Let's talk vaccines!

[dragonpisces69]

I've been vaccinated last February and March since in my home country, I got the priority to be vaccinated due to being a client in a caring group that mainly specialises in those who are intellectually disabled. (While I, myself, have ASD (aka not an intellectual disability), much like many of my acquaintances that I know from there as well.)
I got the Moderna vaccine, and the second one left a worse aftermath on me than the first one, like the vaccinating doctors kind of foreshadowed, too. Having a slight fever and sinusitis-like symptoms after the second one have been worth it, though, because I got my second vaccine almost 2 weeks ago, and in case of the second Moderna vaccine, it takes 2 weeks before one is (as good as) completely immune to the virus afterwards.

I wish those who have yet to be vaccinated a good health and not as much as an aftermath as I had to have!

 

[Plume]

I changed my vote to the second option, because I got my first shot today. c:

It was totally quick and painless! The needle didn't even hurt a little.

 

[0ni]

No vaccine for me yet - my parents have had their first dose, though (we live in the UK).

It is a good start - we still stay extra vigilant but that's on account of our situation. My mum is immunocompromised and we have been extra careful whilst shielding. Glad to have the first dose down, but not easing up our own personal restrictions quite yet. At the start of all this my mum received a letter from the NHS basically saying she should have an overnight bag packed and ready so that if she showed any symptoms she could get herself to hospital right away. It was really quite terrifying tbh. We are in a lot better place now, but it has been stressful, especially the second wave we experienced at the beginning of this year. I get such a hard time from other family members about taking the restrictions "too seriously" (this coming from family members that are bending the rules unnecessarily, and putting others at risk), but if they had had some of the correspondence from the NHS that my mum got, I think they'd be a lot more careful, too.

I really miss hugging my brothers - one of them comes over for socially distanced visits in the garden (when weather allows... and sometimes even when it doesn't lol) and that's good, we are lucky that we get to do that. I feel horrible thinking about some of the people stuck in flats during the height of all this.

Don't know what "normal" will look like when most of the population is vaccinated, but whatever it is, we can take it in our stride.

 

[Bulbadragon]

I get my second dose on Friday and I couldn't be happier about it. I'm so excited for it. Most of my family and my in laws are already fully vaccinated, so I'm excited to be able to see some of them I haven't seen since holiday season 2019.

 

[ivelostmyspectacles]

I get my first shot today and I'm thrilled and terrified both; I'm still living with a family that is very anti-vaxx so I was never even fully inoculated as a child. This will be my first shot I'm aware of so I'm freaked af (but also! ready to have that protection! hella!)

 

[Pendragon1980]

As a Frontline nurse I was one of the first rounds of vaccines in my area.

I tell anybody who's thinking about it please please consider getting it as someone who has had covid trust me it is worse to actually get the virus.

Now having said that there are a lot of reports that you feel a little crappy after getting the first shot and more so after getting a second so plan accordingly.

 

[jefflomacy]

As a Frontline nurse I was one of the first rounds of vaccines in my area.

I tell anybody who's thinking about it please please consider getting it as someone who has had covid trust me it is worse to actually get the virus.

Now having said that there are a lot of reports that you feel a little crappy after getting the first shot and more so after getting a second so plan accordingly.

Would you mind sharing your experience having COVID? I'm so eager to get my second shot on the 20th.

 

[Pendragon1980]

Well I actually didn't know I had covid until I got tested for work. I got tested on a Monday and was called on Thursday and told to quarantine. I had no symptoms at that point but about 5 days later the fatigue and muscle aches hit and they hit hard. Thankfully I never had any respiratory symptoms and I never had to go to the hospital but I did have extremely severe fatigue and muscle aches to the point of barely getting out of bed, slight fever and a migraine style headache.

But the worst thing is I never fully recovered I still have the fatigue, headache and muscle aches on occasion and I feel like my body has never rebounded fully so some of these symptoms could be long-term. I never lost my sense of taste and smell completely but I noticed some of the foods that I used to enjoy I don't care for anymore.

But I was very lucky a friend of mine who was younger and healthier than me probably in his 30s with no chronic diseases had it a few months ago and within a week he went from feeling sick to being in the ICU to being dead.

And it's not just a case of having covid but spreading it because you can feel 100% fine and still spread it. the nursing home I worked at our population got reduced by 25% with covid one unit by itself half the population died.

So I know sometimes this is a little political but.

Wear a mask!

Get the vaccine!

Do social distancing!

 

[LoserMom]

I’m finally getting my first dose on Friday

 

[Halloqueen]

I received my first dose of Moderna this morning, and will be receiving my second dose in early May.

