I’m not actually diabetic, but I really love these videos

I had both Pfizer shots, in February & March. No reaction to either shot. No fever, no unexplained highs/lows, no aches.

My boyfriend was just diagnosed with Type 2 last Sunday. He was admitted to the hospital and was there for 5 days. Reminded me of all you T1Ds who were admitted at diagnosis. His bg was in the 600s last Sunday. I wish I was with him last week during the diagnosis. A few days before the diagnosis I offered to check his blood sugar but he shrugged it off.

I got the Moderna vaccine and after my first dose, I only had a sore arm for a few days. But a few hours after my second dose, all the symptoms basically hit me at once (fever, nausea, headache, and intense chills). I barely slept that night and felt awful the next day too. My blood sugars ran a bit high too, so I had to bolus a bit more than I usually would. I stayed in bed all day, drank tons of water, downed some Advil, and checked ketones constantly just in case. By the next day, I felt almost 100% okay (the only thing was a little bit of fatigue)!

For me, dose 1 (Pfizer) gave me a sore arm I could barely move for two days. Dose 2 made me feel icky the next day, but that was about it! I didn't notice any changes in my blood glucose. My wife had an allergic reaction to the first dose, but she was fine a few hours later. She took Benadryl for the second dose and had no issues at all.

I'm glad you are well. We're lucky to have you.

Happy to see your 2nd dose was a better experience than the first! Funny I didn't know paracetamol is basically Tylenol, at first I thought it was a new medicine! lol

I’m a T1 diabetic and only had my first dose 2 weeks ago. Besides being a little tired after and a sore arm I didn’t have issues.

Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ I’m So Glad your doing Great after your 2nd vaccination👍🏼Stay Well 🙏🏼

I am a health staff and I love and THANK YOU for making this video. Vaccination is very important more when they present risk factors. The importance of not being scared by it and the effects that it commonly causes, was very detailed as you explained your experience.

Hello andrea! I've been a T1D since past 15yrs and I'm a medical physician as well...I experienced the same way you had problems pertaining to your 1st dose Im scheduled to have my 2nd dose later this month.Thanks for sharing ur experiences .One possible work around would be to have plenty of fluids and have electrolytes because all type 1's due to hyperglycemic episodes are prone to loosing more salts thus inturn leading to acute dehydration and hence fatigue and last but not least also back up paracetamol just as you said. Take care Godbless!

I am 18 year old i am diabetic patient since last 4 year very hard life in diabetic

It's been about a month after my 2nd dose and 2 week waiting period, I went to a Macy's and *shopped* for the first time in over a year! I was SO excited. 🤩

I love your bedside table set up. I kept water at bedside to hydrate during the night for my first vaccine. Thanks for the great ideas

Good to hear you had a better experience with the second dose of vaccine. I was fine with my first dose but felt pretty rough with the second dose of the Pfiizer vaccine for about three days. Hope all is going well with your new home and you are settling in well. Keep well everyone. And looking forward to the next vlog Andrea.

Had my second dose at the same place! No reactions either despite poor experience with the first. But I did catch Covid like 5 days later! Symptoms weren’t so bad and even my sugars weren’t as bad as I thought they would be. Glad you had a good experience.

Congratulations!! Stay healthy and happy.

I'm a T2D on insulin, but also have a neuro-muscular disease called Charcot Marie Tooth ( CMT ). I received my Moderna vaccine dosages in March and April. The 1st dosage I had no problem with, but did increase my basal insulin dosage and had slightly raised numbers. The 2nd one was a different story, I had a very sore body for about 4 days and it totally raised my insulin resistance that lasted over 2 weeks. During that time I had to increase basal dosage, and change my carb ratio, but after about 3 weeks I was back to normal. The only other thing that happened was a sore arm for both dosages.

Great Vid! I had a miserable 48 hrs after my 1st AZ vaccine. Absolutely fine after my second. I didn't use pain relief after either. They also told me to keep well hydrated after my second to help the vaccine work better. My cynical side thought it might lower blood clot risks as well? T1 22 years!

Hi Andrea, So so pleased all went well with your second dose. We have been praying all would be OK. Good to see David again and that he is OK. You said to let you know about my endo appt, He seemed to think I was doing well, as HbA1c was 6.9, last time 6.5. He thinks I don't need a pump. Still getting to many highs for my liking, so have increased the long acting basil insulin again. Have been having lots of extra little humalog doses to counter highs. Which makes me think the problem is with the long acting insulin , now from 15units to 18, this may be the answer. As you would know the not knowing the reason why is difficult, (replaced Lantus with new batch, didn't make any difference) Anyway thankyou as always for your very encouraging video. ❤🙏

Thank you for sharing about your 2nd dose. I am still waiting for a vaccine to become available. They are vaccinating 75 years of age and older in my village.

Good for you!!!

I am type 1 for 23 years and had my first Pfizer shot two weeks ago. The sore in my arm was not something so important after so many insulin injections. The most important for me was the sleepiness. I couldn't even keep up with a conversation for the first day. Wish good immunity.

Hello Angela, welcome to the fully vaccinated club! I had my second moderna shot 2 months ago already. Swiss government gave us priority access. First shot was ok, second one I was having 39 degrees fever and not feeling well enough to eat for 2 days. I took one paracetamol which helped. But be careful with paracetamol !!Paracetamol is the most common medicine taken in overdose, it can lead to liver poisoning and death if taken too many. Luckily, with an insulin pump (medtronic 780g) in my case, glucose levels stayed under control.

