Would this be considered a bad rxn to a vax?

[junipermuse]

My sisters and I were all fully vaxed as kids, though my mom leans toward anti-vax now as I have shared research with her. Any way while I don't remember getting my shots as a young child (though I do remember taking the oral polio vax sometime as a preschooler), I have a very vivid memory of receiving my mmr booster at my 10 yo doctor visit. Part of the reason I remember is that the pain at the injection site was almost unbearable for at least an hour afterward. I mean there was this scorching pain in my arm that had me crying and writhing in pain. I could barely sit still in the seat of the car as my mom drove me out to lunch. For days afterward it hurt to move it. At the time my mom said that the nurse probably just got the needle in the slightly wrong spot and that's why it hurt so bad. I have had many injections since then (tetanus, Hep B, flu etc) and nothing has ever felt like that. So my question is, is that a normal rxn to mmr? Is that considered an abnormally bad rxn? We don't vax at all now, but if I did, should I avoid mmr specifically?

[Marnica]

It's possible. It certainly sounds like a reaction, although it would be impossible to tell. Injection site reactions are common (ie happens alot...not that they don't matter) with many vaccines