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Sharonbw | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 Calling all armchair medical experts.  I am scheduled to get my RSV and flu shots tomorrow.  There is a good possibility that they will have covid vaccines available as well.  

I know that getting 2 shots is fine.  Do you think getting all 3 at once is advisable?
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f70c1913 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 That sounds like a lot for an immune system to deal with. Hopefully, someone out here has already tried this.
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Nick | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 It’ll be fine or it’ll be a superhero origin story. One or the other.
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Jette10 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 
I don’t think there is much data on all 3 at one time. My go to is Mayo Clinic or Cleveland Clinic online. I would but I’m heading out for curbside pickup and hair appointment.
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35db6b0f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 Well, you may run out of arms ;) (it apparently matters: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2023/08/17/arm-for-vaccine-shots-matter/70604228007/
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08240fea | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 

I would ask the pharmacist. Usually my pharmacist says to wait a few weeks between vaccines.
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0eff3c37 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 
I guess a lot depends on how many arms ya got. 🥴
I have just the two, so I would wait on one of em. Two sore arms are enough. Three would just be one sore arm too much. 😢
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095eab2f | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 Seems a bit much to put a body through, but I’m no expert. I just got my flu and covid shots together and decided to go back in a couple of weeks for the RSV.
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58cda1ff | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 Paging @12d65db9! 💉
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c91f9788 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 A couple days ago I had the flu and then the RSV shots at same time, one each arm. Other than the RSV hurting more and a bit more swelling, I was fine with 2 shots. For me having a 3rd shot same time woukd have been a bit too much.
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560ad65b | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @51fb1883 the short answer is that there isn’t much data to suggest getting multiple vaccines is a problem, but many people experience quite noticeable symptoms of their immune reaction to the COVID vaccines, and adding other inflammatory processes into the mix can make that seem worse for some folks. If it were me, I would probably space them out (flu + COVID, then RSV, for example) by a week or so just so I didn’t fee as crummy.