I had my second dose last Wednesday.I had the pfizer vaccine The first dose I have no side affects the second dose the only side affect I had was feeling very tired. But that didn’t last for long

Great readings, i wish my Dexcom graph looked like that! I had the first shot of Pfizer on May 6th from my regular doctor. No dramatic side effects, a slightly sore arm for a couple of days but nothing more. She also mentioned that i should take paracetamol if i felt ill, but didn’t feel the need to. Second shot due in about 10 days, so fingers crossed 🤞 My younger brother (who doesn’t have diabetes) got his shots of Pfizer a couple of months ago and actually felt worse than me, go figure.

Hello Andrea, I am so glad you are okay. It's nice that the second dose doesn't show any side effects. By the way, you two look beautiful. We are waiting for new videos together ... I wish you happy and healthy days.

Glad all is well; God Bless.

I had the Moderna shots and I'm type2. I had sore arm in the area shot was given for a few days. I had to deal with low sugars for 2 weeks then I felt normal for me. I try to stay hydrated with both shots and at least walk for exercise.

My second dose was nowhere near as rough as the first ! A little tired but no big side affects x just a sore arm x hubby had no effects at all !

I am very lucky because I didn't feel anything after both of my doses of Pfizer, which was back in January. I do wonder if it really is working because of no side effects. Great video!

on the diabetes express canadian website they sell dex glucose tablets in chocolate marshmallow flavour. think i will order those!!.

Thanks for this video! Some of us type 1s have concerns about how the vaccine may interact with our bodies & immune systems - as you know, our immune systems are notorious for targeting & destroying 'something' inside us, so there's a bit of trepidation with injecting ourselves with a new vaccine that may trigger our immune system to target something new (like a liver or spleen). Looking forward to seeing a 4- and 6-month update!

Hi Andrea! My first dose was very good no side effects second dose I took April 13 it was horrible 72 hours body ache fever weakness High blood pressure OK sugar I had Materna ❤️ thank you so much🇺🇸

Andrea I need help, my boyfriend has been recently diagnosed with Type 2 (5/16/21) Do you know any links or the family member with type 2 that your mom mentioned? My boyfriend was put on a Lantus-like 12 hour (twice-a day) I know you’re a Type 1 and that I watch T1Ds on KZfaq but I need advice Thanks

Great to hear that ! But what do you think about the validity of vaccines and the new versions of Covid-19 such as the Indian one? I do know that these vaccines can’t avoid getting illness caused by the new versions of Covid-19

I don’t have diabetes nor personally know anyone afflicted with it, but I watch Andrea’s videos because she is such a force of positive energy

A university professor specialized in vaccins here in Belgium told in the media that with the AstraZenica vaccin those who have a stronger reaction (not everyone) mostly have that after the first dose, those who have Pfizer or Moderna mostly have it after the second dose. In fact it is a sign that your body is reacting on it and make the stuff that fight the virus. He told also that contradictionary to what is told mostly in the vacin centra also in Belgium that pre-emptive paracetamol make no sense at all and can reduce the working of the vacin. Better take it only when you have have fever only. Drinking a lot of water was wel something that was usefull. When I followed the vacincentra speed, I should got my first dose this week and that would be then also Astra-Zenica. But the hospital were I go for my diabetes treatment had an extra stock and decided to offer that to their diabetes patients. So I got Pfizer three weeks ago in the university hospital where they told also that pre-emptive paracetamol was not recomended. I got just a day or two a sore arm. Next week I have in the hospital my second dose and hope that this will also go as fine as before. I'm very happy that the hospital offer this weeks earlier to there diabetes patients. I win in this way a lot of time too!

I had a strong reaction to my second dose, which told me that my antibodies were kicking in , but now I really feel protected. Still wearing my mask in Walmart though!

Will you be doing a video after the 3rd and 4th shot? Diabetics are more careful than most to know what they put into their bodies. What are the ingredients of your injection?

I had the two shots and the booster. I had a small fever with the first one and the second one also. But I took pain medicine with both and it helped. With the booster I didn’t have any reaction at all. I was also told the people who have bad reactions are the ones who really needed to get the shot cause most likely if they would have gotten Covid they would have died from it.

In this video, did you not wear makeup or something? It seemed like I noticed something different in this video. I thought a low is considered under 70 so I’m surprised you considered your 72 was low. Also I’m unsure where the high boundary is. Is it 140 and above. Why is it you guys have different target ranges. How does that differ from the non-diabetic and then there is my Type 2 boyfriend I understand T1D because I’ve been watching four of you since I started watching The Dale Tribe in February 2018, now I’m trying to figure out T2D when all I have been following is T1D

Thank You so much for the videos. I'va had Diabetes Type 1 for 48yrs and I'll tell ya.........IT IS ROUGH.All my life sisce I was diagnosed I alwamy took Vitamins. Back then it was Flinstones. Taking Potant Vitamins and Washing your hands, keep your hands from touching your mouth, Eating well Make sure A1C Testing is Healthy and most Important. Your Doctor should always consider and Prescribe your shot.......!!! Very important because an major Reaction can happen because of These type of shots, your doctor would be 100% in the ".KNOW". .......THANKS FOR ALL THE vIDEOS.........DANIEL

got mine yesterday, Pfizer, only a bit sore arm thats all for now

You are sooooo sweet!

Been type 1 for 65 years and had the Pfizer , the only effects were sore arms from the shots. But been taking shots for 65 years , so no problem.

Why would anyone give you a down arrow when your video hasn't even premiered yet? 🤨