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Double Shots

We have an appointment to get the flu vaccine and COVID booster in one day. Either vaccine was going to ruin the next day because I have a reaction to both vaccines. So putting them together makes sense — I’m going to have a bad next day, but only one bad next day vs. two bad next days.

Unless, of course, doing them together creates double the reaction, and I have deep regrets. Is it like mixing beer and… milk? Like you could drink a lot of beer and feel queasy, and you could drink a lot of milk and feel queasy, but drinking beer + milk = vomiting.

Has anyone else had both shots in one day?

And what about the arm thing? I was planning to get both in one arm, reasoning that I’d rather have one arm not hurt than both arms hurt. I may not get a choice on this, but in case they ask what I want, has anyone gotten both shots in one arm? Or in both arms?

Planning ahead.

6 comments

1 HereWeGoAJen { 10.02.22 at 9:03 am }

Matt got both of his in the same day, separate arms and he was fine. He had a day or two of not feeling great but it was less of a reaction than he’s had to previous single covid shots so it definitely didn’t double the reaction. I had my flu shot already this year and it was fine, I kept forgetting that it had happened because I basically felt fine.

2 Beth { 10.02.22 at 1:50 pm }

I had them separately and my arm hurt after both but I didn’t have a real reaction otherwise, despite previous reactions. I don’t know why but I think I felt a bit tired after the latest booster and not anything else. Same with my flu shot. Maybe my body is finally accepting this is our life now? Constant vaccines? I don’t know what it was but I am relieved to have gotten them both. Good luck to you!

3 Sharon { 10.02.22 at 7:36 pm }

My husband did both shots on the same day, different arms. Only the Covid arm was sore, and he felt pretty crappy for one day (but no worse so than he normally would after either shot).

I have only had my annual flu shot so far, but I never have a reaction to that and didn’t this year either. I need to get my Covid booster.

4 Caitlin { 10.02.22 at 8:04 pm }

The whole household did ours on the same day. One in each arm in case we needed to track reactions. No side effects except sore arms on all of us. Gone in a day.

5 Working mom of 2 { 10.02.22 at 8:06 pm }

I made appointments to do both on the same day but ended up canceling the flu shot when I learned it’d likely be separate arms. I’m a side sleeper. (I’ve never had any reaction to a flu shot other than a sore arm. I did have a pretty strong reaction to the shingles vaccine however so I was prepared for the reaction I had after my 2nd and later Covid vaccines.)

FWIW I got the Pfizer bivalent. It wasn’t as bad as my previous 2 (Moderna) boosters or my 2nd “regular” Pfizer shot – no chills- but I felt crappy longer (2-3 days ) as did my husband. Well worth it of course.

We will get our flu shots later this month but we need to find a new location since we had to deal with a maskless idiot pharmacist at the drugstore we went to. He put on a baggy blue mask right before giving us the shots, not exactly sufficient with an airborne virus.

6 loribeth { 10.03.22 at 2:20 pm }

Reading the comments with interest, since we’re thinking we might go for the two shots in one day — particularly since it’s a 45-minute trip one way to where we’ll probably get them! Likely not until later in October or early November, though.

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