I guess I'm having a delayed reaction now to my 1st Pfizer shot. I was fine for the first 9-10 days. Barely had anything after the shot, and I was quite surprised by this since I usually have horrible reactions (tetanus, flu shots, etc). On Sunday, day 10, I felt warm and general malaise (no fever though). Really couldn't do much. By Monday afternoon, day 11, my right hand nerves (my pinky and side of hand) started to feel pain, kind of like electric shocks. I also felt this in my right ear. (I had the shot in my right arm) The nerve pain in my hand actually woke me up multiple times last night. I still had it this morning (day 12) so I called my doctor. The nurse spoke with him and he thinks it's an inflammatory response to the vaccine even though it's 12 days after. No fever and no swelling, just nerve pain only in my hand that comes and goes.
He said some people just get delayed responses, no real reason for it. But it's concerning to me since I've never had anything like this (I don't get flu shots and am barely ever sick with viruses). He said to just give it a couple days and if it's not better then to come in to see him on Friday (so 14 days after). He said most delayed responses resolve by 14 to 18 days days so I guess we'll see... one more thing to give me even more anxiety!
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