What is happening??? And how long does this last? My body aches, I barely slept , nauseated & dizzy if I’m walking , how do I help alleviate this ?
My older children’s father is driving me crazy lately. He’s suddenly become anti vaxx, and is now telling me he does not “consent” to their regular vaccine schedule. Legally, medical and schooling decisions must be 50/50, despite the fact that he’s maybe taken them to the doctor twice in their life, I’ve done the majority of illness care, and oh yeah. He disappeared for 2 years when they were preschoolers and decided to start a new life with someone else. Having to 50/50 with him feels unjust. They are also with me 5 days each week (which I’m very grateful for)
He does pay child support, but I have to beg him to pay half of medical bills whenever those come up, which he is also legally supposed to do. I pay for all of their extra curriculars, and ultimately have to swallow extra costs etc. I also have just always taken the lead and been responsible for most things. He’s been okay but mostly half asleep at the wheel kind of parent. Of course, the woman he left me for absorbs a lot of his parenting responsibilities as well (also there’s the dynamic of them sometimes ganging up on me and I have pretty much remained a single parent the whole time. I have a partner, but he doesn’t live with me and works out of town half the week) He sometimes randomly loves to bring up this 50/50 rule, which I’ve never felt was fair, given the inequitable parenting on his behalf, and it often involves something completely irrational. I’m almost tempted to attempt to update our legal agreement, but I know he’ll probably cause me a bunch of emotional distress that I don’t want to deal with (and who knows if any of it will be granted, anyway)
Went to Walgreens a week ago with my 3 boys ( aged 13, 11, and 9) and got the Moderna COVID vaccine as well as the mRNA flu shot. We had zero side effects which has never happened before. Not even a sore arm. Pharm tech seemed unsure of it all and even forgot bandaids and we bled all over... Also did not change gloves between people. It has always been a severe reaction in the past for us all (we have some immune system issues) but none of us showed any symptoms. Fast forward to today and my husband got the same shot at a different pharmacy. He's laid up with fever and chills and joint pain like we always used to get.
So what are the chances that we somehow didn't get immunized properly? I'm very stressed as I have a newborn and I wanted the shots to protect her via my breastmilk and also my kids who go to elementary school. Any advice on what to do next? From what I could tell from pharmacy tech he had to "draw the vaccines up" so I'm wondering if it wasn't the prefilled kind which makes me more leery that a mistake could happen.
Any helpful advice on next steps greatly appreciated.
Hey all. My youngest is almost 13 and is terrified of needles. As in: irrational screaming, fighting, trying to escape terrified. We have a system with her pediatrician’s office that allows us to get the shots into her, but it’s a production. Does anyone have experience using the lidocaine patches with an anxious person to help?
I’m not sure how much it will help in her case because I don’t think her anxiety is about the pain (she has a crazy high pain tolerance), and I’m worried that using the patch will just amp her up more because it will be a physical reminder of what is going to happen. But I’m willing to try… Thoughts? Experiences? Other suggestions?
Thanks!
Hi! So I come from a family that is anti-vaccine (after I got all my baby/elementary vaccines thankfully) so I was raised to be very afraid of vaccines.
I had gotten horrible long Covid in 2021 and then Flu A last year that almost killed me. Also have encountered a chronic illness for a while, that I'm recently clawing my way out of. Long story short, I've been deathly afraid of getting flu or covid. So I finally did it!! Last week was the flu vaccine, VERY easy, just was a bit tired.
However, like 4.5 hours ago I got the Covid vaccine... and I'm just trying to gauge if my reaction was normal. Immediately after she gave me the shot, there was a burning and heaviness that felt like hot molasses throughout my whole body, and I got very dizzy and it hurt so bad. Like my chest and arms, but it faded within like 10 mins. Now, just my arm, armpit, and left side of my shoulder blade hurts with a random splitting headache, comes for like 20 seconds and goes but not often.
Anyone else experience this? Maybe it's normal, but after being afraid of doing this for so long, just looking for some peace of mind.
Update:
I woke up today after a very solid night of rest and just have a headache. Seems the initial reaction was just that, an initial reaction that hasn't given me any issues. I suspect it was either anxiety or due to some vagus nerve issues (which is what my chronic illness/pain issues have likely been from in the past).
Hopefully if anyone sees this in the future and is afraid of the vaccine is comforted and put at ease, either before or after the shot!
I am 66 years old... in NY State. This morning I went to CVS and got the flu and COVID vaccines.
About an hour or so ago, something happened that has never happened before in my entire life. Unexpected, sudden vomiting episode. I have vomited before in my life - but had a warning - stomach cramps, nausea, etc.
In this case, I felt fine one minute, vomiting the next minute, no warning. And it was different from the typical vomit - no taste, no sour weird smell, nothing.
I am not sure what else to tie it too - I had eaten a meal of cooked vegetables a couple hours before.
I am taking a GLP-1 drug but my last injection was almost 60 hours before this.
Does anyone know if this years vaccines carry a higher probability for gastro illness? PS/ I should have put a question mark in the title, sorry for leaving that out.
I genuinely don’t know where else to put this but I am experiencing the most excruciating pain I think I’ve ever felt after my 2nd MenB jab. My first one had pretty severe pain and lingered for nearly 2 weeks, enough to avoid touching the arm for the first week or so, but this is insane. It’s the 3rd day since I got the booster shot and I am unable to eat, sleep, shower, get dressed or generally do anything without bursting into tears from how much pain I’m in, sometimes bending down to pick something up or just moving my arm/chest the slightest bit makes me nauseous. Last night the affected arm started burning and throbbing terribly (no visible rashes or swelling on the arm though??) and I was screaming to the point that my dad had to force feed me my painkillers because I couldn’t take it on my own. Laying down hurts since the gravity pulls my arm further down than my torso, if that makes sense. Since pain is expected for 1-3 days after the jab i am hesitant to ask about it, and ive never been the type to go to hospital just in case I’m being dramatic, but no one else I know seems to be having a reaction like mine. If anyone knows whether I should go to hospital to get it checked or just wait it out pls let me know. Sorry if this is a stupid post but I’ve been in pain for other reasons before and just been sent home and told to drink water/take paracetamol.
I’m 18F for reference ;(