holy moly
I always shout “Holy Moly”. Don’t know why, just do.
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I don’t necessarily agree with every point in here, but a lot of it resonated with me. I won’t claim it’s interesting, after the backlash from the last one.
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yay cuomo! it’s about damn time!
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CO announced that they are open to general public starting Friday.
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Yay!
I’ll start looking to make an appointment…
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Yes. But not for another month or two. By the time they get down to her age group, school will probably be out and she will be heading home again.
This was my thought too. If I hadn’t been able to find a J&J, I’d have sent her for a single shot of Pfizer or Moderna. Some protection is better than none.
Me right after getting my 1st shot (Pfizer) to my husband who was too busy playing Switch in the car to support his wife mid-small-uneccessary-waiting-room-panic-attack.
There was also 1 missed call and a “HONEY” to our Discord channel.
Anxiety from the vaccine? Anxiety from needles? Anxiety from being in a room with a lot of other people?
My sister and BIL volunteered at a vax site yesterday and got their J&J jab at the end of their shift. They tried to get me in as a volunteer too but they were overstaffed as-is.
I don’t know why they gave the extra doses to the volunteers, they could have saved the doses for another day. Oh well, my sister isn’t complaining. J&J is the one she wanted.
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The part of it that bothered me most was that she was denying that being fat is a real risk factor for covid. She still obviously felt guilty for where she was in line. But it sounds like she’s heavy enough that she belonged there.
Being fat doesn’t mean you are generally unhealthy. It doesn’t mean you are morally deficient, either. But it does seem to increase your risk for bad outcomes from covid.
Yesterday, my wife got her second Moderna. Unlike any of her co-workers (school) or old people (like my mom), she has no symptoms other than a pain in the arm.
I’ll get mine after the first wave of “all adults” in CA subsides. And I’ll look (if possible) for the J&J, because I do not want to worry about the second dose not being available, because shit happens.
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The only other time I’ve reacted like that was (1) once when I took a bit too many sinus meds, cracked my back and decided I was probably paralyzed (partial panic attack), and (2) day 2 of starting an SSRI (full panic attack at the office while reading about side effects, switched meds in response). I sometimes panic on planes too but not really to the extent of a full blown panic attack.
Basically I’m afraid of the potential for some sudden or rare event that I’m currently exposed to (like what if this plane is the one that really does fall out of the sky today? What if I’m the one in this room who suddenly reacts to the vaccine?).
Anyways, I went into a full body sweat, started getting nauseous and shaky, tried to put my head between my legs without anyone noticing and stared at some circles on the floor until I could talk myself down. I’m actually pretty proud that it worked.
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Oh and the “observation room” reminded me a lot of the one time I gave blood, was fine for 15 minutes in observation, and then wound up faceplanting into my cookie stash.
I often (more than three or four times) faint at needle pokings, either drawing out or injecting. It’s the main reason I do an annual checkup every five years or so.
I’ve decided not to relax about it anymore, because I think it’s too short a trip between relaxed and fainting (like, difference in blood pressure). So, last time (about a month ago) I instead went for “hyped up” until I forgot about it.
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Oh, my. I touched all those cookies. I guess I have to eat them now.
That’s how I would have rolled.
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Yeah, that part was a little odd to me, too.
I think what she was saying was that obesity being a higher risk factor for serious complications from COVID-19 has more to do with the stigma of being obese (shame of seeking treatment, poor medical care, etc.) and the situations leading to obesity than the existence of obesity itself. And that being obese on its own is not necessarily a risk factor.
I resonate with a lot of those things. For example, it’s frustrating to go to a doctor and have your health concerns dismissed because you’re overweight. I desperately want fat shaming and stigmas to not be a thing.
But also, just because I want weight to not be any kind of risk factor doesn’t make it so. I think doctors should be better equipped to handle the health of fat people beyond just the number on the scale, holistically.
Soooo, pro tip. A lot of people volunteer at vax sites because they want an early chance. When states open up, volunteers drop off. If your state has opened up and you can’t find an appointment, volunteer. You’ll get your shot. Plus they need the help. Win for you, win for the vax site that needs the help, and win for society.
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