Anyone had a problem with neuropathy after receiving the vaccine?

Thanks.

Yeah. I'll send him a portal message after I've finished the course so I can provide a complete report and see what he suggests.

I'm not giving up the fight!

I was using some CBD cream for arthritic knees for a while. The results weren't drastic enough for me to use it on the regular. I hadn't even thought to try it for this. I'll have to give it a whirl.

Great idea. I love having the info on my patient portal so I can refer back to it, and see exact dates, etc.
Sue

Hi. Personally I have been waiting for approval of a traditional vaccine. NovaVAX phase 3 clinical trial results came out at the end of June. Dr Mobeen Syed Analyzed the results in a YouTube video which was very informative. Here is the trial data From new England journal of medicine
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2107659

Thank you for the link. Once again, this shows the effectiveness of the vaccine, and the rarity of significant adverse reactions. The numbers reported in the article look very similar to those reported in the other 3 vaccine trials. I'll look for those articles when my time permits.
Sue

@sueinmn could you share how long after vaccine you took prednisone? I’ve seen several people refer to taking prednisone to calm down the immune response. My neurologist also offered it to me, for my 2nd shot, but I turned it down as I didn’t want to inhibit the vaccine from actually working. I hope people realize that prednisone is a powerful immunosuppressant. I wouldn’t think taking it right at the time of the shot would be advisable as I’ve even seen some literature advising people not to take ibuprofen or other NSAIDS unless absolutely necessary, for the same reason. But I would think after the shot has had time to “do it’s thing”, maybe? So about how long?

After the shingles vaccine I just toughed it out, until I ended up in pain management to regain my moblilty, and vowed not to do that again! A year later, it was 10 weeks after the flu shot as clinics were still only sort of open. With the Pfizer, I waited 8 weeks to be sure I got full immune response, it was probably another week to get the meds.
Sue

I received my 2nd dose in early Feb. Didn't start having issues for about a week afterwards. I didn't have prednisone until last week, so late July. If it didn't do it's job by then, so be it.

Seems it's not working for the vast majorities anyway since masks are going back in style throughout the country.

This is all just so craxy.

Do you mean the vaccine is not working, or the prednisone?

Prednisone is notoriously fickle when it comes to neuropathy - some it works for, other it doesn't, still others need the dose tweaked to get results. Or sometimes another med can help.

As to the vaccine, some encouraging statistics have come out recently - depending on location, 90-90% of Covid hospitalizations, and 99%+ of Covid deaths are among the unvaccinated. So even if you get Covid after vaccination, you have a very good chance of a mild or asymptomatic infection.
The masks are being recommended because it appears that those who are vaccinated may be able to spread the infection. This is currently being studied at the University of Minnesota and several other locations. Stay tuned for further information.

Sue

Yeah, sorry about that. I was just being cranky because I hate these masks.