RSV vaccine

I got all the vaccines that are recommended for me and my H (who is older). This includes covid (multiple boosters), RSV, flu, shingles (both Shingrex and the vaccine that came out before it), and multiple versions of pneumonia shots.

We always opt to space the shots out. We generally wait at least a week between shots because H often feels like a low grade infection after each shot. I rarely gave much, if any reaction.

I’m happy to get the shots as I would really hate having a bad infection and don’t want to live as a hermit.

I took the RSV vaccine in 2023 and I get a covid and flu vaccine every year as well. I am 78 years old with autoimmune thyroiditis and heart disease. I have had Covid three times, but all were mild cases which I recovered from quickly after a couple of days of "misery." I've never had any reaction to the vaccines other than a mildly sore arm and some warmth at the injection site. I visit patients in a long-term, acute-care hospital as a volunteer chaplain and have seen terrible consequences of having covid and other respiratory illnesses. The patients often express regret for not getting the vaccine. They are often younger and healthier than I am. Don't mess with covid or RSV.
I also have had the shingles (Shingrex) and pneumonia vaccine. I've seen horrible cases of shingles and its aftermath. I"m thankful that these vaccines are available.

Me too!!!

My husband and I (both age 75) plan to get the RSV shot this year. We have had the Covid vaccine and all the follow-ups, get a flu shot every year, have had both kinds of pneumonia vaccines and the Shingrex vaccine (I also had the the earlier shingles vaccine as soon as I was eligible in my 50s.)

I started getting the flu shot after I got the flu so bad in 1991, I understood how people died from it. I remember almost wishing I would die, I was so sick. I have never missed a yearly shot since and haven’t had the flu since, whether by luck or because the flu shot helped me to build resistance. It’s not spot on every year in effectiveness but even a small amount of effectiveness is better than none, I think.

Neither my husband nor I have gotten the flu in all these many years, nor have we gotten Covid although several of our friends and family have gotten Covid. Most of them were vaccinated and had mild cases and recovered easily. We are mostly outdoor people although I am somewhat compromised in my mobility. He hikes and plays tennis but some of his hiking friends have had Covid as well. If flu or covid is at a high in our community, we wear masks when we go to the grocery store or anywhere where there are a lot of people. My husband’s hiking group stop share riding when viruses are high as they are all also older and don’t want to get sick or make others sick should they contact a virus. I have lots of fiber and fabric hobbies so I am home a lot with my hobbies. That likely helps keep me from getting viruses.

At this point in our lives, me with spinal issues, my husband with a recently diagnosed kidney issue, will always take every recommended vaccine or preventive measure suggested by our doctor.

It’s always a personal choice of course.

What are you doing for heart disease

I have grandchildren and also I am 75. One of my grandsons was in the ICU for at week at 13 days old and another had several ER trips at 3 months old. RSV is deadly to infants and I wouldn’t eat to bring it to them. I had the vaccine and am glad for it.,

I have an atrial septal defect (PFO repaired) and atrial aneurism, bradycardia, mild CAD, and first-degree heart block. I take rosuvastatin and etizimbie, clopidogrel, exercise regularly and watch my diet. I see my cardiologist every six months. I was having TIAs before the PFO repair and occasionally have migraine visual auras and speech difficulties. I also have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis (both hips and one knee replaced).
I rarely get sick and have enough energy to do what I enjoy. Life is good.

I am 75 and in pretty good health for someone my age. I do have asthma, usually triggered by seasonal allergens, and it’s managed well with an Advair inhaler. On my doctor’s advice I took the RSV shot, in addition to the mega-dose flu shot, and experienced no side effects at all. My last Covid shot was in 2022. Will I get another? Probably not. There is just too much controversy surrounding the Covid vaccines for me to be comfortable with them. I did get Covid in 2023, but it was mild, much like a bad cold.

I just got this years flu vaccine and my first RSV at the same time. I woke up the next morning with a very sore throat body aches and exhaustion. All I did the first day was sleep. I was better the second day and felt well by the third day. I wonder if I had a reaction from RSV vaccine or because I got two shots at the same time. I’m 80 and my doctor strongly advised the RSV

Someone earlier, another related thread I think, mentioned that, if you get two or more vaccines, and you feel ill, it would only be a 50/50 guess as to which one is making you feel cruddy. So, no real hope of avoiding a repeat next season if you repeat the experience, or even if you elect to try one and wait a few days before getting the other, one of them will still be likely to make you feel ill. So, I would only double up on what are 'bivalent' vaccines like many of the most recent boosters for COVID-19 are...they are 'good for' at least two of the most active variants currently making the rounds. And that's still only one jab....right? Two vaccines in one, but both for variants of the same virus. Getting flu, RSV, and maybe COVID vaccine the next day could make for a very rough weekend.
Personally, I wait a week. It's just cheap insurance against a nasty tag-team smackdown.