I got the RSV vaccine today.

[TNNurse]

I am almost 74, a cancer survivor, a retired RN. Since I had a mastectomy, I can only have injections in one arm. I am planning on getting a flu shot and then the COVID booster when it is available. Made a plan with my doc on how to space the three vaccines out. I had a very mild case of COVID which I believe is because I had every vaccine available.

I believe in science. When people talk about having thoughts and prayers for surviving an illness, I know that thoughts and prayers comforted me during my cancer treatment, but science, medicine and education cured my cancer.

I just want to avoid getting sick if I can.

I asked the pharmacist if the RSV vaccine would also become yearly and he had no idea. If it is, I will get it with flu and COVID as I planned above.

[Diamond_Dog]

1. You and I have a lot in common.

I, too, plan to get all 3 vaccines and space them apart. Cancer survivor as well. Left arm for everything. RSV first. Had mild Covid last Christmas.

Your words make me feel good about my plans. If a retired nurse who believes in the science thinks this is the best plan, than so will I.

[TNNurse]

3. My left arm as well.

I had to have blood drawn last week for a doctor's appt. I praised the tech and told her what a good job she did. I am very protective of that arm.

[getagrip_already]

2. I'm getting the rsv Vax tomorrow.....

At a local CVS. Free shot. Lots of appts available.

I'm waiting for the new covid brew, and will wait a month or two for a flu shot. Flu isn't really here yet in my area and I don't want the Vax to wane before the peak season arrives.

Also need to get the pneumonia shot.

Regular pin cushion I am.

[walkingman]

4. Any after effects? I am planning on getting flu and covid at same time later this month and just wondering.

[getagrip_already]

21. I got flu and covid on same day last year.....

Hit me hard. Everyone said it was unusual but that didn't make me feel better. .

I'm splitting them up now. Didn't affect my wife atcall.

[dflprincess]

24. I got the flu & covid vaccines on the same day last year

It did not hit me has hard as my prior Covid only vaccines had done. I did spend most the next day on the couch staring vacantly at the TV, but I was functional by late in the afternoon. Much faster than I was with prior shots.

[TSExile]

5. Who should get the RSV shot?

I will be 44 in a couple of weeks, and am already planning on getting the flu shot and covid booster. Should I get RSV, too? Thanks!!

[2naSalit]

6. The ads that I see...

Call for people over 50, I think, if not, it's people over 60, I'm planning to get one next week.

[TNNurse]

9. I would ask your doctor.

It is recommended for us older folks and those with some chronic medical conditions.

[Maru Kitteh]

7. Please, tell me about

retirement . . . 🫠

I mean, I love being a nurse, can't imagine having spent my life any other way . . . but I am . . . well I'm tired. Even though I've never actually had it myself, Covid has burnt me to a crisp. 😱

[TNNurse]

11. My husband and I were both hospital RNs

We are so very grateful to have retired before COVID. Nothing we did was as hard as that.

[Rebl2]

15. Have a

friend that was a NP and went through the worst of Covid working in an oncology office. Never got Covid. She retired early last year and two or three weeks after retiring, she got Covid.

[barbtries]

8. I plan to do all of them.

just got notice from CVS that they have a flu vaccine ready for me. I wouldn't mind getting more than one at one time.

ETA will get the flu and RSV tomorrow, COVID as soon as they let me!

i hope i'm wrong, but i feel like it's going to be brutal this year. not just COVID, all the shit.

[Ms. Toad]

10. You might want to double-check with your doctor about the arm restriction

My mother (double radical mastectomy + lymphedema) and I (partial mastectomy with 3 lymph nodes removed) are able to get shots in either arm - for us the restriction is solely to putting a tourniquette on the arm (so no blood draws, no blood pressure in the impacted arm). I'm not sure what my mother does now that both arms are involved (the mastectomy was done in stages), and her lymphedema is in remission. The restrictions were likely more severe (like no skin breaks) when she had lymphedema.

[TNNurse]

12. I have lymphedema in my right arm

I am very protective of it.

[Lars39]

16. I have it in my left!

Seems there’s quite a few of us here.

[Ms. Toad]

17. That would make the difference.

It may recover in time. My mother got lymphedema after the mastectomy following her first breast cancer. Over time, it subsided - so she doensn't have restrictions other than possibly no tourniquette on that arm. (And I suspect that restriction has gone, since now both arms are at risk.)

[Hekate]

13. I had RSV last December & we both got COVID this August. We can hardly wait for the jabs this Fall

Like you, we’re in our mid-70s…

[TurboDem]

14. I got my rsv and flu shot last Friday.

rsv in the left arm and flu shot in the right arm. I'm waiting for the new covid booster to come out and then I'll get that.

