COVID Vaccine Thread, the Sequel

[Chin Diesel]

After getting the vaccine I'm beginning to wonder if I'm a COVID long-hauler. To my knowledge I never had COVID.

In December I started having mild chest discomfort out of the blue and no other symptoms. It mostly felt like muscle spasms. I had just started exercising again and figured I overdid it getting back into bench pressing. I felt fine all of January with only intermittent chest pain. Doctors did an EKG and some blood work and said everything looked normal. Late January I had a brutal bout of fatigue that lasted for days, I barely left the couch. Some brain fog and cognitive issues crept in. The chest discomfort/sensations would disappear for days or weeks then come back for a few days. The severity of the brain fog varied. I had some weird headaches. On random days I'd have trouble exercising but I wouldn't call it shortness of breath. I felt very out of shape, but again I am out of shape and just returning to exercise, but I felt worse than other days I did cardio. Maybe that's what shortness of breath feels like? I've never had it.

Early April I had another bad stretch of fatigue, then got my first Pfizer shot and felt absolutely terrible for three days, then felt 100% normal for the first time since November. That lasted a couple of days then my other symptoms returned. The same thing just happened with my second shot on Thursday--I was feeling crappy for a while, then yesterday (the day after my shot) I felt amazing. Completely normal, no symptoms of any kind. I had no side effects from the second shot. It put into perspective just how awful I'd been feeling. I'd forgotten what normal felt like. Today, 48 hours after my shot, I felt a huge rush of fatigue and chest "fullness", for lack of a better term, came back. I feel like crap again. Been a blob on my couch since 11 AM. Not good.

Doing some quick research on it, it sounds like most people who have a strong reaction to the first shot were those who had COVID. Many long-haulers who've been struggling felt better, some almost cured, after the second shot. Also, to my surprise, many long-haulers were asymptomatic with their initial infection. Doctors have done quite a few tests on me over the last two months and on paper I'm completely healthy but this long-hauler stuff doesn't sound very good for me.

When you went to the doctor they didn't run any tests for 'rona or antibodies? That seems like a crappy doctor visit.

 

[Lefty2one]

When you went to the doctor they didn't run any tests for 'rona or antibodies? That seems like a crappy doctor visit.

I got COVID tests but no antibody tests. I am very upset about that in hindsight. Saw specialists too (cardiologist, GI) and not one of them recommended it. I should have thought of it myself.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I got COVID tests but no antibody tests. I am very upset about that in hindsight. Saw specialists too (cardiologist, GI) and not one of them recommended it. I should have thought of it myself.

It's almost like they are paid professionals in that field and should be thinking of that for you.

A few weeks ago our daughter was at school complaining about a dry, sore throat. Mrs. Diesel told me several other kids were out with strep or the flu.
I called our pediatrician and they said we had to go to UCC instead of Dr office.

They ran 'rona, strep and flu no questions asked. Came back negative for all.

Most likely just seasonal allergies post nasal drip agitating throat.

 

[Kathy]

It's almost like they are paid professionals in that field and should be thinking of that for you.

A few weeks ago our daughter was at school complaining about a dry, sore throat. Mrs. Diesel told me several other kids were out with strep or the flu.
I called our pediatrician and they said we had to go to UCC instead of Dr office.

They ran 'rona, strep and flu no questions asked. Came back negative for all.

Most likely just seasonal allergies post nasal drip agitating throat.

Yeah my nephew's daughter had symptoms a couple weeks ago - automatically did strep, flu and covid tests - all negative.

 

[CL82]

Are you sure that was the vaccine?

Not entirely, but there were no lines and the needle was cleanish.

 

[Kathy]

Same. My sister had flu like symptoms for 3 days. If you look at VAERs there are an awful lot of people with significant symptoms. I’m not expecting anything less. Hoping I will be pleasantly surprised.

Hope you do better than I did.

 

[Chin Diesel]

It's almost like they are paid professionals in that field and should be thinking of that for you.

A few weeks ago our daughter was at school complaining about a dry, sore throat. Mrs. Diesel told me several other kids were out with strep or the flu.
I called our pediatrician and they said we had to go to UCC instead of Dr office.

They ran 'rona, strep and flu no questions asked. Came back negative for all.

Most likely just seasonal allergies post nasal drip agitating throat.

Yeah my nephew's daughter had symptoms a couple weeks ago - automatically did strep, flu and covid tests - all negative.

Never knew I had an Aunt Kathy???

 

[Kathy]

Never knew I had an Aunt Kathy???

Lol

 

[HooperScooper]

New Jersey pulling out all the stops to get people vaccinated. Hey, who doesn't like free beer? ?

 

[NJHusky]

New Jersey pulling out all the stops to get people vaccinated. Hey, who doesn't like free beer? ?

