(OT) What's been your reaction to Covid-19 vaccine ?

[Golden Husky]

Had my first vaccine injection but was notified that my second shot was "cancelled" because of lack of product. I was annoyed:
1) They misspelled canceled.
2) The procedure wasn't canceled, it was "postponed."
3) I want that second injection.

Now, get off my lawn.

 

[Puppy Love]

First Pfizer shot yesterday. Honestly haven’t noticed any reactions. My wife said her arm felt sore. They scheduled us (wife and I) for second in 3 weeks, same time, same place.

Been hearing horror stories of next age group (64-55) trying to get on the schedule.

I’m in the next age group. It’s just impossible. I’ve been looking at least 10 times a day. Half the links on the state website don’t work. The ones that do work are just a blind alley. I live in eastern Connecticut on the Rhode Island line. I was able to schedule my mother through VAMS without issue. For some reason though, all of the health department clinics don’t appear in VAMS anymore. I don’t know if they canceled them because they are vaccinating all the teachers or for some other reason. That leaves three places in VAMS within any kind of reasonable drive. There is no availability at any of them. CVS and Walgreens have nothing for availability. Every time you try to sign up for a different site, for example Hartford Healthcare, you have to provide all of your personal information, including your Social Security number which is ridiculous. And then after you sign up they tell you sorry we don’t have anything. I finally called the hotline, got through after about 25 tries (it just hangs up on you most of the time) and the only place that they could schedule me was in Enfield. That is just too far of a drive. It’s incredibly ironic, considering that my town has one of the lowest vaccination rates and highest case rates in the state. I think it’s just that we are rural and they really don’t care. Rant over.

 

[TheFarmFan]

Qualified for it because of my work, first Pfizer shot 16 days ago, second shot scheduled for this coming Thursday (apparently 21 days later is optimal for the second Pfizer shot).

Fairly sore arm the next day, no other side effects. Mostly just tremendously grateful for the scientific and medical communities, and the tremendous resources this country had to fund them and get (multiple!) highly effective vaccines to market in record time. The miracle of these vaccines is such a bright spot after this past year of darkness.

Looking forward to hearing about everyone's reunions with grandkids, fun vacations, and most of all, someday soon, IN PERSON ATTENDANCE AT WCBB GAMES!

Update: shot two was no joke. Arm was less sore, but woke up the next day to 100.2 fever, massive headache, chills and lethargy. Felt 50% better by nightfall, 90% by the next morning, 100% by 72 hours after the injection. No complaints - so glad to have it - but just a heads up, the purported side effects are no joke, and I wouldn't have wanted to be under an urgent work deadline the day after.

PSA: I found myself CRAVING Gatorade and went through about 96 Oz in 12 hours. I recommend having some on hand for the day after shot two. And keep your calendar light as possible the day after, just in case. Stay safe folks!

 

[cabbie191]

Update after getting my second Moderna shot last Thursday.

My arm was considerably less sore than after the first injection.

But I did have a very mild fever on Friday and felt pretty dogged on and off during the day. For which I was happy since I understand that having this reaction means the vaccine is doing its thing!

All symptoms were gone Saturday morning.

BTW, for those who are waiting for their first doses, moving your arm around after the injection and using a warm pack off and on sometimes helps reduce the swelling.

 

[blkkirk]

My wife and I got the Johnson and Johnson single dose yesterday. Wife and I very mild soreness at the shot injection.

For those trying to get a vaccine go on CVS website and register. Then check early in the morning or late at night you availability. You will be successful. We got ours the next day we used this method. Good luck.

 

[LouS]

1st dose I had back in February and I had no ill effects at all. 2nd dose, which I got yesterday was fine until I woke up this morning feeling like I got run over my a truck. Body aches lasted for about 8 hrs then disappeared.

Same thing happened to me. My second day only lasted about four hours. Got the Moderna Vaccine.

 

[noirwestern]

Automated system at the local VA woke me up at 0515 to let me know I was on the schedule for Saturday. I accepted, rolled over and the phone proceeded to go off for the next four hours asking me to verify my appointment time. Now have the one and only J&J onboard with the worst of it being band aid removal.

 

[mbr33ct]

Automated system at the local VA woke me up at 0515 to let me know I was on the schedule for Saturday. I accepted, rolled over and the phone proceeded to go off for the next four hours asking me to verify my appointment time. Now have the one and only J&J onboard with the worst of it being band aid removal.

