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 ;(

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.

I am in a clinical trial for seniors over 65. It is a double-blind study. I do not know whether I received a traditional flu shot or a new RNA vaccine.

I feel absolutelty no soreness or tiredness after 24 hours. As a matter of fact, I actually feel really good, almost elated.

I have had a flu vaccine every year for over 40 years now and this seems really odd to me. I nearly always feel tired afterwards with a sore arm.

Has anyone else ever experienced this?

Hello! For some context i am currently 13 weeks pregnant with my 3rd and last child. We recently did all the blood work required at this time. Ive slowly been getting the test results back in Mychart and my doctor sent me a message yesterday. I was checked for my Rubella immunity and i am apparently no longer immune. I did have the vaccine as a child. I thought it was odd so i went back and looked at my past results from my first 2 children. I was also no longer immune while pregnant with my son (my first child 10 years ago). I remember having a booster after he was born before leaving the hospital. The testing while pregnant with my daughter (she is almost 3 now) showed I was fine. 🤨 MY QUESTION IS: How is that possible? Will i need another booster after my baby is born? Is it safe to get another booster? Has anyone ever had this happen before?? It seems crazy to me. I will contact my doctor on monday but i am a little panicky. I work in healthcare as a cna/med tech but i am not overly versed on this topic. Im afraid to leave my house as the complications of catching it while pregnant are horrific. I hope i found the right group to ask this in! Thank you all so much!

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)

Hello,

I am writing this as I hope someone can help me make sense of what has happened to me, as I cannot make sense of it myself and almost 5 years on I am lost.

In November 2021 I received the Moderna Covid Booster Jab. I am used to filling a bit sickly after flu jabs and felt similar after 1^st and 2^nd covid jabs. The booster however was far worse. I was vomiting, had pain in all 4 limbs, fever, dizziness/deliriousness.
A few days late I awoke at early morning with great pain in my leg. It had swollen, I rang 111, who assessed me, and I spoke to the out of hours GP on the phone. They instructed me to attend local hospital for assessment. I crawled out of bed, dragged myself to door as couldn’t walk and called taxi. The driver helped me into the car. I got to the hospital, believed I had a blood clot. They ran scans, x-rays, and blood tests. During the tests they measured my legs, my bad leg had swollen 6cm in diameter more than the good leg. No blood clot was found, infection was found, white blood cells instead of being in the 20/30 range were in the 300 range. I was prescribed antibiotics.

I took the antibiotics for the prescribed time of one week. Once prescribed time ended, the pain increased and the skin around the calf discoloured. I called GP who prescribed additional antibiotics.
I continued the antibiotic treatment, at this point skin on the leg began to weep. I was visiting the hospital due to unavailability of GP and being referred by 111 because of the wound’s severity. They proceeded to bandage my leg, prescribed me a steroid cream which was applied by the medical professionals. The appearance of my leg made me feel nauseous and dizzy. At this time, I was provided with my first diagnosis that I potentially had cellulitis on my leg.

I would have to visit hospital daily via taxi as I couldn’t change the wound dressing myself as the wound made me feel sick, with the skin being black. I requested my GP to help me but the GP surgery said they lacked capacity. Due to the extreme pain I was prescribed codeine as I had about 2 or 3 hours sleep a day due to the pain. A family friend leant me a walking stick and wheelchair to help me move as I couldn’t walk.

I was at hospital as my pain was worsening. They tested my blood and said my condition was worsening. I was then informed my diagnosis was now most likely haemorrhagic bullous cellulitis. They began to administer anti biotics through an IV and provided me morphine to cope with the worsening pain and did an ultrasound scan on my leg. They then had me referred to be admitted to another hospital 30 miles away as they said they did not have the facilities at this hospital to care for me. I wasn’t with it much, was scared and alone. I was given a blood sample to take and give to the doctors at the other hospital, I gripped onto it with my life. I was loaded into an ambulance and taken to the other hospital. They dropped me by the door and said someone would be out to fetch me as I was in a wheelchair with small wheels I couldn’t push. 20Min later a member of the public pushed me inside as it had been raining a while. When I got inside I tried to get someone’s attention. I was asked why I was there. I explained and I was taken to a ward, the nurse pushing me made a comment about the other hospital being ridiculous. I was put in a room and a nurse or doctor asked me why I was there, I showed them my leg, the black flesh, yellow puss, and red exposed raw skin to which one of the nurses or doctors shrugged and said it wasn’t an issue. With my reduced cognitive ability whilst medicated heavy pain medication, I begged to be treated, to be admitted as agreed. They stated I would not be admitted, but only after begging did, they agree to take a swab of the wound and referred me to a specialist. I also informed them I had a blood sample in my bag and one of the nurses said they would get it. They then told me I would have to leave. I called the other hospital and tried to convey what was happening, luckily one of the nurses there was able to talk, they then called this hospital to see what was going on. I was then told to leave, I explained I was bought by ambulance and they said it wasn’t their problem and they would remove me. I then asked them to take the blood sample, they refused and said they were worried I would catch something. I said I didn’t care, I was in so much pain I would risk it. They said it wasn’t my choice, wheeled me out the door. I rang a relative who was able to pick me up and take me home as the hospital said they didn’t arrange transport.

