Booster dose, pfizer covid

I also queried the booster jab. My consultant advised paracetamol if affected. But it is important to go ahead with the jab.

I am having mine this Sunday so touch wood!

Sandy did advice me to get my vitamin D level checked. Also, ask about taking supplements such as K1, K2 etc. Which help maintain good general wellbeing. 

Hope your booster goes well 

Thank you so much. I just book my appointment tomorrow morning in my country for the booster shot, I feel kind of anxious but I will do it anyway. I will try to get the Vit D as well. Thank you again for your response and advice

I only had a slight achey arm and have been ok with all three jabs.

Went to have my booster jab.

After informing of my cml and imatinib. I was moved to a different section of the clinic. Where I was given a full primary dose (my third jab). I am going back in 3 months time for my booster (my fourth jab).

I have had astra zeneca for first two then moderna for third. So far feeling fine apart from sore arm.

Once again thank you NHS for caring and looking after me.

Stay safe from covid and happy new year.

Alan

Buzz, the NHS page which explains why CML patients and others should have 3 primary doses of vaccine is here. This was started before the boosters, which are the fourth dose.

Hi guys

I got my booster shot more than a week ago, but now that i am reading your comments i was wondering if i made a mistake getting it instead of getting my 3rd dose, is there any difference between the booster (4th jab) and the 3rd dose? 

Sorry, I should have been more clear.  The 4th dose is on top of the 3rd one after another three months for those who fall into the category of who should receive it. This is the reason it is best to speak to your GP or Consultant to follow up on that.

My GP's team was able to recategorise the jab I had in late October on the NHS systems to be a 3rd primary dose which was recommended for the clinically vulnerable group. That makes me eligible for a booster 12 weeks after that dose. Slight complication is that I was pinged by the NHS Covid App on Wednesday last week as having been in contact with someone who subsequently tested positive. I took a covid PCR test on Thursday 23rd and came back positive. I have the symptoms of a minor head cold but self-isolating. Boosters need to be at least 4 weeks after you have had covid-19.  

All leukemias were bundled originally together into the "Clinically Vulnerable" group to shield, and thence into the group eligible for 3rd primary dose. My consultant told me that while I was more at risk than the average person, I was not as much at risk as many other people in the group with other conditions, cancers etc. . 

Scuba, yes BCR-ABL undetected but WBC around 1.8, Neutrophils 0.8 on a good day. My neutropenia was identified in the late 1980s and was made slightly worse by imatinib since CML Dx 2007. I've had about 6 infections over the 30 years where I have needed antibiotics where a "normal" person might not have done.   

Hi Buzz,  imatinib dose reduction does not correlate with improved WBC for me. I have known I was  neutropenic for over 35 years, and that has probably been the case for longer than that, and well be before my CML Dx 14 years ago. I plotted my WBC and neutrophil results for over 3 years when I reduced my imatinib the first time to 200mg and then stopped, and there was a slight initial improvement at each reduction which then reverted to my normal WBC level.

I don't have a big issue with infections; one the the 4 haematologists who investigated my low WBC pre CML summed it up by saying I was just the person at the bottom of the distribution of WBCs, but that the white cells I had were pretty good as I didn't have an issue with infections. When I encounter new medics they almost all have a panic about it, and I have to remind them their role is to treat the patient, not the test result.