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I got my 2nd COVID-19 booster shot on Tuesday. I decided to get it now as there is a get-together with some of Qiao's family in a few weeks. There will be another get-together with various people this weekend, too, which I wasn't expecting. Browsing Dreamwidth, lately I keep coming across people posting that they have caught COVID. So I'm thinking it's probably good for me not to have waited longer.
Like the other shots, this one made my arm sore. If I had any slight fever during the night, it didn't bother me. I slept well.
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I'm also eligible for the shingles vaccine now. I could have gotten it at the same time, in the other arm. But I didn't want both vaccines at once. Having both arms sore from shots would have made sleeping harder too, as I prefer to sleep on my sides. Last night I had to be careful whenever turning on my left side, not to put too much pressure on that arm.
Like the other shots, this one made my arm sore. If I had any slight fever during the night, it didn't bother me. I slept well.
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I'm also eligible for the shingles vaccine now. I could have gotten it at the same time, in the other arm. But I didn't want both vaccines at once. Having both arms sore from shots would have made sleeping harder too, as I prefer to sleep on my sides. Last night I had to be careful whenever turning on my left side, not to put too much pressure on that arm.
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Date: 2022-06-04 01:29 am (UTC)From:Shingles
Date: 2022-06-08 05:16 am (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Chickenpox
Date: 2022-06-10 07:01 am (UTC)From: (Anonymous)Shingles and chickenpox are caused by the same virus—the varicella-zoster virus. Because they’re caused by the same virus, someone who has never had chickenpox can’t get shingles if he or she were to come in contact with someone else that is infected with shingles.
Re: Chickenpox
Date: 2022-06-10 05:11 pm (UTC)From:I had chickenpox as a baby or toddler and do plan to get the shingles vaccine, just not right now.
From what I've read, someone who has never had chickenpox can't get shingles, as shingles is caused by dormant remains of the original chickenpox virus in your own body. But they can catch chickenpox if exposed to it, and can even catch it from close contact with someone with shingles.
https://www.verywellfamily.com/is-shingles-contagious-2634655
https://www.verywellfamily.com/shingles-herpes-zoster-symptoms-and-treatment-2632049