Actually 2 paracetamol did not reduce my pain very much at all although it likely prevented any spikes in temperature. I had a pretty intense reaction. They advise against ibuprofen for the side effects.
I wasnāt talking about fever Annie, a lot of people suffered muscle aches and pains & that is relevant to their pain threshold. That is why I checked my temperature, but it was 37.9C & as I have said and 2 paracetamol dealt with the pain & the temp!
I have a high pain threshold but I took 8 paracetamol 2 every 3 hours over 24 hours and I was still in a great deal of pain whenever I moved so the only thing to do was sleep. My lower back, my hips, my shoulders, the jab site, my neck, my ankles. Most distressing though was a rare reported side effect of dry mouth and I had to keep drinking water and then had to keep waking and going to the loo just when I got comfy in bed, which meant moving and being in pain again. My body basically wanted to flush it out. This was combined with some dizziness, some nausea, slightly blurred vision, extreme fatigue just doing the slightest task, wobby on my feet, weakness generally in my limbs. Forgot the shivering. There was shivering too.
I only had a raised temperature briefly but the paracetamol would have kept it stable. Iāve never reacted to a vaccine so this was a surprise. But thankfully itās pretty much gone just donāt feel as good as I usually do. Iām unusual though in my reaction but this is just as much a lottery as covid itself in terms of who reacts and who doesnāt.
Oh no, you beat me to it. I have exactly the same picky to post ready and waiting. I hate you Butler. 
Well I hope you feel better soon!
If you still have to get your second jab try to get somebody to help, as I am convinced that total rest is good. Having to keep visiting the loo probably didnāt help, but what can you do when you need to drink more?
Annie, l canāt go with the theory that they gave the Pfizer vaccine to the most vulnerable as l am not classed as āvulnerableā. I get Asthma occasionally but l didnāt receive a letter to say that l was in the āvulnerableā category.
My friend who was classed as āvulnerableā and received a letter to say he was in that group, had the the AstraZeneca vaccine.
I presumed you were given the Pfizer if the place you received it, had the facility to keep the Pfizer vaccine at the correct temperature.
PS. I hope you are feeling ok now? Poor you, you sound as if you had a bad few days of it.
I guess I was thinking of my frail elderly mum Art and colleagues of mine who are classed as vulnerable. Quite a few that I know in that category had Pfizer as well as a BFF who has cancer. Doesnāt cover everyone in that group like you say but the very old who had it first would have had pfizer because the other wasnāt approved yet.
Iām feeling better thanks not quite myself yet.
I find the wording of this quite disturbing, if Iām honest. Its a bit dramaticā¦like a mad robot firing hundreds of tiny needles into everyone!
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-uk-sees-third-consecutive-day-with-record-number-of-covid-vaccinations-12252659
Yes Iāve seen a flurry of social media posts from friends who have had the vaccine in the last couple of days. At least the over 50s will be able to relax a bit now.
I volunteer at a vaccination hub which doesnāt have facilities to store the vaccine at cold temperatures - so they only have the astrazeneca. My job is āmeet & greetā so I see everyone on arrivalā¦and again on departure, and Iāve yet to see anyone having an immediate adverse reaction.
Thereās another pretty large facility being used by a group of surgeries and they do have cold storage facilities. Sometimes they get the Astrazeneca and sometimes the Pfizer. As far as I know, no one gets a choice.
At the start of the vaccination rollout only Pfizer was licensed for use in the UK and about half a million of those were given out predominantly to the most vulnerable over 80s group. You definitely wonāt get a choice now. But a large number of the over 80s group was vaccinated with pfizer at the very start as AZ deliveries would have still been in transit.
What do you mean Annie ? Two friends of mine,54 and 59 havenāt had letters yet.
I think the vaccine is brilliant Annie, and it seems to be having the desired effect, but itās just not right for meā¦Why would I take malaria medication if I will never visit a country where it resides. So why have a vaccine for something that I will never catch?
Catching covid is nowhere near as life threatening as being bitten by a snakeā¦I hate snakes!
They announced it in the news just the other day your friends can go book themselves on the website if they donāt have a letter or text from their GP COVID-19 vaccination - NHS. I think everyone I know over 55 was already vaccinated at the start of the month.
I had the GP text so I booked with them. Then I got a letter with the website above yesterday.
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-03-17/covid-vaccine-all-over-50s-in-england-now-eligible-for-jab
Hereās an article about it with a link to the site. There were a number of similar news reports the other day.
You donāt have to have it if you donāt want to. But I just thought you didnāt want any of us to have it either.
Marge is 59 and she wasnāt. He appointment for her first injection is on Tuesday.
Iām only responsible for my own health Annie, I would never dictate or try to convince anyone to do as I doā¦I am happy that a vaccine has been created and seems to be preventing deaths and giving people the confidence to face life after the lockdown. Perhaps Iāve been a little bit too vocal about my reasons for not wanting the vaccineā¦
I think that is a bit of an understatement OGF 
Australiaās medical regulator has approved the domestic production of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, with the first batches expected to be released āin the next few days.ā
The second phase of Australiaās COVID-19 vaccination program starts today, with millions of Australians set to become eligible for their first dose.
Phase 1B includes Australians aged 70 and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged 55 and over, younger Australians with underlying health conditions and frontline healthcare workers.
International supply problems mean some GP clinics will initially only get 50 doses per week, while flooding and storms in New South Wales were expected to delay deliveries in parts of that state.
Some patients and doctors have also expressed frustration with how Phase 1B had been announced, with some GP clinics saying they were not prepared for bookings to open.