greenmark wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:33 pm
Tuco wrote: ↑Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:55 pm
...just back from Epsom Racecourse where I received an AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab - very efficient service - received an invite on Saturday morning and landed a 'fastest finger' as I'd booked for 13:10 today within 30 seconds
Thought I'd better book for Monday in case I feel rough for a few days, and if so, should be OK by the weekend
Let us know of any side effects. I reckon I'll get jab one mid-april. I can't wait tbh.
I felt pretty rubbish the next day (Tuesday) - delicate, headache, slight temperature, weak, acheing joints, poor balance, close to getting chills - by pure co-incidence a mate that lives with his family a mile away had the Covid-19 jab on Monday evening at a different location and he WA'd me on Tuesday evening saying he "was feeling lousy, how was I feeling", which was the same as him and as described above.
I watched the Chelsea CL match then went to bed having had a couple of 500mg Paracetamol, which I very rarely do, but they do work if you're suffering a temperature.
The next morning I was feeling much, much better - WA'd my mate to say as much and he replied that 'so was he'.
To sum up, in my case (and that of my mates), it was a 24-36 hour side effect - at least it means it was doing something!
I read that it takes the body 2-3 weeks to build up immunity to the Covid-19 virus after having the jab, so still have to be just as careful as before having had it.
Good luck to anyone waiting to get the jab - get it as soon as you can
