I once had a shingles, tetanus, and flu shot in the same arm, same day. The nurse said "you're not gonna like me by tonight." I said "I'm not too fond of you right now."
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You could take it in the butt, just to be sure it won’t affect your performance
You dont want it in the butt. I assume we are talking flu shots here.
The uptake of antigen would be slow and there are far less antigen recognition cells in the butt fat. Plus sitting on it can become uncomfortable.
I've had the flu shot and my COVID booster over the past few weeks. I'm a side sleeper and thankfully, I can sleep on either side.
Actually, these two shots weren't bad at all... didn't hurt... no lingering pain.
A bit off topic since we are talking about flu, but I got an e-mail last night from my daughter, excerpted below:
That Moderna booster kicked my butt. I woke up in the wee hours of Wednesday morning feeling flu-ish and shivering uncontrollably. I was very grateful for my microwaveable wrap. I only started feeling better yesterday evening. It’s weird how differently people react. Mama and Mike both got the Moderna booster and didn’t experience any side effects.
I am going to have to squeeze in my booster between the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. I'm going to have to fly for Christmas, so I figure it would be better to have it than not have it.
Have never received a flu shot; not going to start with an experimental one (I want to be around for a long time).
I don’t give a poopie which arm you choose. The more people get vaccinated the sooner this damned pandemic will be history and we can all get back to playing more
I got both shots at the same time -- only the flu shot made my arm (the right arm) sore, and that didn't happen until about 18 hours later. And it wasn't bad enough to worry about playing in any case.
I *have* had an extremely sore shoulder on occasion, and if I've got a choice, I'd rather it were the fretting side.
If I were advising Charles Berthoud, I'd tell him to avoid getting the shot in either of his middle arms.
Non dominant arm. My arm was a little sore for a couple of days rolling over on it in bed or if bumped, but wasn't constantly sore at all. Didn't effect my playing ability one iota - except the day after shot #2 and #3 didn't feel like doing much of anything, incl practicing.
On a positive note: binge watched "Counting Cars" all day.
On a positive note: binge watched "Counting Cars" all day.
I've had Covid and Flu shots in both arms and have never been bothered by any of them. I've heard of people experiencing soreness but I never have.
Flu, covid 1,2 & 3, shingles 1&2, pneumonia, all in my left (non-dominant) arm. Playing bass isn't the only thing I do and my right arm is typically tasked with more work than my left.
Flu shots hurt you?
I get most of my shots (both flu and other) in my left "weak-side" arm, mainly because that's what the doctor/nurse/pharmacist seems to prefer or expect. If I'm getting two different shots on the same visit (not uncommon, I'm 72 and intend to live forever -- or die trying), I'll get one of them in the right arm. I seldom feel *any* discomfort or reactions, and never severe.
Since I do a lot more than just play bass (I'm also a pistol-range shooter, among other things), I suppose I'd prefer to get shots in my left arm since I'm right-handed. But honestly, I never think about it.
Some of you younger guys sound like wimps. "My bass is too heavy." "My rig weighs too much, it's hard to load/unload." "My arm hurts when I get a shot." "I hate carrots." SHEESH!
I get most of my shots (both flu and other) in my left "weak-side" arm, mainly because that's what the doctor/nurse/pharmacist seems to prefer or expect. If I'm getting two different shots on the same visit (not uncommon, I'm 72 and intend to live forever -- or die trying), I'll get one of them in the right arm. I seldom feel *any* discomfort or reactions, and never severe.
Since I do a lot more than just play bass (I'm also a pistol-range shooter, among other things), I suppose I'd prefer to get shots in my left arm since I'm right-handed. But honestly, I never think about it.
Some of you younger guys sound like wimps. "My bass is too heavy." "My rig weighs too much, it's hard to load/unload." "My arm hurts when I get a shot." "I hate carrots." SHEESH!
Similar for me. I always get shots in my left arm just in case. On a scale of 1 to 10 injection site pain for flu shots has been 0. COVID vaccines 3. Shingles 5.
I think it's fairly well accepted that you can get soreness from a flu shot. Otherwise why would it matter which arm you get it in - why do they bother to ask you? If that's what people want to debate then I think there's better places to do it than TB.
The scenario is that you're getting a shot with the expectation that the arm you take it in will be sore. Based on that, which arm would you get the shot in?
On the threads that go along the lines of "Your house is burning down and you can only save one bass - which is it?" would you argue that your house can't burn down because you live in a condo or apartment or do you answer the question against the scenario?
For all of those who decided the question wasn't "manly" enough for them, let's fix that:
You're meeting a friend who always punches you in the shoulder as hard as he can when he sees you. He's 6'8" (203cm) and weighs in at 260 pounds (118 kg), and it's all muscle. His punches make Mike Tyson's seem like love taps, and he wears brass knuckles with studs when he punches you. It's going to make your arm sore - add in whatever else you may need to make sure you can accept that your arm will be sore after he punches you, and he will punch you. So that's in place. Right after you meet him you'll be playing for a few hours. So you know you'll be playing with a (manly) sore shoulder! Now you can position yourself to take the punch on either arm - which arm do you setup to take the blow?
Is that better??
Wow! I've never had a flu shot hurt like that. That changes everything...
...waaahhhh....Tim
Nope. Did not have any complaints. Late afternoon shot. Didn't feel a thing. Next day was filled with practice, work (yes, happens
and long evening band practice with a critical bandleader. Might have felt a bit more tired, but long stressful day. Next day filled with practice and afternoon and evening extra long rehearsal with other band, and more 'set up the band' work. (Me move everything each rehearsal to a larger room because COVID distance rules cause guys are older) So, Never had any problems with my first flu shot (nor the 2 covid a few months ago.)
I think whoever gives you the shot makes more difference in it hurting or not. When i was transfered to Bangkok I had to get (I think) 7 shots, including rabies. Got all 7 at one location and all were done in less than 5 minutes. No pain at all. None the next few days either. Nurse was very good! Most major airports have a nearby location where you can get any shot in a hurry. Those people are usually very good and what they do. And . . . trying NOT to derail this post . . . SHINGLES shot. If you are near 60 or over, you need to get that shot. I have an uncle who got shingles when he was about 70 and he wasn't in pain - he was in misery for about 6 months. You do not want to get shingles. OK I'm done. Gone