Yeah, love the VA. I get them by mailed card, telephone calls and via text...and yes, they will keep asking to verify on the appointment you just verified.

 

[uconnfan68]

I’m in the next age group. It’s just impossible. I’ve been looking at least 10 times a day. Half the links on the state website don’t work. The ones that do work are just a blind alley. I live in eastern Connecticut on the Rhode Island line. I was able to schedule my mother through VAMS without issue. For some reason though, all of the health department clinics don’t appear in VAMS anymore. I don’t know if they canceled them because they are vaccinating all the teachers or for some other reason. That leaves three places in VAMS within any kind of reasonable drive. There is no availability at any of them. CVS and Walgreens have nothing for availability. Every time you try to sign up for a different site, for example Hartford Healthcare, you have to provide all of your personal information, including your Social Security number which is ridiculous. And then after you sign up they tell you sorry we don’t have anything. I finally called the hotline, got through after about 25 tries (it just hangs up on you most of the time) and the only place that they could schedule me was in Enfield. That is just too far of a drive. It’s incredibly ironic, considering that my town has one of the lowest vaccination rates and highest case rates in the state. I think it’s just that we are rural and they really don’t care. Rant over.

Got mine through Hartford Healthcare in Torrington. Way too far for you, sorry it’s no help.

 

[uconnfan68]

Automated system at the local VA woke me up at 0515 to let me know I was on the schedule for Saturday. I accepted, rolled over and the phone proceeded to go off for the next four hours asking me to verify my appointment time. Now have the one and only J&J onboard with the worst of it being band aid removal.

Revelie?

 

[noirwestern]

Revelie?

Either that or it's the same computer that was used back in the eighties in, "War Games".

 

[Dove]

Three weeks ago I received a blast of Moderna. Three hours later I was talking like Johnny Cash and have not stopped since.

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

I had my 1st vaccine, Pfizer, on March 5th 8am. My only reaction was soreness where I got the shot the next morning.
I am scheduled for #2 on March 26th same place and time.
I have a lot of friends that had horrible reactions to the Moderna shots!

 

[Scud49]

Moderna - 1st shot, one month ago - no issues whatsoever.

Moderna - 2nd shot this past Friday, arm was sore Friday evening, by Saturday I was having some light body aches, Saturday night the same plus a little sweating, by Sunday (today) everything back to normal.

 

[uconnfan68]

Moderna - 1st shot, one month ago - no issues whatsoever.

Moderna - 2nd shot this past Friday, arm was sore Friday evening, by Saturday I was having some light body aches, Saturday night the same plus a little sweating, by Sunday (today) everything back to normal.

My son said reactions to the second Moderna are quite common. He gets his second on Monday, and he's already planning to take Tuesday off.

 

[MTHusky]

Had my first Moderns shot yesterday. Felt fine yesterday. Woke up with a sore arm that subsided as the day wore on. No temp, walk in the park.

 

[ucbart]

I got the Johnson & Johnson one shot on Saturday night at 12:45am. I was fine yesterday until about 18 hours later and my arm got a little sore. I feel a bit logy today, but I think that has more to do with my hectic weekend of being a restaurant owner.

 

[oldude]

I got the Johnson & Johnson one shot on Saturday night at 12:45am. I was fine yesterday until about 18 hours later and my arm got a little sore. I feel a bit logy today, but I think that has more to do with my hectic weekend of being a restaurant owner.

Congratulations on being the first on this thread to get the J&J vaccine. All of us BY’ers still waiting for our 2nd shot are envious.

 

[SVCBeercats]

Had my first vaccine injection but was notified that my second shot was "cancelled" because of lack of product. I was annoyed:
1) They misspelled canceled.
2) The procedure wasn't canceled, it was "postponed."
3) I want that second injection.

Now, get off my lawn.

 

[TheFarmFan]

Congratulations on being the first on this thread to get the J&J vaccine. All of us BY’ers still waiting for our 2nd shot are envious.

Amen!

I got the Johnson & Johnson one shot on Saturday night at 12:45am. I was fine yesterday until about 18 hours later and my arm got a little sore. I feel a bit logy today, but I think that has more to do with my hectic weekend of being a restaurant owner.

