Who has had their *second* jab?

[Ditto]

Had my second Az yesterday. Nurse said I was to sit down for 15 mins so I did 5 and went down the lift. Nothing last time apart from a slight sore upper arm but this time it hurt straightaway and after, at the site, wasn't happy with that really, worried. Okay now though, just a bit of a headache but I feel rotten anyways so how would I know if it's the jab or not? You gotta die of summat!

 

[SB2015]

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Had my Pfizer jabs on the 23rd Jan and 2nd Mar. Had a sore arm after both, with onset approx 6hrs post jab for both and lasting about 8hrs duration. This was prior to my LADA diagnosis, so not sure if any effect on my BMs

Also, actually had COVID-19 in November - would be interesting if this was the trigger point for my diabetes...?

It is often an illness or a stress point that is the tipping point for our pancreas, which has been struggling and the illness puts extra pressure in it, so the last beta cells just give up for a while until we help them with the insulin injections.

 

[AnnieM]

Following on from the ‘first jab’ thread...

Who has had their first jab?

@everydayupsanddowns as one of my healthcare friends (with T1 and fully deserving to be in the highest priority group) had her second jab, yesterday, I wondered if there will be a second thread going up soon: "Who has had their second jab?" :)

forum.diabetes.org.uk

and as suggested by @helli - Here’s a place for folks to compare notes on their experiences of the booster vaccine for Covid 19, whether any side effects were better or worse... and how close to the suggested timings it was able to happen 🙂

I’ve got mine this afternoon....exactly 12 weeks since first one!! Very excited!

 

[KARNAK]

Had my second yesterday, AZ, same as before BGL`s dropped very quickly down to 2.7, JB`s and Lifts ready
no other problems since.

 

[Struma]

I had my 2nd 2 weeks ago. Both were very easy to get, in just a few days.
No ill effects from either. Blood sugars weren’t impacted.

 

[Supratad]

Had mine on Friday. Felt rubbish all Saturday, spent afternoon asleep on sofa, didn't get up till 11:30 today and feel much better.
Minor inconvenience for the long term greater good.

 

[PaulG]

I had my first jab on 20th Feb and my second this morning (11th May). It was the Oxford Astronomical one.
Neither had any detrimental effect on me. I'm beginning to think I'm some sort of placebo test case,
unless its "no sense, no feeling."
The nurse did say I would probably be contacted in the autumn for a booster and that would probably be a pfizer.

Paul G

 

[Deleted member 25429]

Had my second injection yesterday , no reaction like the first thank goodness. Just sore arm and bit of a headache

 

[Deleted member 25429]

Had my second injection yesterday , no reaction like the first thank goodness. Just sore arm and bit of a headache

I spoke to soon at 5 o’clock tonight felt awful . Felt like my legs were made of lead got headache falling sugar levels more paracetamol for me and back to bed

 

[Deleted member 21371]

Second dose yesterday.
AstraZeneca, no side effects.

 

[goodybags]

my second AZ on Friday evening - 12 weeks after the first
plus regular (Hba1c blood test thismornin)

 

[NotPink]

I spoke to soon at 5 o’clock tonight felt awful . Felt like my legs were made of lead got headache falling sugar levels more paracetamol for me and back to bed

It takes a while for the body to react to the jab. Hope you are feeling a bit better now.

 

[Stitch147]

I've got my 2nd Pfizer jab at 1pm today.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Hi there, I had my 2nd Pfizer jab on 5th May and luckily only had a very slight sore arm where the jab was

 

[helli]

Jabbed for a second time on Tuesday.
Slightly more sensitive to insulin for a couple of days so had to reduce my basal to about 60% of normal and I felt a little weary but that may be more to do with lack of sleep.
Feeling fine and dandy today.

 

[Stitch147]

Done. Hopefully no side effects. Had a laugh as the physiotherapist at the surgery recognised me going in and told the girls to use the biggest needle they could find on me!!! Lol

 

[Jenny101]

I had my second Pfizer jab on 6 May, 12 weeks after the first one. No side effects but 5 hours after the jab my blood sugar suddenly shot up to 15mmol/L for no reason. I corrected it and had no other problems after that.

 

[Cate]

2nd AZ jab 4 weeks ago, 9 weeks after the first one.

I was 20% more insulin resistant after the first one for a couple of weeks, no noticeable impact after the 2nd. Thank goodness my loop figured things out for me!

 

[freesia]

I had my second Pfizer on Monday. Since then, i've been having really high levels, needing to correct several times a day plus last night, in the middle of the night! I had nothing like this with the first.

 

[Lucyr]

My second was supposed to be in a few weeks but after the announcement tonight about bringing them forward I’ve rearranged to tomorrow morning.