu shot, this one gave me a sore arm, like, really sore for 2-3 days and still quite tender after that, as well a day or two feeling Vaguely Crap, that well-known unspecific medical condition.

Thought this was All Over, but this morning, discovered I had a Sore Armpit. Don't know whether this is a final repercussion, a muscle I pulled and didn't realise, or, since partner had something yesterday that might have been a virus and involved various aches and pains, whether it is that, though on the whole I would say I feel a good deal less Vaguely Crap than a few days ago.

A general condition of Slob-Out was declared and has not yet quite terminated.

Comments

[oracne]

That sounds like a good plan.

[libskrat]

Cannot explain this, only validate it. Sometimes I barely notice I've had a flu shot. Sometimes I end up feeling Vaguely Crap and arm-achy for most of a week. Makes no sense.

[kore]

Yay for feeling less Vaguely Crap! Maybe the armpit issue was a recalcitrant lymph node?

[wild_irises]

Thanks for the reminder!

The version I got was a two-off, one and then one a year later. And I bet it's just about a year later. OTOH, I didn't have any significant soreness.

Hope you feel better soon!

[batwrangler]

Tea?

[ethelmay]

The husband of a friend of mine had enlarged lymph nodes in his armpits (among other symptoms) after having a pneumococcal jab a couple of weeks ago. To judge from subsequent FB posts, he got over it quite quickly. I hope the same is true for you.

[carbonel]

I had a flu shot yesterday. It was a one-off, though.

It's interesting how the insurance companies seem to have decided herd immunity for influenza is a Good Thing. The first time I got a flu shot, it cost me $35. I few years later, it was $10. This time, it cost me -$5. The shot came with a $5 off coupon at Target, the big-box store where my pharmacy is located, so my cart of stuff cost me $9 instead of $14.

[oursin]

In the UK, it's free for high-risk groups - which I fall into at my age - but in my former workplace they used to dole it out via Occupational Health. The open plan offices meant that colds, etc, went round like wildfire. Which is just a tad ironic when I think what the organisation was all about.