Can I ask what state you're in, ucbart? Curious where the J&J vaccine is rolling out so far. Thanks, and stay healthy - a salutation now easier to follow after yesterday!

 

[mbr33ct]

I got the Johnson & Johnson one shot on Saturday night at 12:45am. I was fine yesterday until about 18 hours later and my arm got a little sore. I feel a bit logy today, but I think that has more to do with my hectic weekend of being a restaurant owner.

Bart, throw out your restaurant name here (if it's not against the rules), never know you may attract some Boneyard posters...that is if you want any. is that the right time, 12:45am?

 

[SVCBeercats]

1st dose I had back in February and I had no ill effects at all. 2nd dose, which I got yesterday was fine until I woke up this morning feeling like I got run over my a truck. Body aches lasted for about 8 hrs then disappeared.

Thanks for starting this thread! I have sent its URL to several people. Hopefully it will quell their fears.

 

[ucbart]

Amen!

Can I ask what state you're in, ucbart? Curious where the J&J vaccine is rolling out so far. Thanks, and stay healthy - a salutation now easier to follow after yesterday!

Sure-I live in Syracuse.

 

[ucbart]

Bart, throw out your restaurant name here (if it's not against the rules), never know you may attract some Boneyard posters...that is if you want any. is that the right time, 12:45am?

Well, I live in Syracuse.

And yes, 12:45am. The state fairground's expo center is where most vaccinations are taking place in this county. By day it's Moderna and Pfizer and by night it's Johnson & Johnson. It was actually very well executed.

 

[Golden Husky]

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Yeah, "canceled" is preferred (and was the only acceptable spelling permitted by my blue pencil-wielding editor). "Cancelled" is used across the Pond.
But don't go by me, @SVCBeercats. On my vaccination form, I crossed out the question asking for "sex" and wrote in "gender."

 

[DocStressor]

Based on the clinical trials and anecdotal evidence, the side effects from the Moderna vaccine are somewhat harsher than from the Pfizer shot. That's likely because it contains 3X the amount of mRNA, which in itself is inflammatory. But as most people are reporting, the side effects are really no big deal.

For people who worry about such things, in the clinical trials, the side effects from the J&J shot were milder and less frequent. You also don't have to worry about a strong reaction from a second shot.

 

[and one]

I got dose #1 of Pfizer yesterday and no I'll effects. What really did hurt was that in returning home I got too clever by half and decided to take an alternate route to save maybe 5 minutes. Got stuck in accident traffic for an hour.

 

[MooseJaw]

I received my second Moderna shot last Friday. Before I get into symptoms, six weeks ago I had an appointment with my cardiologists, he asked me about recent other vaccines if any I had received. Like you I had had my 2nd shingle shot a few months prior and had a nasty 2 day reaction Drs. reply expect a worse reaction from the covid shot. He was right on target. First day I was prepared for the worst and got nothing no arm soreness nothing. Saturday morning no symptoms. I was feeling great and thought I had lucked out until 2:30 I got slammed with a massive headache which is just now close to gone 2pm Monday.
Along with the headaches every joint in my body was on fire, my skin hurt, my muscles were in spasm mode which lasted the rest of the day. I was so weak that I was unable to even turn over in my bed. I was unable to fall asleep until after 3am Sunday morning, sleeping until 8am. Waking I continued with the headache and it felt like my check bones were being pushed into my head, my eyebrows hurt and my eyelids were in pain. Today Monday I feel a lot better, still with a slight head ache but much better. I feel blessed that in a few short weeks I will out and about, there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Wife received her 2nd last Friday, her reactions were very similar to mine only milder. High bp, and flu like stuff. On Sunday I asked how she was to hear she reply, much better except my eyelids hurt, yes she was serious, I chuckled a bit cause the week before when I told her about my eyelids and eyebrows hurting she laughed at me. Go figure.

 

[UcMiami]

Hoorah! Just got my second shot this AM at the Pratt & Whitney site in E. Hartford (Pfizer.) Only a sore arm so far.

Also noticed the CVS in Coventry (Rte 44) is distributing the Moderna vaccine for anyone in the area looking for a shot. Seemed empty when I stopped in.

 

[UcMiami]

So, late afternoon yesterday was a little dragging and had a low grade fever for a few hours. Cleared up into the evening and today, just a very sore arm.