Will you get the vaccine as soon as available to you?

The Sandbox Covid19
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Good news: no insurance issues.

Bad news: Looks like I’m spending the day remembering what the first case of COVID felt like (albeit with slightly less fatigue, but sorer arms…writing this post is proving to have been a bad idea), and wondering why the f**k I voluntarily did this, I think this might be my worst-ever day-after-vaccine experience, at least in my adult life. This is worse than the second dose of Shingrix.

Admittedly, I’ve been encouraged not to do COVID and flu together because I have “excellent immune system response” to vaccines. But going in, one really bad weekend, seemed like a better option than two still-bad weekends.

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Flu: yup, I’ve just been putting it off til after all the wedding stuff finished. Now I can get that any time. (Every year there’s a 50/50 chance I’ll be fine or bleah for a day or so.)

Covid: Undecided, leaning probably not. I’ll see what my brother thinks/does. (old people doctor + immune compromised… I deferred to his expertise on such things during the pandemic)

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New COVID vaccine and flu shot scheduled for Wednesday. Will have second shingles shot after any after-effects from Wednesday’s shots are finished.

My SIL, whom I caught COVID from six months ago, has caught COVID again.

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5268

Got both covid and flu shots yesterday at 3pm.
Mild soreness at injection site on the covid side. Flu side is fine. Slept in until 10am, otherwise feeling good.

Weaselette having a bit more issues like nausea and more arm pain.

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5269

Early day!

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5270

About 18 hours after the shots, I seemed to turn the corner and started to improve.

Now, 44 hours post-vaccine, I’m back to 90 percent. Soreness in my arms is mostly gone, which is actually somewhat unusual for me.

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5271

I’m pretty much back to normal as well and it’s been 41 hours

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5272

Was at the doctor’s anyway today to have something checked (where doctor concluded nothing worth treating), so I got a flu shot. About 8 hours ago now, and zero reaction so far.

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5273

Got a new chip injected since I didn’t change into a zombie after the national emergency alert text.

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5274

I expect to pfeel pfine after my pfifth Pfizer since the pfourth pfelt pfine

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5275

I went back to Moderna. I’m annoyed I got COVID the month after Pfizer.

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For extra assurance, fill a large glass of water from your Price Pfister Pfaucet and drink it slowly…or chug it - it doesn’t really matter.

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But what if you catch a pfmind pfcontrol pfmicrochip!?

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Got the flu shot yesterday. Have that “I hope I’m not getting sick” kind of pre-feeling-bad-ness, but I already had that feeling a little bit. So, either I’ll be fine, or I won’t be. It’s at least 4-5 years in a row now that I was fine after it.

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Meh, could be better than some of the executive pfunction calls in the past. Wait and see i suppose.

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I got both the new COVID Moderna and flu vaccinations yesterday.

For a change, I had them administered in different arms to better track the respective pain trajectories. Flu arm had no pain less than 24 hours later: COVID arm still hurts when I move it. No other side effects.

Scheduled for my second shingles shot on Tuesday which I am dreading after the nasty experience with the first shot two months ago.

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2nd shingles was no problem compared to the first shot. Hope it’s the same for you

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I got the Novavax covid vaccine today at Costco, along with the seasonal flu vaccine. I succeeded in collecting the set. :grinning_face:

Pfizer March '21
Pfizer April '21
J&J Dec '21
Moderna May '22
Moderna Sept '22
Novavax Oct '23

I suppose I’ll be doing covid and flu annually, going forward.

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5283

Why you fickle… :laughing: Hope everyone’s side effects are mild.

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5284

You got the full house…I went for the straight flush.

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