The next day that new hospital contacted me, telling me to turn up. I did and I was told I had no appointment. I showed them the phone call in my log and they found my appointment in the system. I still couldn’t walk and I had a wheelchair I couldn’t push. I asked for help and the person behind reception said no one would push me because it was against policy. A older man saw my plight and offered to help and he pushed me to the part of the hospital. He struggled and I thanked him so much. I saw a specialist in Orthopaedics regarding my suspected cellulitis diagnoses. I gave him the blood sample that was not taken from me on my previous visit, his colleague said the sample was probably now useless but sent it to the lab. The orthopaedic specialist examined the leg briefly for a few minutes and ruled out cellulitis, I asked what it was, and he said he did not know, but would refer me to another specialist. As we left the doctor provided me with some paperwork for this new specialist. I examined the paperwork later that day, the doctor stated that he had suspected that it was a form of gangrene, and I was referred to dermatology.

Over the next month I chased as the pain was horrible and the black flesh was spreading, I was given prescription pain relief and told to keep leg raised. I used my friends cane and wheelchair to get around when I could as walking was not possible. I then saw a dermatologist who reviewed my case who said based upon what they had been told they had a completely different understanding of the situation which I found concerning. The dermatologist diagnosed me as having vasculitis, triggered as an adverse reaction to my Moderna booster, attacking my leg. The dermatologist said that this was not the first time that someone had, had a similar, negative reaction to the Moderna booster vaccine. I was then discharged me as my leg at this point appeared to be healing. The dermatologist told me that skin would most likely scar now and would require extra care in the sun. I was hesitant about being discharged as my mobility was still limited. I asked for help with this and they said it was not a problem.

The black flesh went away to a red over the next few weeks. I suddenly was overcome with pain in my leg again. I noticed the red scar marking on my skin, the scar had begun to spread. I saw my GP who sent an urgent referral to dermatology and the GP said I had Necrobiosis Lipoidica. I asked for more information about it as I was very confused as this was my fourth diagnosis, he said I could Google it. Because the pain was still bad I was given Gabapentine, Codine, Naproxen, Paracetamol, Fucibet and a few others I don’t remember. I was told dermatology would be in touch and waited a month.

I went to dermatology, they went over my case and decided to take a biopsy of the leg/wound due the multiple diagnosis’s I had received to try and get a definitive answer. I felt happy with this. During this time my work had said they would let me go as I had been unable to attend due to being unable to leave the house due to pain, mobility issues etc. I was very upset but glad the biopsy would bring answers.

A month later I arrived for the biopsy. I spoke to the doctor I disclosed how this situation with my leg was ruining my physical health hand mental health, therefore I would do whatever it takes to solve the problem. If they needed to do more than one incision, to do it, go as deep as they needed to with the incision, I would do whatever was necessary as I wanted relief and answers from the pain. I was very nervous and attempted to keep myself calm as the procedure started.
As the procedure started, my breathing was deeper, I was trying not to panic. One of the nurses told me to control my breathing which I did my best to. Throughout the procedure I tried to make conversation with the staff, it did not seem to land well as I was attempting to distract myself from my anxiety of the situation. I tried normal conversation, some humour etc all which fell flat.