[yellowdogintexas]

18. I am one of those people who hears the word vaccine and says where

I plan on getting my flu shot early in October, to get maximum value from it during actual flu season. Of course I will get the new Covid vax

Somewhere in there I need to get the shingles vax.

I can't take the RSV or Pneumonia because I am in a clinical trial for those two vaccines.

Maybe I got the live injection and maybe I didn't; that is the way it goes with clinical trials. However if the vax is approved, and it turns out I got the placebo then I can have the approved vax if I wish.

[flamingdem]

28. That was brave of you!

Best of luck

[yellowdogintexas]

47. well, I am getting paid. The payments have been very handy when I want to

do something special. All the payments are applied to a debit card.

[R Merm]

19. I had the flu shot today, COVID and RSV next. The pharmacist recommended both at the same time

claiming a more robust reaction doing two at once. Any thoughts about this?

[mahina]

38. Not your question but I don't make shots anymore after

I took the shingles and flu shot on the same time, and my lymph nodes blew up like the Michelin man and stayed that way for a month. RSV and booster on the way, thank goodness.

[housecat]

20. Any thoughts about shingles vaccine?

[dhol82]

25. Had mine a couple of years ago.

Sore arm. Worth it. Friend of mine got shingles and she was screaming in pain for weeks.

[housecat]

40. thanks

[3catwoman3]

31. Ask anyone who has had shingles.

You do NOT want to get shingles.

[housecat]

41. thanks

[Ysabel]

33. get the shingles vaccine - my brother almost went blind from shingles his eyes were a real mess

n/t

[housecat]

42. hope he is okay. thanks

[TNNurse]

35. Do it, just do it.

[housecat]

43. ok thanks

[TNNurse]

44. Shingles is miserably painful and can leave chronic complications.

My sister-in-law had shingles on her face and has a permanent eyelid droop from it.

[housecat]

45. Glad there is a vaccine. Thanks again!

[housecat]

48. made an appointment for husband and me to get it Saturday

[kairos12]

22. Got mine yesterday.

[Grasswire2]

23. I caught RSV last fall

In a doctor's waiting room, of all things.

What a horrible sickness. It wiped me out for two weeks.

[SharonClark]

26. RSV cost

I got the RSV vaccine. I have Part D so no cost to me.
My mother doesn’t have Part D so it cost her $340,

[flamingdem]

27. Yay science!

I am looking forward to my booster in a couple of weeks

[Pinback]

29. Got RSV vax last Mon. 8/28

I’m waiting on flu vax til there’s an increase in cases in my region, per the advice of Dr. Michael Osterholm (CIDRAP, U. Minn.). I’ll get the new COVID booster as soon as it’s available.

I did have gastro issues 36 hours after getting the RSV shot (diarrhea, vomiting, both briefly and then gone). It’s possible that it was related to the vaccine, but it really felt more like food poisoning. And I’ve gotten lots of vaccinations over the last several years — shingles, flu multiple shots, all the COVID shots (Moderna), and anything else I can get into my arm (yes, I admit it, I’m a vax junkie!! ).

Typically my reaction to all the recent vaccines has been fatigue, arm soreness, and sometimes a mild fever. The RSV shot gave me very mild fatigue, no arm soreness, and just a hint of fever. So maybe it’s just a different animal altogether, at least for my metabolism. Hard to know until I get another one next year.

[justhanginon]

30. I got both RSV and Flu shot this morning. I have both asthma and COPD.

I too am a cancer survivor from a cancerous kidney which they removed. Also, I am going to be 87 in October and have no apparent side effects other than a little sore at the injection site. I will get the new Covid shot as soon as it is available.

[Skittles]

32. when you get both, it is in different arms?

I plan to double up too. and later get the new Covid shot

[TNNurse]

36. I know people who got the flu and Covid shot last year,

one in each arm.

[justhanginon]

37. I am a left side sleeper so I got both in my right arm. Just slightly sore this morning.

I am very fortunate in that I rarely have side effects from shots. Shingles shots were a little more sore or achy for a few days but no big deal thankfully.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. I will be getting the RSV vaccine soon

[getagrip_already]

39. I also asked if it would be yearly....

And they called me back after I left and said at least 2 years, but they weren't sure how long between doses beyond that.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

46. I just got my RSV vaccination today

My pulmonologist and internist both have been nagging me to get this vaccination

Thank you for the reminder

[mainer]

49. Got mine yesterday! Sore arm

but that's about it.
I'm already scheduled for a flu shot, and I'm waiting for the new COVID booster.