mellowtigger | pneumococcal vaccine ouchie

The nurse and doctor were promoting that pneumococcal vaccine, saying it didn't have the bad reactions like some people have to COVID vaccines. Yesterday was fine afterwards until late in the evening, then everything started to hurt.

More specifically, every arthritic location was hurting a lot, plus the ache in my left arm where I got the injection, plus some muscle soreness and coldness reminiscent of a flu. I was making audible groans and "ow" sounds at almost every movement, and everything hurt a little bit even when sitting or laying still. I'm feeling slightly better this morning, with the pain mainly coming from my lower back (site of the first arthritis X-ray confirmation) and for some reason my hamstrings.

Definitely not as advertised. I'm glad I get this additional recovery period before starting work tomorrow morning.

Edit 4pm: I got very little sleep last night due to the pain, but I caught up today by sleeping about 9am-1pm. The thermometer says that I have a temperature of 37.7C/99.9F right now. Still very achy like the flu. Currently mostly a headache and lower back pain, plus cold (wrapping up in blanket) due to the fever.

Edit 8pm: I did a COVID test, and it came back negative. Relevant question because I had to take my mask off at the clinic briefly to get a good oxygen saturation reading which was low at first. I'll test again in 2 days, but this seems to be just a reaction to the vaccine? Temperature currently shows as 37.8C/100.0F.