TIFU by getting 2 jabs at once and then going out

Submitted by NuttyDounuts14 t3_ytfpkz in tifu

Not quite today, but yesterday and I'm feeling the ramifications of my decisions today.

Yesterday, it was time to make the monthly pharmacy run (thank you chronic conditions) and I figured I should start the winter vaccines.

Oh? I can get my flu and COVID jabs at the same time? Perfect!

Do the paperwork, wait to be called in and get the 2 injections in the same arm.

My aunt and I are going to a party later. I'm getting pretty good tbh. Passed my ACP Photoshop with flying colours, done some pretty major adulting and now gonna have fun.

Took some paracetamol as advised, got incredibly drunk and had a great night.

Got home, got about an hour's sleep then the fever kicked in...

And the headaches...

And the flu pains...

And the throwing up...

And the "my sugars are probably sky high"....

After tossing and turning, I finally get to proper sleep.

This morning, it doesn't feel like my body can support me. Through the hangover, the poor sleep and the raging vaccines, I can barely stand.

Somehow, I've made it through the day and been productive, but now, I can feel everything getting ready to kick off again. I can't even stand up to turn off the light! Typing this out is tiring

TLDR- tried to be efficient and get both vaccines done at once, completely underestimated what a shit show it was going to be.

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redditreader1924 t1_iw3xkf0 wrote

Different people react differently. I did the same thing this past Wednesday -- flu shot and 4th covid vaccine both in my (non-predominant) left arm. After effects were zero, not even a sore arm.

You didn't f/u ... you just didn't know how you would react. Although, going out and getting drunk that night was probably a poor decision.

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angry_old_dude t1_iw5dbfm wrote

I had the same yesterday. I've been mostly fine all day today except for being a little tired.

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Extreme-Kangaroo-842 t1_iw3wzid wrote

God, that must have been bloody awful. I finally had Covid a month ago and felt fairly crap from it. Got over that and this week I've been hit with the flu for the first time in my life. Jesus Fucking Christ... I truly had no idea how hard the flu kicks you the balls. Floored for three days and I usually have the constitution of an ox.

Both at the same time with a hangover on top... Feel for you.

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Emergency_Ice1528 t1_iw4ym1h wrote

I had the flu earlier this year..all the other times I thought I had the flu..I’VE NEVER HAD THE FLU. My entire family had Covid, I had the flu. They recovered way faster than I did. I was friggin miserable.

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Jallinostin t1_iw3x11b wrote

I tried this with the Hep B vaccine and the flu shot two years ago. Pretty rough weekend, I feel you OP

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thelongdickofkarma t1_iw5as7f wrote

Not to mention drinking on paracetamol is substantially increasing the work load on your liver and could prevent it from quickly processing alcohol since they use the same enzyme GSH to metabolize and there is only so much GSH in your liver to go around. Probably contributed to the vomiting with some hepatoxicity there. Really really bad idea to drink heavily on that type of painkiller, especially if on a regular basis.

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Ichimeterlady t1_iw6s4am wrote

Got my 5th Covid shot (Bivalent booster) and Flu shot on Thursday. Felt generally icky/tired Friday and had a sore arm. Overall doing ok. Took some acetametaphin which helped. This round was the least amount of side effects I’ve had from covid vaccines. I never had anything more than an achy arm from flu vaccine. My original intent was to also get a shingles vaccine at the same time, but my provider requires an appointment for that one, so I have to go back in a week since they didn’t have any openings that day.

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BlueRoyAndDVD t1_iw7clpr wrote

>got incredibly drunk

Is where you actually fucked up...

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diamondmx t1_iw8k8x9 wrote

Uhh, you shouldn't mix paracetamol (or NSAIDs but to a lesser degree) and excessive alcohol. Both are toxic to the liver and you do not want to overtax your liver. You need your liver.

This had little to do with the vaccine and where it did it was because you kicked your immune system's ass and then gave it a stimulated threat.

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