Medical appointments and treatment planning with vaccination
Some people experience swollen lymph nodes in their armpit and neck after vaccination. This is where the immune response is taking place and is expected. Swollen lymph nodes are also detected by screening tests for cancers, so it is important to inform your radiographers or oncologist if you have been vaccinated recently.
Some treatments can reduce your immune response to the vaccine. If you are severely immunosuppressed, you may like to discuss the timing of your COVID-19 vaccination with your specialist to try to time it between treatments to provide the best possible protection. It is important not to delay treatments or avoid vaccinations.
It is also important for the people around you, in your household, to have the vaccine when it is offered to them to widen your protection.
- For information about Cancer care and COVID-19 vaccine see Te Aho o Te Kahu (Cancer Control Agency) information here.
- For information about COVID-19 vaccination and treatments for autoimmune disease from Arthritis New Zealand, see video here.