COVID and Flu Boosters

I had the Flu and Covid vaccine on Saturday and felt rough Saturday night and Sunday and missed work Monday.I had high BG and 2 hypos but feeling a lot better today.
 
Got mine tomorrow and until I saw this thread hadn't even thought about the impact on my blood sugars. Guess I need to remember I'm not quite as fit and healthy as I keep thinking I am 🙂
 
Flu jab done , and just aware of where it went in. Very smooth operation by GP practice in neighbouring church. COVID booked for Thursday (like you @Docb -keep local pharmacy going).

I hope your arm is on the mend @eggyg . I am one who likes ironing!! Crisp ironed cotton sheets -bliss. A definite one for my desert Island discs luxury.
 
Chris Price said:
I had the Flu and Covid vaccine on Saturday and felt rough Saturday night and Sunday and missed work Monday.I had high BG and 2 hypos but feeling a lot better today.
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It is interesting how it impacts each of us. Glad that you are on the mend now Chris
 
Both of my jabs booked at lunchtime today. Urggh...... oh well best get it over with. No word on the shingles jab yet. Poor husband had a 2 day AF episode after his jabs last Saturday. Don't know if it was related, but all the tests at hospital came back clear. Brought him home yesterday morning.
 
Standup said:
Got mine tomorrow and until I saw this thread hadn't even thought about the impact on my blood sugars. Guess I need to remember I'm not quite as fit and healthy as I keep thinking I am 🙂
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I do not see myself as unfit because I have diabetes.
Vaccines affect everyone but many don't know how because they don't measure themselves as much as we do.

My BG was affected by recent surgery when I had my jab and didn't spot any further impact.
I did notice the dead/bruised arm. My recent surgery was on a broken elbow which had resulting in swelling and bruising. The jab was in the same arm. Overnight, I was confused how the bruising had made its way up into my bicep making it even harder to sleep on that side. In the morning, I remembered it was the jab not the surgery. o_O
 
Just been in and out on the conveyor belt, it was my diabetes nurse doing the jabs at the table I was sent to! I complimented her on them being the gentlest 'sharp scratches' I've ever experienced. Touch wood, I've never had high BGs after any jabs, and no SEs..there’s always a first time, I suppose, I shouldn’t tempt fate!
 
I had my second shingles jab in August was sore for several days. I booked covid flu at local surgery weeks ago. Due second Saturday in November. Last year had separate days. I'm taking my sister tomorrow. I'm slightly concerned because I went to my language class this week having missed three lessons to my cold bug and all who had had two jabs together said how awful they felt including one who said she could hardly walk and another who said she felt floored. We are all retired but active and the one who was floored plays international sport and is very active. The person who had them on separate days was fine. Fingers crossed.
 
@saffron15 I think that is just another example of us all being different.
As a full time worker, I chose to have mine both on the same day to minimise impact to my working week. Apart from a sore arm, I felt fine.
This is the same as I have done for the last 3 years and been fine every time.

The only caveat I would add is, being under 65, I probably had a different covid jab to your retired friends.
 
silver minion said:
Both of my jabs booked at lunchtime today. Urggh...... oh well best get it over with. No word on the shingles jab yet. Poor husband had a 2 day AF episode after his jabs last Saturday. Don't know if it was related, but all the tests at hospital came back clear. Brought him home yesterday morning.
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I hope he is over it now, my other half has it occasionally. When he was in hospital a year ago with a severe Crohn's flare up he had it contiguously and kept expressing concern expecting them to get the cardiologist but not a bit of it. He was sent an urgent cardio appointment for 8 months time but once home he arranged a private appointment and they reassured him it was not life threatening and booked an echocardiogram. He was prescribed what they called a pill in the pocket to take if the episode lasted more than a day, he has not had to use it to date. He does have ongoing medication for it.
 
Leadinglights said:
I hope he is over it now, my other half has it occasionally. When he was in hospital a year ago with a severe Crohn's flare up he had it contiguously and kept expressing concern expecting them to get the cardiologist but not a bit of it. He was sent an urgent cardio appointment for 8 months time but once home he arranged a private appointment and they reassured him it was not life threatening and booked an echocardiogram. He was prescribed what they called a pill in the pocket to take if the episode lasted more than a day, he has not had to use it to date. He does have ongoing medication for it.
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I was about to say he is fine as his heart went back to normal yesterday but it is fibrillating again this morning. He is on regular medication and has an extra pill to take if episodes don't resolve within a few hours. Will see how the day goes....
 
Amazed at Harbottle having his MMR jab this year - I've never had it since the R one wasn't invented when I was born and I did have measles anyway as a baby, being 4 years younger than my sister who brought all sorts of things home from school with her and cross infected me as we shared a bedroom eg nits LOL, she had mumps and whooping cough before I was born so I've never had either. I asked about having a rubella jab as an adult as all the children in our cul de sac got it just as every other young woman that worked in the same office as me were announcing their pregnancies - so GP did a blood test and told me thereafter I'd obviously had it as a child unbeknown to me since my blood said I was immune! Yet all little girls were sent to play with any other little girl they mixed with when they got it, and despite that a couple of times a year, neither me nor my sister ever came out in spots.

Husband and I both had both Covid booster and this years flu jab one Friday morning at the end of September - neither of us had any prob, yeah we knew when we washed the tops of our arms and I knew when a bra strap was a bit loose and grabbed me there, but thats just normal and does happen occasionally to everyone that wears a bra!
 
trophywench said:
Amazed at Harbottle having his MMR jab this year
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I keep meaning to ask about that, because I missed out by being born a bit too long ago. I've had all three infections and (presumably) recovered from them with the expected immunity (I'm pretty sure measles came first), but even so, it wouldn't hurt to remind my immune system about them. Not something I'm panicking about, though.
 
I had my flu and covid jabs yesterday. Bit tired last night. Postprandial reading up 3 mmol/L. Pressure headache behind the eyes today but ok. OH has a nasty cold so hoping I don't catch it.
I had a Pneumo jab earlier in the year as I had a really bad case of pneumonia in April even though I am only 54.
 
I looked up the MMR jab, it is a 'modified live vaccine' so I daresay you have to make sure you're well when you have it.
 
Well that was deeply unpleasant as managed to have several of the side effects but fortunately seems fairly short lived. Big difference in the amount of insulin needed though. I normally have 6-7 units with my evening meal and ended up taking 14 over the evening/night and still spent most of the time at 14-15. Seems to be calming down now and only taking an extra unit with each meal.

And I have to do this every year now? :confused:
 
Well yesterday was a fun day. Covid jab was OK. Flu jab really hurt. Had them both in the same arm. Spent the rest of the day with a very stiff sore arm and headache,raised temperature etc. Also very dodgy tummy due to increased gliclazide dose and pins and needles in my feet all night. Between running to the toilet, laying on my sore arm (side sleeper) and doing walking circuits round the house to relieve feet, I didn't get much sleep last night. VERY grumpy this morning. Had a few cat naps. Arm and tummy much better now and collected new spectacles this afternoon. Happy bunny again and safe to drive again.:D
 
Standup said:
And I have to do this every year now?
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Well, it's not compulsory. And the side effects are mostly only for a couple of days. I found my insulin use reduced a little this year (like it did for the first doses), but it seems a bit random, so expect the unexpected. (I think last year I didn't find any difference.)
 
Had flu and covid jabs yesterday, one in each arm. Slight stiffness in both, flu first, then it wore off, then the Covid arm, but only so I just had to be careful turning over in bed, not that I couldn’t lie on it, no change in Blood Glucose levels, slightly achy legs in bed last night, had an early night, other than that, nothing.
 
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