6th Covid booster

MrDJ

me waiting for my 6th jab and my mum her 5th jab.

Once again a cockup by our GP

we was contacted 6 weeks ago by our GP for a home visit for my mum who is 96 to get her 5th jab.

was told we would hear back within a few days for a time slot and we are still waiting.

contacted the gp a month ago and was told my mum was not on the list and they would pass on the info to the surgery manager. another 2 weeks goes by and nothing, so again phoned them to be told eactly the same thing and it would be passed on to their manager.

Monday this week i phoned for a third time, and you guessed it, your mums not on the list blah blah blah. went in to the surgery yesterday to ask. place was deserted and receptionist who i spoke to on monday said i remember you ringing but my manager has not picked up the email yet and my mum is still not on the list.

had enough. as i was due my 6th jab and am time limited to a window of a week to have it i phoned up one of the walk in centres at a local hospital. went down an hour ago and both had the 5th and 6th jab.

I asked about which jab was available and was told we are supplying the moderna but you have a choice of 3.

moderna

pfizer

pfizer bioNTech bivalent released 3rd september.

we chose the last.

In each dose of the booster vaccine, ‘Comirnaty bivalent Original/Omicron’, half of the vaccine (15 micrograms) targets the original virus strain and the other half (15 micrograms) targets Omicron (BA.1).

roll on 7th jab.

MrDJ

forgot to mention but cant edit above.

i decided not to take my 8 methotrexate today and will leave it until next saturday so as to give at least some time for the jab to kick in.

jamieA

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/comment/700616#Comment_700616

Hi @MrDJ

You might want to read this post regarding the findings of the VROOM study. They recommend a 2 week delay in taking MTX after the booster vaccine. I had my booster two weeks ago and I'd previously spoke to my rheumatology nurse after I had read the study. She confirmed I should take a 2 week hiatus of my MTX and she also suggested that since I was stable I should delay my adalimumab injection as well. In my case during the second week of this hiatus I've had a bit of a tough time with my joints.

https://community.versusarthritis.org/discussion/58499/vaccine-response-on-off-methotrexate-vroom-study#latest

Bookworm12

I have just started MTX (newly diagnosed) I was advised to have the booster first and then allow two weeks before starting the MTX to give the booster a chance to take hold. I didn't get any options on which booster to have but it was the pfizer bioNTech bivalent.

MrDJ

@jamieA

it was that report made me think about not taking my mtx today. on previous jabs the specialists have always said i need to keep taking my mtx and keep my 6 weekly infliximab bio similar infusion.

i guess back then this report wasnt out so i will speak to them next week about it.

tbh, i only have the covid jab in my body for 3 weeks then it is washed out by the infusion anyway so even though ive had 6 every blood test to see if i had any protection afterwards showed i had zero % protection.