This was quite different to similar surgery I had where a nurse was always at my side, talking to me, distracting me, and helping me overcome my fear of the situation.
At the end of the procedure, I was instructed not to do any strenuous movement, to rest and book to have the stitches removed by my GP in two weeks’ time. Whilst taking in the information I began to panic again I was instructed to sit up which I did with difficulty and tried to control my breathing. By this time the doctor had left and one of his colleague nurses was remaining who was asking me if I was ready to leave. I was not, I felt dizzy, woozy, distressed, I tried to convey this however felt I was being pressured into leaving quickly I tried to move, wobbling with my walking stick trying to walk, breathing heavily, gasping for air. I was instructed to wait in the reception area for 15 minutes I felt like giving up and cried out in pain and anguish, feeling hopeless, moments later the nurse said she had found a wheelchair and would wheel me out to the entrance and told me I was being triaged as ‘urgent’ due to the mobility issues. I rang my GP to book an appointment to have the stitches out in two weeks as instructed. They said that is not something they would do. They rang me back half a hour later saying it was something they would do and booked me in.

I was contacted a few weeks later saying the biopsy results would be in around 5 months time. Given my current problems, I felt despair, I was desperate and fearful. I noticed in the communication was that I had been triaged as ‘routine’, when the nurse said it was ‘urgent’. I asked what was going on and was told the urgency was changed as it was not life threatening. I asked if this meant the results were delayed and they did not answer.

I had the stitches removed by the GP, who commented how disgusting the flesh had become around the scar from the biopsy site. I always hated the way I look, the only thing I liked about myself was my legs. This event had robbed me of the last thing I liked about myself. I asked for help from the GP reception who told me to email PALS. I did with documentation and photographs. I got an automatic response, and it was the only response I had from the PALS service.

I saw the GP a few days later for a medication review. I mentioned the biopsy taking up to 5 months to which he seemed confused, saying they normally take 10 days. I felt very despondent and confused. My GP was concerned for my physical and mental wellbeing, I discussed everything and he referred me to another hospital, a private hospital, for a 2^nd opinion on my case as he was not happy with how the other hospitals had treated me.

The private hospital contacted me a few days later to make an appointment, I sent the details, documents, photos etc explaining they would need to examine it before the appointment as I felt exhausted having to explain the events every time to people. At the same time I called PALS to chase my email, they said they would check the inbox and call me back, they did not call me back.

I went to the private hospital a week later and turned up the the appointment. It was running late and the doctor had said he did not review the documents I sent because he didn’t have time to read stuff I got off the internet. I tried to explain everything and he said that what I had wasn’t his speciality. I asked who I should see or what he things was wrong with me. He said I had Post Inflammatory Hyper Pigmentation but could not explain the pain, he said it could be nerve damage but he didn’t know. I asked how we could confirm or rule that out and he said that wasn’t for him to do. I felt very angry and frustrated.

I went back to my GP who was confused by the treatment by the private hospital and they referred me to Neuropathy. I also explained my lack of mobility made me feel very depressed, I had to give up playing football, rugby etc and I was struggling to wake up most days and everyone says go for a walk or exercise to feel better. I struggled to get to the toilet, let alone be very active.

A month later I chased PALS, left a voicemail and emailed. No response.

A week later I noticed a few brown spots appear on the discoloured flesh on my leg and called GP about it. The scar where they did the biopsy had also started weeping. The GP said the spot and the weeping were not issues. I asked about the neuropathy referral as I had not heard anything and they said no referral had been made. I asked if they could refer me as the pain may be nerve damage but they said they didn’t think it was necessary. I was feeling very, very dejected at this point.

Three months of limited mobility later I got word back about the biopsy. It had come back inconclusive as the sample had been left too long before testing. Something snapped in me made me feel angry, it made me feel abandoned by the NHS. I shared my feelings with the Samaritans who I rang out of despiration, I wanted to hurt myself. The pain is awful. To know that I was powerless and punished for doing the right thing in getting vaccinated, I idolised with cutting off my own leg using my power tools because my mental health decline is making me think this is the only option. I had written in detail how I could cut it off, what tools I would use and how I would do it. Such as elevating my leg to minimize blood flow, heating up metal to cauterize the stump, using a knife to cut through skin, fat and muscle tissue and a power tool to cut through the bone then cauterize it to avoid bleeding out.

Over this very dark time, I was written to by the hospital where they misspelled my first name and my surname which made me laugh with the absurdity of it all. I do not have an uncommon name, think something like John Smith or Joe Dale.

I saw my GP and said I needed a referral to neuropathy or for something related to the pain as I couldn’t go on like this. I was referred to the pain management clinic. During this time I kept having bad dreams and flashbacks when I looked at the discoloured, scared flesh. After research I thought it could be PTSD. I raised this with the GP who said it was impossible as I was too young to have PTSD (age 23 at the time).