 

[kikotoot]

I'm still desperately waiting for my government (Ont/CAN) to allow me to get the vaccine. I'm not able to work from home and it's incredibly stressful going to the office and seeing people around you coughing on occaision or drinking tea (implying they have a sore throat) despite the survey that asks you to stay home if you have any symptoms. Not only that, but if you have symptoms for a few days, you're allowed back in the office without so much as a negative test or waiting for 2 weeks. The people I live with also have to wait over a month still to get their vaccine, and they're living with chronic health conditions like COPD, so not only is it incredibly stressful going to work, but I feel immense guilt coming home afterwards and potentially putting others at risk.

I literally cannot wait to get vaccine. I want the vaccine more than Silksong.

 

[jefflomacy]

Well I actually didn't know I had covid until I got tested for work. I got tested on a Monday and was called on Thursday and told to quarantine. I had no symptoms at that point but about 5 days later the fatigue and muscle aches hit and they hit hard. Thankfully I never had any respiratory symptoms and I never had to go to the hospital but I did have extremely severe fatigue and muscle aches to the point of barely getting out of bed, slight fever and a migraine style headache.

But the worst thing is I never fully recovered I still have the fatigue, headache and muscle aches on occasion and I feel like my body has never rebounded fully so some of these symptoms could be long-term. I never lost my sense of taste and smell completely but I noticed some of the foods that I used to enjoy I don't care for anymore.

But I was very lucky a friend of mine who was younger and healthier than me probably in his 30s with no chronic diseases had it a few months ago and within a week he went from feeling sick to being in the ICU to being dead.

And it's not just a case of having covid but spreading it because you can feel 100% fine and still spread it. the nursing home I worked at our population got reduced by 25% with covid one unit by itself half the population died.

So I know sometimes this is a little political but.

Wear a mask!

Get the vaccine!

Do social distancing!

Hi, thank you for sharing your experience. It was valuable in understanding an episode of illness I had in January of 2020 (before COVID testing was widely available) that I suspected was COVID. We appear to have had a similar subset of symptoms, which is interesting. No respiratory issues here either, but the muscle aches, fever, and severe headache were present. Much appreciated.

 

[Rika092]

Where I live the vaccines are still limited to those who are senior, which really stinks because I need to move to another country for work reasons very soon, and am really crossing my fingers that I could be vaccinated before the move. Some states in the US seem to have the vacs roll out to all age groups very quickly though - my friend living in Missouri has already gotten her first Pfizer shot!

 

[Disneyfangirl23]

I’ve only had my first dose~ can’t remember what day but I know it was in March

 

[Emmsey]

I’ve had my first in the UK due to living in a clinically extremely vulnerable family. My folks have both had one and their second in the next two weeks. My grandparents are fully vaccinated now.

I personally had the Astra Zeneca had some flu like side affects for about 48 hours after but apart from that all pretty smooth!

 

[wrenbow]

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[G0DFlesh_88]

For me its a waiting game to see how bad this virus gets with the variants. I dont see the urgency to go out and get it personally. But tbh, I don't really hang around a lot of people and most of California is still locked. I still get my sun for the free vitamin D, and im cutting back on a lot of junk food and eating more greens and less carbs and salt. Im good with the Mask only

 

[DJStarstryker]

Yesterday I got my first dose of Pfizer. Last night my arm was slowly getting more and more sore. It was at its worst unfortunately when I was trying to sleep. My whole left arm (where I got vaccinated) throbbed, my left shoulder blade felt like someone was taking a nail and hammering it in, and my left hand felt like it was swelling up (it wasn't in actuality, it was just a weird way the pain felt). I didn't sleep very well last night thanks to that. Today the pain is fading as the hours go on. Now the only pain I feel is in the general vaccination area and only if I touch it. I haven't had any other side effects.

My husband, who also got the Pfizer vaccine first dose yesterday, described this morning as what sounds like a minor fever that he had overnight while trying to sleep. But it's completely gone today and his arm pain is also fading.

I've had arm pain from receiving vaccines before, but none as strong as this. That being said, this pain seems to be fading faster than the arm pain I've had from previous vaccines. Sometimes I've had arm pain last for several days afterwards. The last time I had a tetanus booster the pain in my arm lasted almost a week. If the fading pain for the Pfizer COVID vaccine keeps up at the rate it has, it might be gone by tomorrow.

 

[KrazyKarp]

I'll hopefully be able to receive the first dose very soon, within the next couple weeks. I've been eagerly waiting to get vaccinated the moment I heard of the virus being in the U.S. I have three trips planned this summer, as well as hoping to return on-campus at college in the fall, so the sooner I can get vaccinated, the sooner I can rest easy.

 

[That Marshal Fangirl]

I got my first dose last Saturday and my second one is on May 1st. I was surprised I didn't really have any side effects from my first vaccine besides a little bit of tiredness/soreness, since one of my professors had to cancel class due to how sick she felt afterwards.