I am currently partaking in a trial to determine if the Shingles vaccine can be given at the same time as flu or covid vaccines.
I decided to join the trial because all the vaccines are approved, I rarely have any reaction to any vaccine apart from a slight BG variation which I can manage, I am guaranteed to get flu, covid and shingles jabs and, having suffered from all three in the past, I am grateful to reduce the risk in the future. Plus I am happy to support the advancement of medical treatment.
The way this trial works is three times, 2 months apart, I get two jabs. I don’t know what vaccines they are except they are two out of flu, covid, shingles or placebo.
So, the first game I play is
What jabs did I get?
Most jabs result in a slight rise in my BG but occasionally (e.g. with the Astra Zeneca but not the other two covid vaccines) my BG goes down.
So, the second game I get to play is
Will my BG go up or down?
As I mentioned, I rarely have any reaction to vaccines. So I was a bit surprised when I started feeling a bit rubbish after my jabs this week. I went to bed early but struggled to get any sleep and eventually got out of bed to find a paracetamol to treat my headache. As I got up, I realised I was unstable on my feet but I made it to the bathroom medicine cabinet and downed a tablet. However, the return to my bedroom became too perilous so I sat on the landing feeling dizzy and very sweaty which is where the third game came in
Is that a flu like symptoms or a hypo?
After what felt like eternity but was probably less than 5 minutes, I literally crawled into bed and checked my BG. At 7.0mmol/l I confirmed I won that round of the game.
The next morning, I was tired due to having very little sleep but the headache, dizziness and shivers had abated.
I have one more round of jabs left on this trial. I wonder whether I will get any new games to play.
I decided to join the trial because all the vaccines are approved, I rarely have any reaction to any vaccine apart from a slight BG variation which I can manage, I am guaranteed to get flu, covid and shingles jabs and, having suffered from all three in the past, I am grateful to reduce the risk in the future. Plus I am happy to support the advancement of medical treatment.
The way this trial works is three times, 2 months apart, I get two jabs. I don’t know what vaccines they are except they are two out of flu, covid, shingles or placebo.
So, the first game I play is
What jabs did I get?
Most jabs result in a slight rise in my BG but occasionally (e.g. with the Astra Zeneca but not the other two covid vaccines) my BG goes down.
So, the second game I get to play is
Will my BG go up or down?
As I mentioned, I rarely have any reaction to vaccines. So I was a bit surprised when I started feeling a bit rubbish after my jabs this week. I went to bed early but struggled to get any sleep and eventually got out of bed to find a paracetamol to treat my headache. As I got up, I realised I was unstable on my feet but I made it to the bathroom medicine cabinet and downed a tablet. However, the return to my bedroom became too perilous so I sat on the landing feeling dizzy and very sweaty which is where the third game came in
Is that a flu like symptoms or a hypo?
After what felt like eternity but was probably less than 5 minutes, I literally crawled into bed and checked my BG. At 7.0mmol/l I confirmed I won that round of the game.
The next morning, I was tired due to having very little sleep but the headache, dizziness and shivers had abated.
I have one more round of jabs left on this trial. I wonder whether I will get any new games to play.