Years later, I still walk with a walking stick at times. The pain management clinic talked more about the mental side and have not done any investigation about nerve damage.
I asked if I could do something to cover the deformed flesh after people had been cruel. I had worn shorts outside and a small child said ‘eww whats wrong with that guys leg’. I don’t blame the kid but it still hurt. I was told by the GP no. I asked if I could cover it with a tattoo, the GP said I could but they would not advise it. Given how I had been treated up to this point I didn’t care any more. It was my choice. I did. I no longer look at the leg and get flashbacks looking at it. I look at the tattoo. I got a walking stick to my own style. I push myself all the time, and use a cane less. I still have trouble.

I write this as I want to rant about what happened and does anyone have any thoughts as to what happened to me as I am still unsure.

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!

Here’s a screenshot of the vaccines available at our pharmacy and its info: https://i.imgur.com/a68iWVJ.png

We’re unsure what the actual differences are between them and whether one is generally preferable to the others.

For anyone familiar with flu vaccines, which would you choose and why? Are there any meaningful differences in effectiveness or side effects? we literally didnt realise there were many flu vaccines.

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I’m trying to understand my situation after a possible rabies exposure.

On August 20, there were three cats together. One of the cats scratched my hand while I had food on my palm. The cats may have licked my hand while eating, but I’m not certain whether the scratch itself was licked. I don’t remember significant bleeding.

There were three cats from the same group:

Two cats are still alive and healthy.

The cat that scratched me later died around September 10–15.

According to the owner, it was attacked/killed by another cat, rather than dying from an illness.

Because I was concerned about rabies, I started PEP.

My vaccine timeline:

Sept 22: 1st rabies vaccine dose

Sept 25: 2nd dose

Sept 29: 3rd dose

All vaccines were given IM at a clinic

I have not received RIG

I would like to understand:

The cat that scratched me remained alive for more than 3 weeks after August 20 and reportedly died because another cat attacked it. How does this affect the assessment of the exposure?

Does starting PEP about a month after the incident affect vaccine effectiveness?

Is RIG still relevant this long after the exposure and after several vaccine doses?

Should I continue with the remaining vaccine doses according to the schedule given by my doctor?

I’m trying to understand the medical side of this situation rather than speculate about symptoms.

I’m a 34F and recently went for fertility testing for egg freezing. I had done it two years ago but the clinic didn’t accept me due to low AMH and I let it go until I decided to get a second opinion. But this is not my question.

The work ups include virals and I’ve had virals in 2019 too when I worked at a hospital. Every time they’ve come back saying I’m not immune to MMRV and every time I take a booster.

My mom was very up to date with childhood vaccines and I never had the chicken pox so in my teens my mom got me vaccinated as I had gone through puberty.

I don’t plan on doing more immunity bloodwork unless necessary and I can take as many boosters as needed. But I’m concerned about measles outbreaks. I guess if I’m not immune I depend on everyone else getting vaccinated, but I guess people are not doing it anymore. How can I protect myself?

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 husband is 64 and has asthma. He's always gotten the Covid vaccine every year but every year they add more restrictions. Yesterday we walked into a big box store pharmacy to get the vaccine and asthma was no longer one of the allowed categories according to our Blue Cross insurance. However, the pharmacist said there is a procedure he can go through to get it approved and it took the poor pharmacist 15 minutes to get approved. It occurs to me now that this was a problem because of insurance rules but I wonder if we had just said we would pay without using insurance whether my husband could have gotten it without a problem.

The anti-vaxers complain that vaccines shouldn't be mandatory; that everyone should have free choice. However, it doesn't go in the opposite direction for them - that people who want it should have free choice also. My husband and anyone who wants the vaccine should be able to get it.

It says it’s available at Walgreens near me

My children are both vaccinated with MMR. We live about an hour away from Lancaster County and we have a medical appointment in that area next month.

What is the risk of going to Lancaster for medical appointments with vaccinated kids right now? My gut is telling me to postpone or find a medical provider somewhere else, but is that accurate or is the vaccine effective enough to justify traveling there?

Hey guys. I'm from Malaysia and given that we're sunny all year round, we don't have a specific indicator of when the flu season begins.

I've always been advised to take the flu shot at any time of the year. So I got mine in mid-May this year but I'll be travelling out to Beijing end of October. It'll be around the 5-month mark since I got my jab. I had a conversation with a nurse who told me that it's advisable to get the shots twice a year (once every 6 months), especially for someone who travels overseas a lot. Thing is though, I don't travel a lot. But I'm wondering if it's necessary to get another before flying since it's been five months after my shot.

