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Exactly the same. The only thing I can think of is that the needle seemed a much bigger gauge than the tiny flu one, but then again none of the other people I know that got it have the same soreness. Weird.
Did you get other side effects? I felt pretty horrendous the evening after. Chills/sweats/fatigue.
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Huh, I thought it was a smaller needle! Less painful than flu for me at the time, I barely felt it. Yeah it's weird, I'm glad the massage helped a bit, I'll probably go back in a few weeks if it's still bothering me.
Similar other side effects to you but I wouldn't say they were significant/bad. I didn't feel awful.
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Straw poll of people who've had AZ in the office (about 4 of us), plus friends I know who've had it, seems about 50% have had a longer period of soreness of the arm than expected. Mine felt fine after 24 hours.
hoefla
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Same. Just in the muscle, right? And only when using it - like trying to hold my arm straight up or pulling a jumper over my head. Range of movement fine, no bruise or tenderness to the touch. I went to a massage therapist last week and it helped a lot.
I get the flu vaccine in the same muscle most years and it's never done that. I can't work out what it is.