I have had both of mine (Pfizer). The strangest part of the first one was still feeling soreness in the injection spot a week later. For the second shot, the next day I felt achy all over. The following day I was fine.
Happy he is doing well. He just didn't have the positional flexibility along the line to justify keeping him over someone else who was at least as good (while he was here) and could move across the line.