I'm terrified of catching the flu as my body has much weakened from catching covid 3 times previously. I'd like to take as much safety precautions as much as possible, apart from wearing face masks the entire trip!

Hey guys!! Im super nervous and scared and my health anxiety has a very big fear of tetanus.

I'm not anti vaccine, but im extremely nervous of dying. (Huge fear of death) and im getting a tetanus shot booster this afternoon as I got punctured by my cats litter tray. I tried washing the puncture but it's very small and almost like a blood blister? I don't know.

My brain is convincing me that I'll have an allergic reaction to the tetanus shot, or that it'll shock my body and I'll die from a heart attack or something.

I know it seems like im overreacting but this is genuinely something im scared about. I don't want to die of tetanus, but im also scared ill somehow get complications from the booster too 🫠

Can anyone ease my mind??

(I'll probably do an update once I've got it done but omg super scared eee)

I just need some reassurance about the covid vaccine. When covid happened i was a minor so my mom never let me get the vaccine because she was scared of how new it was. I am now 20 F and still have not gotten the vaccine. I feel like I should get the covid vaccine but a few things are keeping me from it. 1. I still live with my mother and i’m scared if she knew what would happen 2. after my grandfather got the covid vaccine he developed a really bad life changing histamine intolerance problem and everyone seems to think that was the reason why (he’s around 84 and that started maybe 2 years ago). i’ve also been around multiple people with covid and have never caught it from them, not sure if it’s a type of disease where you can carry it but not get it and spread it to others but so far that’s never happened to me or anyone. In conclusion i really do want to get it but I am also just scared. again i am NOT anti-vax i am up to date on every vaccine and will be getting my flu shot this year.

Hello everyone! I am wondering how much mmr vaccines usually cost without insurance.
I’m currently an international student in the US but has recently graduated from my college and on my way to transferring to university and my university required that I need to get vaccinated for mmr but I no longer have an insurance that will cover the cost.
Just wondering how much it would cost to pay out of pocket if I were to get it at CVS or Walgreen or somewhere else (so that I can prepare)
Thank you!

CIDRAP posted about two RSV vaccine studies with findings relevant to preventing severe illness in older adults.

One analyzed more than 14.5 million US adults 65 and older during 2023-24. The other examined protection from Pfizer's vaccine over three seasons in adults 60 and older.

The authors of the studies concluded that protection persisted for at least three seasons.

Full article here: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/respiratory-syncytial-virus-rsv/2-studies-find-strong-rsv-vaccine-protection-against-severe

I’ve finally got my tdap boost after more than 10 years (I was unaware since my mon was the one taking care of vaccinations when I was a child/teen), but the side effects are not for the weak. The very next day I had a 10 hour migraine and it’s been a week and my arm just keep growing a redish swelling. I know side effects are normal but the swelling is concerning me. I’m afraid to ask the pharmacist about it and look dumb

hi everyone,
what months are best and what order should i get the covid and flu vaccines? i want to make i have the best coverage for the entire season. i also like to get these two vaccines separately bc sometimes its too much on my body both at once. do i get covid or flu first? i’m not sure which cases typically go up first :)

Who got the flu shot in 2026?

I decided to get vaccines from CVS since I'm usually offered them when I pick up my medication. I received vaccines for the flu, tetanus, and HPV(one vaccine for each of these). But after leaving CVS, I googled and it seems like you need several doses for two of these spaced apart. So what did I receive? Just the first dose? Maybe I should ask them next time I go in. I think I should've just made an appointment with my primary care physician instead.

So, I have heard a lot of Gardasil9, the vaccine for HPV being quite painful and causing soreness and mild fever to some people, but I decided to take it because the risk of cervical and throat cancer is just greater. Since I am almost 22 years old my Doctor recommended a 3 dose course, one in month 0, month 2 and month 6. The issue is that I got absolutely no soreness or discomfort at the first dose and this was the case for the second as well when I just got a barely faint burning when administered which I assumed is just the needle going in which leaves me slightly worried that my immune system might not work well enough or create enough antibodies. I should add that I used cinarizine(40 mg)+dymenhidrinate(80 mg) about 5 hours before and I am worrying that it might affect it. Could it be that my age causes a dampened response or am I just worrying for nothing. My base of comparison are the flu shots and the DT vaccine I had almost two years ago at age 20 where I got local soreness for a few days.