They might have better luck just bringing a mobile vax unit TO the bars....or the Jersey shore this memorial day weekend

 

[karstenkibbe]

New Jersey pulling out all the stops to get people vaccinated. Hey, who doesn't like free beer? ?

i wonder if that includes BA stouts from Kane and Magnify ?

 

[UConnRock]

Did my 2nd Moderna yesterday. Woke feeling fine but by noon I had the classic symptoms and couldn’t stare at the computer any longer. Vaccinations have dropped since the handling of the J&J issue, but the number with shots keeps creeping up.

Cases and deaths keep plummeting here in TN. Like many southern states that stayed open it is likely that a huge % of the young crowd had the virus and were asymptotic. Life is pretty normal here except for some white collar offices that remain paranoid to open thinking they will get sued if someone catches the virus. Most stores request masks, but only a few require them. Most people wear them inside.

 

[CL82]

New Jersey pulling out all the stops to get people vaccinated. Hey, who doesn't like free beer? ?

Have already been vaccinated I will say that I find this campaign a little annoying. Or in BY speak:

"Shut up Phil!"

 

[Kathy]

Have already been vaccinated I will say that I find this campaign a little annoying. Or in BY speak:

"Shut up Phil!"

At this point do what it takes to get people vaccinated.

 

[8893]

At this point do what it takes to get people vaccinated.

He just wants free beer. Can’t say that I blame him.

 

[uconnbill]

done so I can see and hug mom. Sore arm both times

 

[CL82]

At this point do what it takes to get people vaccinated.

Sniper rifle with vaccine darts?

 

[CL82]

He just wants free beer. Can’t say that I blame him.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Woke feeling fine but by noon I had the classic symptoms and couldn’t stare at the computer any longer.

I seem to have that symptom Monday-Friday from roughly 9 AM in to 6 PM. My vaccine didn’t seem to impact it. Still unsure of the cause.

 

[Kathy]

Sniper rifle with vaccine darts?

Thinking outside the box, I like it.

 

[NYConnMan]

Got the 2nd shot of Moderna yesterday morning. I was good throughout the day but had super bad chills, body aches, night sweats, and headache last night. Woke up this morning feeling pretty much normal.

If that's all I had to deal with it was totally worth it. Very thankful I didn't get COVID after last night's experience.

 

[Lefty2one]

After getting the vaccine I'm beginning to wonder if I'm a COVID long-hauler. To my knowledge I never had COVID.

Following up on this, doctors have confirmed my heart and lungs are fine and they do not think I'm a COVID long-hauler. I could be, but they aren't seeing any signs of it and they told me what I experienced was not shortness of breath. They have no explanation for the other symptoms so they've told me I likely have anxiety, probably from spending too much time on this board, or from ruminating over the possibillity that I might be a mess from COVID. It still seems very odd to me that I felt so amazing after both vaccine shots, that doesn't seem like a mental thing--quite the opposite--but what do I know? The human brain is a pain in the ass.

 

[NYConnMan]

Following up on this, doctors have confirmed my heart and lungs are fine and they do not think I'm a COVID long-hauler. I could be, but they aren't seeing any signs of it and they told me what I experienced was not shortness of breath. They have no explanation for the other symptoms so they've told me I likely have anxiety, probably from spending too much time on this board, or from ruminating over the possibillity that I might be a mess from COVID. It still seems very odd to me that I felt so amazing after both vaccine shots, that doesn't seem like a mental thing--quite the opposite--but what do I know? The human brain is a pain in the ass.

Not sure if this is anything like what you're experiencing but when I'm tired/stressed I will sometimes experience something called "air hunger" where it feels like I can't breathe in enough air no matter how deep I'm inhaling. The best I can describe it is that I feel like I need to take super deep breaths all the time but it feels like I can't breathe deep enough and I'm not getting enough air. It's apparently just an anxiety thing, but man is it not fun.

 

[Lefty2one]

Not sure if this is anything like what you're experiencing but when I'm tired/stressed I will sometimes experience something called "air hunger" where it feels like I can't breathe in enough air no matter how deep I'm inhaling. The best I can describe it is that I feel like I need to take super deep breaths all the time but it feels like I can't breathe deep enough and I'm not getting enough air. It's apparently just an anxiety thing, but man is it not fun.

Thank you for sharing that. I don't think that's exactly what I had, but I'm sure it was something similar. I really never knew how screwed up and how strong symptoms can be from anxiety.

 

[Kathy]

Thank you for sharing that. I don't think that's exactly what I had, but I'm sure it was something similar. I really never knew how screwed up and how strong symptoms can be from anxiety.

They can be completely debilitating - I've seen it in patients/clients of all ages.