Co - void Vaccine advice please !

[Jacinta (Australian)]

Hello everyone ,
I need advice , I was talking to my mum about the vaccine pifizer I was wondering getting it, would it raise my blood sugar if I got it?
Secondly should I talk to my doctor about it while I'm been pulled one way and still technically being diagnosed on what type I am ? Even though both my nurse and doctor are convinced I’m type 2 . or should I wait til everything settles down and then bring it up with her ?
Cause at the moment in Australia we’re doing this by age and I don’t even know where we are at with it all , it’s confusing. Any advice or even tips would be amazing please and Thankyou

 

[helli]

I guess you have read (and probably fed up with reading) that we are all different.
Unfortunately, the affect of the vaccination is another example of this.
Sure, some people with diabetes who took it saw a rise in their levels. Some saw no change. And some, like me, saw a reduction.
My attitude is that any short term blood sugar impact from the vaccine would be far less than the affect of covid itself.
There again, the levels in the UK are far higher than they have ever been in Australia so your risk assessment may be different.

I read something recently which I will paraphrase (because I don't remember the exact words)
"All medication has some side effects and we always have to make a risk assessment when we decide whether to take it. The difference with a vaccination is we are taking it when we are well so the risk assessment is harder to make than if we were ill."

Only you can decide,.

 

[Cherrelle DUK]

Hi Jacinta,

The impact of the vaccine has varied across the board. Generally, whatever the change was, things settled down after a few weeks.

There's a thread with experiences from other forum members so might be worth having a look to inform your choice https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/board...impacted-your-experience-with-diabetes.93690/

 

[Paulbreen]

I just had my second Mordena jab this morning and no affect on my BG, I was the same with the first one in May, bit of a sore arm where the jab area was for a couple of days was the only thing to report

 

[EllsBells]

Wot Helli said. With any diabetes diagnosis - the outcome of getting Covid is likely to have a greater impact on us than non-diabetics including greater severity of illness and longer recovery time afterwards.

So the risk assessment is the short term (possible raised BGs) versus longer term health issues and impact on life if you contract covid.

I have the same judgement to make about the flu jab this winter coming. I've never had real flu and never taken flu jab because I did not see myself as high risk.